Happy Sunday everyone! Today, I woke up feeling an unbelievable sense of gratitude. Why, you may ask? Because I woke up to live another day. I know this may sound cheesy, but I try to wake up every morning reminding myself that this day, is another gift, and when you receive a gift the only right way to respond is with gratefulness. Even if you feel like you have absolutely nothing to look forward to today, step outside into nature. Look up at the sky, listen to the birds, find a body of water, absorb everything thats going on around you, and try to tell me that we aren't lucky. I believe a heightened awareness stems from getting outside. Louis Schwartzberg puts it perfectly. "Beauty and Seduction is nature's tools for survival, we protect what we fall in love with. It opens our hearts. We are a part of nature, not separate from it". To me this can be put towards all aspects of my life, people don't fight for what they don't love. There are sooo many world issues and if we all made the decision to try and understand that the choices we make today directly affect our future as a whole. You may think we aren't connected, but we are all connected by law. Just the same as the cells in our bodies are. There is a purpose for everything, even if we don't fully comprehend why. I try to live, consciously, aware of my surroundings and the impact I have on that situation, to the best of my abilities. I'll be the first to admit, I am learning everyday and I hope to continue to do so until the last day of my life. I find the easiest way to know you are making a difference in this world, is when you make the choice to not take the defence when someone or something challenges your belief systems. In their minds they are justified. This doesn't mean you backed down and agreed, you're just making the conscious effort to take yourself out of the situation and reassess it from an unbiased approach, to the best of your abilities. See the whole picture. It may shine a different light on the topic. View it as if we are all connected and you will very quickly start to live your life more authentically aware. I, for one, am not here to try to convince you one way or another. I just want to encourage you to love your life, understanding the larger picture that we are all connected, and having gratitude for the here and now will bring abundance to you life like you couldn't imagine.

TOP: Zara

PANTS: Zara

SWEATER: Urban Outfitters (old)

Photo Credit @maria_lang www.marialangstudio.com

Hey everyone! I am super nervous, but, so excited about starting this blog. I am not a writer, actually far from it, so bare with me. I'd like to share a little bit about why I started this blog. Honestly, nothing makes me happier than bringing joy and happiness to others. As long as I can remember, I've had an obsession with food and fashion. In ways, I feel that they go hand in hand. The feeling of getting a good meal in my belly, or getting all dolled up brings the same sense of happiness to me. They both make you feel so good! Some of my favourite childhood memories are of myself whipping up yummy dishes for family and friends, and playing dress up in my room. I found that a good meal, always brought happiness and joy to my life. The same way that putting on a cute outfit does. I've always been told my style was somewhat eccentric, it is a reflection of how I define me. If I had to, I would describe my style as having a touch of grandmas couch, mixed with a little asian flare, with a bohemian, hippy vibe. I really don't know what to call it. I just put on what makes me feel pretty, lol.

So that's what has brought me here. I hope through sharing my love for food and fashion I'll be able to inspire you to live your happiest life. Realizing how food has such a huge role to someone's, all-round, health and spiritual happiness, I refuse to take this one life we have for granted. It's a true gift to be alive. I have made the decision to live my BEST life, and dedicate myself to living it authentically aware. I believe that most of life's issues can be avoided, by simply making minute changes, on a daily basis. Love yourself and this planet! This can be the difference between, prevention or intervention in all aspects of life. Health, relationships, environmental issues, even simple things such as weight loss. We live in a world where we have infinite choices and each decision we make affects that world and it's future. My hope is to, forever, live authentically eccentric, and encourage you to do the same. My passion is to help others find their happiness and to share all the knowledge I have accumulated, in hope of tiny changes. It gives my life purpose. I believe that education, knowledge, and happiness are the most powerful things anyone has to offer someone else.

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." - Mahatma Gandhi