Mumford and Sons!

Yesterday was a really fun night! A few months ago we'd heard that Mumford and Sons were coming to Vancouver, and we were able to snag some tickets in a pre-sale. There were actually so many people who we knew also had tickets, but there was such a huge crowd that we didn't really see anyone familiar. I've been to a few concerts before, usually in smaller clubs or theatres, with lots of drunk people jumping around and electric guitar blaring in my ears, so having an outdoor concert with a gentler crowd was a nice change. The weather was lovely and though there were a few obnoxious concert-goers, it was really just...a pleasant concert. I know that sounds stupid, but it was just really nice, haha.

As far as the actual music goes, it was flawless. Mumford and Sons are such a great band and they played a ton of favourites, and I would say they sounded even better live. They had a horns section and a strings section and oh man, when the four main members harmonized..shivers. It was just so, so fun. A nice break from real life. I moved home after my summer course finished last week, so I'm just working and hanging out...I'm pretty ready to go back to school now! I miss my dorm friends and I miss being busy, plus I'm really not a fan of living in a small town again.

Just three more months of summer, and then I can go back. I hope they go by fast!

But in the meantime, it was a brilliant concert, and I'm so glad we were able to go. :)

-Lindsey

Feeling Inspired.

Although I'm not enjoying my art class all that much, it's helped me with feeling creatively inspired. I've been in a creative rut for quite some time, but as I'm realizing more and more that this is what I'm put on this earth to do, the ideas just keep coming and coming. I can't wait to do this for the rest of my life.

-Lindsey

One step in the right direction.

So I had a meeting with the head of academic advising today. It was so nice to talk with an expert who actually knows what they're talking about and who can help me get where I want to go. I told him that I had been in communications but that it wasn't quite the major for me, and that I had tried teaching but it felt like giving up on a dream, and I talked about how I love fashion and my dream job is being a creative director or art director for a fashion magazine or clothing company.

Right away he said, "Oh, you'll need a business degree."

So now I am in business. Next semester I have math, intro to business, microeconomics, accounting, and some other courses that are fulfilling core requirements that everyone has to do. I'm nervous about math-related classes because it's not my favourite subject, nor is it my strong point, but I think I need to just suck it up and do the classes I don't like so I can get the degree in the field I want rather than taking interesting classes that aren't necessarily in a subject I would want to have a job in. 

I'm also doing an art minor in graphic design, so it won't be all bad. Last semester I had an adventure in graphic design that didn't go so well (not the best prof + boring class) but I think I could be good at it if I actually practiced and knew what the heck I was doing. I'm going to attempt it again and if that doesn't work so well, I can always switch to a studio minor instead and learn how to draw and paint better.

Fashion, to me, is a mix of business and art, so by studying both of them, I feel like I'm taking a step in the right direction towards getting my dream job, and not just a job like teaching that I could be happy with but that wouldn't necessarily be what I want to do for the rest of my life.

I'm excited! I mean, I'm sure I won't be when I'm drowning in math assignments but it's worth it. Plus, if I can push myself through a business degree, than I'll know I can do anything. I'll be more determined than ever to go after what I really want in life. 

So here I am, switching my major for the third time and only now realizing what I actually want to (and should) study. 

I'll always have cupcakes to keep me going.

-Lindsey

Well, here I am.

Finishing up my first year of university and I still have no idea what I want to do with my life. 

I was in teaching for a semester because I was like, "Oh, I'll do the practical thing and do a career where I'm guaranteed a job."

But I can't.

I just can't.

Inside me, there is a passion and a creativity that needs so much more than something like teaching. I see events and fashion and writing and art and cities and flexibility. I don't really see high school and papers and rigid schedules and marking homework. I know I could do an education degree and maybe be happy with teaching for a few years, but that eventually I'd get bored of it and feel like I wasted my potential.

So again.

I still don't know what I'm doing or what I'm studying.

I have a couple ideas though.

Nothing is confirmed yet.

But I do have a meeting with the head of academic advising and I'm hoping he can help me out and give me some feedback on my ideas.

Hopefully I can come to a conclusion.

I have already come to one conclusion though.

I'm not going to just sit by and go into a certain career just because I know would be easy to get into and would pay the bills.

Even if it's scary and confusing I have to try for more.

I lost my way for a few months there, but now I'm back on track.

I'm not "giving up".

I'm following my dreams.

-Lindsey

Long time, no see.

I've been buckling down in my studies lately, trying to get everything done (Only two more papers left to write! Huzzah!) while balancing working and having a social life. I also came home this weekend so since Thursday I haven't had any motivation to do work because I've been kind of grumpy about not being at school, which I consider more like home than my hometown, and I've been shopping and hiking and such. I hadn't actually been shopping in a while, and I got a few pieces that are quite different for me, such as some emerald green slacks and crisp button-ups. In the last few months my style has definitely evolved but I haven't had the chance to update my wardrobe. At the moment I'm feeling a definite pull towards more polished casual stuff than crazy, bright clothes. Who knows where this exciting style journey will take me?

Anyways, here are a few photos of my life lately. I hope you are all doing well and that I will talk to you soon!

PS. I got a new phone! Can you tell? I'm definitely a lot happier with the quality of the pictures I can take on it! (Except for maybe the one of my cat licking his nose. That one's pretty bad, ahaha.) Even if they're just silly little things, it's nice to have clearer photos of what goes on in my life, so I can remember it better.

Thanks for reading!

-Lindsey

Perfect day.

Perfect day. I had a perfect birthday. The rain finally let up and Austin and I went on a beautiful hike in the lovely weather. We drove with the windows rolled down, sunglasses on, up the mountain, and then to Ikea for some yummy lunch and browsing. I almost bought a bottle of wine, just because I could, but in the end I didn't. Maybe next time, haha. I got to go to Chapters and explore, before picking up a few books, and then when we came back to my dorm, all of the lovely ladies were hiding in our room to surprise me. In the lounge they had placed all of their laptops facing the doorway with sloth videos playing on an endless loop. They know me. I'm crazy. It was wonderful and there were cupcakes.

Lastly, Austin and some friends and I made our way into downtown Vancouver where we indulged in butternut squash ravioli, goat cheese flatbread and my first drinks! I'm sure I entertained my friends with my tipsy antics (basically just laughing my at every. single. thing. in the world) and I had fun tasting some new things. I had a bellini, a blackberry mojito (SO GOOD) and a martini. The last one I did not like quite as much but my friends took advantage of my naivete and told me to drink it really fast...so I did. And then I started laughing even more.

Perfect day.

As I return back to the drudgery of papers and midterms and working and deadlines I still have the memory of sunlight dripping down through the trees and city lights blurring past on the Skytrain. I'll carry those ones in my heart for a long time.

I am blessed. So, so blessed.

-Lindsey 

I don't know when I'm going to blog again.

The title pretty much sums it up.

Edit: Not that I'm giving up on blogging! I'm just really busy, haha. Sorry guys!

-Lindsey