All my fingernails are breaking so I know we’re officially in autumn. I didn’t need the torrential downpour, my freezing bedroom, the Christmas stuff on sale in the shops or the Pumpkin Spice Lattes to remind me. I currently have a hot water bottle on my feet, holy cow it's October, let’s go.
1. One of my three workplaces at home which also includes the living room sofa and the dining room table. I do also feel like I’m finally getting the hang of working from home. Well done me, gold star.
2. Homemade-chocolate-chip-Lauren-started-therapy-again-cookies
3. Squeezing in a few decaf iced lattes before it’s too cold to drink them anymore
4. A sign outside a coffee shop which I don’t understand
5. Omg, I met a friend who I haven’t seen in forever for cocktails in the week. It was such a nice, relaxed evening. I randomly bumped into her in Shoreditch a few weeks ago and it was so so nice to hang out, catch up and chat boys haha.
6. My first Pumpkin Spice Latte (cringe) of the season.
My closed tabs for the week:
A recipe for American pancakes. The difference between a sign and a coincidence (though I’m not sure I believe in coincidences…) La Vie en Rose. Royal Mail track and trace (this was open in three separate tabs). Sneeze Magazine. Zara. Track a parcel with Hermes. A recipe for chocolate chip cookies. An A3 Riso print from Amy Victoria Marsh. How to caramelise bananas. Something about the history of the building I live in. IKEA bed frames.
Other bits:
1. I bought those Zara boots that are a dupe of the Prada ones because I can't afford the Prada ones...yet, I'm manifesting. Review pending.
2. The shitty weather has meant that I've been using the buses more and more in London (apart from earlier when I walked home in the rain after the gym). However on Saturday afternoon I squeezed in a two-mile walk - hence the PSL - got some trousers tailored and went to see if the Christmas lights were being put up in Oxford Circus yet.
3. I can't believe it's October, I still haven't fully processed March. I turned 25 yesterday.
4. All I'm listening to is Sometime Around Midnight by The Airborne Toxic Event. This time of year always makes me disgustingly nostalgic but I'm really working on not romanticising the past anymore. This song makes me feel serious things though.
5. I was just looking through my phone for all the photos for this post and remembered I took a selfie in the gym earlier oh my god. CRINGE. I look really strong though.
A quote before I go? Sure. Theoretical cosmologist Janna Levin on obstacles: "I used to resent obstacles along the path, thinking, 'If only that hadn't happened life would be so good.' Then I suddenly realized, life is the obstacles. There is no underlying path." (Which is from James Clear's weekly newsletter, if you haven't already subscribed????).
Something from me: As you get older I think it's so fundamental to be selective with who you let into your life. I'm on this journey where I'm striving to know myself so well that I won't accept anything less than what I deserve. I'm not half a person walking around looking for a guy that's going to complete me. I don't lack anything. I am whole on my own. I am enough on my own.
Okay bye, I'm going to go eat a microwave Sticky Toffee Pudding I bought from Tesco.
Lauren xo
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