The only thing missing is the newspaper. A Sunday paper takes a couple hours to get through, so instead, I am blogging. There are never enough hours in the day and when there’s a lot that I want to accomplish, I feel like every hour has to be purposefully and intentionally used. That can include chill time, like this morning when I sat with my pup and coffee for an hour and a half and just really enjoyed the stillness. That was time well spent. Here’s a little look at my home, and what I like to accomplish on my days off.
I purchased these shelves from Amazon, but everything else was picked up from somewhere special. The pink tea light holders are from The Cross in Vancouver (similar here), the Missoni candle from Fred Segal in LA, the hair products from Population Salon in San Francisco (but available here, and here), the Chanel compact was from Barney’s in San Francisco, and the Feu de Bois Diptyque candle from their shop near The Carlyle Hotel in New York City just after we had drinks there and met a slew of interesting characters. My Mum gave me the Chanel No. 5 fragrance for my birthday last month, the heart-shaped dish is Dior from their Dior Maison store on Avenue Montaigne in Paris, and the jewelry is a collection of Aurelie Bidermann pearl earrings from Fivestory, vintage (Nana’s watch that I wear everyday), bracelets from Chinatown in San Francisco, and a David Yurman bangle.
The skateboarder in Venice beach pillow is from Madura Paris in New York City, the velvet leopard pillow is from Etsy, the pink velvet chairs are from The Cross (also available here, and similar here), the coffee table is from CB2, and the couch is from Article. My mug is from Reiko Kaneko.
My gratitude wall. Photostrips of my Instagram adventures by Social Print.
The morning was spent blogging and cuddling, and reading on Twitter. It’s so nice to just sit and enjoy coffee in the morning light. Every morning I do a pot of french press in my gold Bodum coffee maker, and grind fresh beans which gives the nicest fresh coffee scent. Here’s the rest of what needs to happen today: publish the 2 blog posts I worked on, take Duchess out for a play, get my nails done, grocery shop for Monday and Tuesday (I leave for New York on Wednesday), some work work so that Monday at the office is next level productive (I always feel stressed about being out of the office so I try to prep ahead of time), get a 6k run in, and do some work pushing a personal project forward. That is a lot for one day…. Did you ever hear the expression that people underestimate what they can accomplish in a year, but overestimate what they can accomplish in a day? Lol, that might be me.
— 5:40pm update: I’ve finished my two blog posts (this one is going live now), done the grocery shop, taken Duchess out and gotten my nails done. As I was about to go to the gym one of my favorite pals texted and asked if I wanted to go for Mexican. And I always say yes to friend time. 🙂
The rest of the evening will be spent working and at the gym. I’ve got 4.5 hours left, better make ’em count!
