Asymmetry in Fashion and America

Happy Thursday!

Does anyone else think that the week’s are flying by? I distinctly remember it being Monday and now here we are 4 days later. I’ve just completed my to-do-list for the day and man have I got a lot of sh*t to do. After finishing a Haagen Dazs ice-cream bar (don’t judge me), I now feel really good about seizing the day and getting everything done . So, can we take a moment to talk about early morning wake-up calls? In the past, I could sleep until about 10/11am and then slowly get up, make my rounds before getting out of the house. Now, I find myself getting up at 4am so I can have the bathroom all to myself and finish the things I said I would do when I got home the previous night… only to have fallen asleep while putting the baby to bed.

My friends echo the sentiments “Alicia, I don’t know how you do it all”. In my mind, I am literally not doing enough, EVER. It is funny, perception vs. reality, isn’t it? I should state for the record: “Hi, my name is Alicia and I am a hyper-critical, ridiculously analytical person, not of others; God No! (I honestly have little time to pay attention to others), mainly with myself.” Having this trait has helped to keep me honest throughout my life. Being acutely aware of my strengths, weaknesses, and the knowledge of my capabilities, is paramount to my feelings of satisfaction and accomplishment. Good enough, is never good enough but i’ve found that it’s okay to have days where I am not firing on all cylinders. After-all, I am not a robot and while it has taken me some time to understand that, I am now okay with it. It doesn’t mean that being lazy and not pushing myself is now the default, it just means that it is okay not to be at my absolute best Every.Single.Time.! I’ve learned a lot of this from my husband, Thank God for the foresight of selecting a good partner. He and I are opposites in many ways, but my goodness this man teaches me so much; things I could never repay. But the main thing I wanted to relay is that you’re never as far behind as you think, and it doesn’t matter if you fall down 9 times as long as you get up on the 10th time to get after it again. With that said, here is my second time wearing this beautiful skirt that was tucked away in my closet, I love it as much now as I did when I wore it here. Make today as remarkable as you are.