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I'm currently 7 weeks postpartum and cleared to start getting back to "normal" activity. It seems like enough time to have had a look at what I wore during my pregnancy and to know what I really liked and what didn't work for me.  I showed really late, I was probably around 25-26 weeks before I had a bump that took me out of my normal clothes and even then I was still fairly small. Because of that I didn't really invest in maternity clothing. By the time I got to the point where things didn't fit or I didn't like how they fit I was less than 10 weeks from my due date. That said, we had 3 weddings to attend this year and my baby shower. I also worked until I went into labor, which was luckily a Sunday, so I did have to dress myself until the end. Another disclaimer, I was able to have a relaxed wardrobe for work which also kept me from buying more maternity wear and using what I had in my closet. My first favorite: Black Blanqi Maternity Leggings . I was re
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One Quarter


I am having a quarter life crisis. I can say this affirmatively because I am turning 25 so it is quite literally the ideal quarter of a life. To say that I've been feeling my own mortality lately is an understatement. I've been feeling everyone's mortality. My dogs (I cry when I think about it so i won't get into it.) my grandmothers, my boyfriends. Really the only people I cannot contemplate dying are my parents.
But I didn't start writing to talk about how terrified I've been of the physical realization that we're all dying. Even though I have been. I wanted to talk about how we define success at mile stones. I'm hitting a huge milestone and my life is a lot different than it was say five years ago, or even two years ago. But I've been feeling the strains of being successful. I've realized recently I didn't have a clear idea of what I wanted to accomplish when or a specific goal career wise in mind. Which has afforded me the ability to try out new things.
When my first idea of what I wanted my career to be didn't feel like it fit who I was I didn't force it. Being happy was and is more important than a job to me. While that had meant I've been living at home longer than I hoped and I don't live near all of my friends in New York and my social life isn't some thrilling whirlwind, I've had the security of stablility. When leaving my last job I found my self unemployed for a month I had time to work a bit on my blog spend more time with my dog boyfriend and family and realize that I love working. Being idle isn't good for me I think too much and wallow and get depressed. I flourish when I'm busy. I'm staring dead in the face of a potential 3 months of undesignated time that has me stricken with anxiety, I'm also looking at houses and planning a big move so the idea of having 3 idle months terrifies me. But I also know that I have some very close people to me that are willing to support and help and push me to be my best and give my all. I mess up sometimes and they tell me but they also tell me when I'm being too hard on my self or if I need to suck it up, wether I do or don't heed the advice.
I'm turning 25 and it terrifies me but I think I'm also working hard at becoming a person I will be proud of and that's the kind of success I've planned for.
xx
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