just jaime

(Okay so technically a plane and not a jet but the sentiment remains the same.) My flight to the Netherlands is 10 days away and while I have started to pack, I am also a chronic over-packer so this will prove difficult!! PACKING IS HARD. Things to Accomplish: - MUST. CONSOLIDATE. WARDROBE. - DO. NOT. NEED. EVERYTHING. IN. CLOSET. - ONLY. PICK. FAVOURITE. SWEATERS. NOT. ALL. OF. THEM. (this will be the hardest part). - YOU. ONLY. NEED. A. FEW. PAIRS. OF. SHOES. - SAME. GOES. WITH. COATS. - VERSATILITY. IS. KEY. I gotta pack for three seasons though! When I arrive it'll be winter and then I have to be able to transition from winter to spring (easy enough) to SUMMER. It won't get extremely hot there, but I do have to be prepared. If worst comes to worst, I can just buy what I need there but because of who I am as a person, I would like to be as prepared as I can be. AND TO ADD SALT TO THE WOUND, my favourite pair of boots just got wrecked. Prayin'  I can get the...

Happy 2018, everyone. Hope your New Year's Eve was safe and fun and that you were able to enjoy the day. That you were able to look back at all that has happened in 2017 and reflect on how you pushed through the hard times and savoured the good. That you learned something new, whether through school or new experiences. That you looked, and continue to look, towards the new year with hope and aspirations, big and small. I hope that in 2018, you discover new things: - new music - new books - new friends -- or old friends coming back into your life - new information - new goals - new details of yourself I hope that in 2018, you find love: - self-love - friendships; platonic or romantic love - in nature - and any other love you may come upon or fight for. I hope that in 2018, your dreams become reality, and if they don't get there quite yet, there is still time. I find that looking back on what happened in 2017 helps to not only discover what I need to work on,...