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Making Changes

Posted on August 28, 2013December 21, 20204 Comments

Changes are hard, changes are not easy. I’m the first person in the world that can quickly say that I hate them the most. But sometimes it’s those changes you need to get you to the next place you’re meant to be. I’ve always fully believed in the mentality that one should always do what they love and love what they do. And it seemed like when I was younger, everyone knew exactly what that meant for them, who they wanted to be, and what they were going to be doing. But me, I wasn’t quite so sure. Sure, there were things that I liked, but how was a supposed to make something that was my so-called “hobby” into a reality, let alone a real life career? Fast forward to practically three years since I’ve graduated college, and I look around me and see myself doing exactly what I love– kind of now looking back at my younger self and feeling like it was almost crazy that I felt so much anxiety about the future.

I started this blog a year ago with a vision… and a floral headband. The message behind my blog was simple– inspiration. I wanted to simply inspire and show others that they too can follow their dreams and do something that they love, and have fun while doing it. And as I finally take my own advice and make my transition to focusing fully on fashion, this blog, and this message that’s so important to me, I don’t forget about that little girl who was afraid of the future and afraid that her dreams would never be made into a reality. Sure changes are hard and sure changes are not easy, but as long as you believe in yourself and believe that you’re doing the right thing, all you need sometimes are some floral headbands to help guide you along the way to success.

Photo Credit: Desiree Pakravan

Top: American Apparel // Shorts: H&M // Headband: Kristin Perry // Shoes: Forever 21 // Jewelry: BCBGeneration (bracelets), Viento (ring), Marc by Marc Jacobs (necklace)

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  • Sdaneshrad15@gmail.com
    August 28, 2013

    Soooooo proud of you. Thank you for constantly inspiring all of us, not only with your fashion sense, but by the person you are. Love you, E! Just keep swimming. <3

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  • Desiree.pakravan@gmail.com
    August 28, 2013

    So much fun shooting you and so proud of you and making your dream a reality!!! Can’t wait to see the music video 😉

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  • daneshrad_1@hotmail.com
    August 28, 2013

    I am sooo proud of you with your decision to move on to new idea . Always decision is hard if you do not try it, you never know . You are young and beautiful with lots of potential.

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  • Anonymous
    September 3, 2013

    […] some major changes and readjustments as I mentioned last week, obviously the first thing that this would call for would be a paint job.  Redoing a whole space […]

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Come November I will have been doing this — blogging, “influencing”, daily content producing, for 10 YEARS! 🤯 

And after a lot of reflection the past weeks, If I’m being honest with myself, I haven’t been passionate about posting on here the past few months. Yet I’ve been fighting with this self-inflicted pressure of still figuring out things to post since I feel I need to. Because who am I without my Instagram?

But I’m not someone who does anything because I HAVE to & especially if I’m not loving it. So I’ve decided to give myself PERMISSION. Permission to take a break. Permission to refresh. And permission to figure out what it is I want to be doing on & off here moving forward.

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