time for a picnic

A couple weekends ago, some of my friends and I went for a picnic. It was the perfect sunny weekend day to make peanut butter sandwiches, listen to music, play frisbee, and sketch.







Hope you have a beautiful weekend.

film friday: an invocation for beginnings

Please note: There's some cursing in this video, if that's not your thing.


I've been trying to play this video every morning before I start my day, because it's really encouraging and inspiring. I would write paragraphs on every little thing he says, but we will let the video speak for itself.

Have a great weekend everyone!

the simple life

shirt/cardigan: thrifted // hat/pants: forever 21 // boots: target






Today in chapel, the speaker spoke about living a simplistic life, and it really struck a beautiful chord with me. While he was in college, he figured he could live off of $300 a month, which equates to working a part time job, and then he would have more time to be able to do the things he wanted to do. In such a consumptive world as this one, it's hard to feel the need to be satisfied with what we have, especially in America. On our college's "overheard" page, someone posted this: "There are two types of money: no money and not enough money." While there is some incorrectness in that statement, it does pay heed to the thought that when you are pursuing money, you will never have enough of it. Compared to the rest of the world, we are some of the richest people, so complaining about not having enough money or stuff really is invalid. I would love for my life to be simplistic, where I don't have to worry about buying a lot of things because I don't need a lot of things. And it's really really true. I don't need a lot of things. I think especially we personal style bloggers think we need to constantly purchase new clothes to style or we will eventually run out of outfits or lose readers or whatever, but do we really need that many clothes? The fact is we don't. There's a lot of things I don't really have to buy, and maybe if I didn't buy those things, I would have more money to spend on doing the things that I really love to do. I am perfectly content living simplistically and not buying that extra hot chocolate or ahem, bags of macaroni and cheese packages. And then when I do have extra money to spare to buy those things, it will feel like a luxury and I won't take it for granted.






Perhaps this is also just a part of getting older. I've started taking care of myself better, trying to maintain a balanced diet, flossing my teeth every night (I know I know, I should have been doing it sooner), washing my face in the mornings. Matt and I are even talking about doing P90X over the summer to get into shape. I guess I'm finally becoming more responsible with my own body. Maybe that's what living away from your parents does, it makes you have to care for yourself instead of them doing it for you. In just a few years I'll be living in my own place with a real job, and that's a scary thought. But then again, I also thought college was going to be so scary, but we know I got into it pretty nicely. Millions of other people have become adults, so I guess I can do it to. There's nothing to worry about.





Have a great day you guys! Also thank you so much for your kind words on this post. I have yet to reply because I've been wanting to soak everything in, but I am so thankful that you guys are in my life and that we can talk about this stuff together. You are the best!

kicking things off

floral shirt/belt: thrifted // skirt/tights/boots: forever 21 // cardigan: borrowed // jacket: shoxie via chicpoints






Hey guys! The other day Amber nominated me for a Liebster Award, and one of the rules is that I have to write eleven random facts about myself. I'd like to think that I'm pretty transparent here on Introvert's Introduction, so it might be hard to come up with eleven things, but I'll try.

1. I love cheese. Haha how's that for kicking off this fact list? But I do. It's delicious.
2. I listen to every genre of music, save for a lot of country and heavy metal. But I love rap, indie stuff, and dubstep, among others. I'm currently listening to a lot of Matthew and the Atlas, Peter Bradley Adams, Radical Face, and M83, but my itunes is constantly shuffling through all kinds of music.
3. When I picture myself as an old lady, the picture is this: me with bright purple hair, sunglasses, driving a black huge ford truck, with a cat sitting in the passenger seat, while I'm thugging down the street, dropping a hard beat. Fo sho.
4. Poker is an awesome game. So is monopoly. My friends and I love monopoly so much, we added extra rules, like bank accounts and jobs being able to rob the bank. It's so complex and it's the best thing ever.
5. I play Age of Empires. II, mind you. It's a great game.
6. My favorite video game ever is Legend of Zelda. Some of them are kind of dumb, but some are fantastic and I am basically in love with it.
7. I love the ocean and feel a huge connection to it. Being in nature is one of the best things to me.
8. Despite painting my nails every week, I hardly ever paint my toes. I think the last time I painted them was Christmastime.
9. Nine is my least favorite number. Just look at it. So menacing. Seven is my favorite, if I were to choose one.
10. The two games I play the most on my phone are sudoku and phase 10.
11. At the start of the next school year, I'm going to dye my hair purple.





Amber's questions:

1. Where is your favorite place to shop?

I love shopping at thrift stores. You never know what you'll find. It's like a treasure hunt.

2. If you had to explain your style in one word what would it be?

Colorful.

3. Do you think in pictures or in words?

This is hard, as I love both pictures and words, but I think I am a visual learner, if that is what this question is getting at.

4. What is the best book you've read lately? And why?

I'm currently on the tale end of reading Quiet by Susan Cain and it is one of the best books ever because it deals with introverts vs. extroverts and the world that we live in today. Everyone should read it.

5. What is your biggest pet peeve?

Incorrect grammar. Cease the nonsense.

6. Book or movie?

Book. You get to create everything yourself, so to speak.

7. Who is your favorite villain from Disney?

Maybe Hades from Hercules. He's like that sassy gay friend.

8. What's at the top of your bucket list?

The first thing on my bucket list is actually to go into space, haha. We will see how that works out.

9. If you could move anywhere in the world where would it be?

New Zealand or Iceland.

10. What was your favorite thing to do when you were a child?

I loved playing outside.

11. What do you collect?

Oh gosh. I collect rocks and bottles, for starters. Really I love collecting little trinkets from places so I can have a memento to spark a memory.




So these are my eleven questions:
1. If you had to get rid of one of the five senses, which would it be?
2. Favorite drink?
3. What is something you wear now that you would never have thought you would wear?
4. Where do you see yourself in five years?
6. What is one thing you love about yourself?
7. If you could spend a day doing anything you wanted, what would you do?
8. What is one food you wish you could love but don't?
9. How would you describe your personal style?
10. Favorite childhood story?
11. If you could go back to any even in history, what would it be and why?

And the people I choose are: Katie, Elana, Hannah, Sara, Shay, and Bethany, but if you wish to do this, then I nominate you too!




Have a great day everyone!