I have been wanting to do one of these posts in a while and what better time to do it than a Monday morning!

A lot has been happening behind the scenes: personally, with work, with the blog...there just seems to be something in the air and I feel very productive as of late.

I also still love to relax, that's just who I am, but I'm so proud of myself that I've been getting so much better with pushing myself outside my comfort zone.

This month and on, I'll be super busy. I have so many fun things planned for this upcoming weekend and then I'll be taking more work trips and there are a bunch of work events in the next few weeks -- social media never sleeps!

NYFW is also coming up and I'm hoping to go to a few events but you all will hear about that!

I find myself taking photos of everything lately...like the most random things and I figured that's the best way to show what I've been up to!

I got a polaroid camera -- my little makeup corner

The latest Target Beauty Box was awesome! So many fun and useful things

A typical night for Briana -- I can't wait to get through this book

Reading up on social media & beauty trends at work

Spent WinterStormJonas blogging and drinking tea

Hands down, the best hair combination EVER!!

Bought some items from Too Faced (I returned the foundation, didn't look good on me!)

More WinterStormJoans fun -- working from home never looked so good!

LUSH products make bath time much, much better!

Dry skin beauty routine coming -- spoiler alert: THESE ARE AMAZING

Needed new headphones, why not make them cute?!

I haven't done one of these posts since before I started my new job back in April, and my goodness time really flies.

I'm writing this on Tuesday night, watching a DVRed episode of General Hospital, with a wet head, and pretty exhausted. I wasn't even going to write this, but on Sunday, I told myself that I'd write a blog post for Wednesday -- but I have a scheduled post for tomorrow, does that make any sense?

Life has been pretty dull lately. I mean, it's the real world, it's not that exciting. I go to work, come home, eat dinner, shower, lay in bed, wake up & do it all over again. On the weekends, I usually catch up on errands, lie around my house, or happen to see my friends.

The adjustment has definitely gotten easier. I'm not totally exhausted 100% of the time, and I've finally gotten used to waking up at 6 AM, so much that I wake up before 10 AM on the weekends.

I'm still waiting to be content with this though; I can't help but shake the feeling that there is more to life than a routine job. I've been talking to a lot of my other post-grad friends about this and they all feel the same. We are not content in this 9-5 life.

Do I know why I feel this way? No. I never thought of myself as an adventure type of person but after living the same day over and over for three months, I think I may be.

I love the work I'm doing, but something seems to be missing, not just from my life but from our generation's lives.

God, your twenties are nothing like I thought they'd be!

I've managed to find some down time, some fun time, and some relaxation during the past few months because who would I be without some R&R? I love to relax, it's my favorite hobby.

Here's an inside look at my life over the past few months:

A little haul of goodness!

Reading Cosmon on my balcony, too relaxing for words

I am the snapchat selfie queen #basic

Showing off my new Jack Rogers -- they're already destroyed & dirty

From that same day, I was a little too obsessed with my outfit #sorrynotsorry

The view from my office is not half bad, even on a rainy day

Lunch break? If it involves The Melt Shop, yes please!

A cannoli dessert on Father's Day? YES!

BBW candles are LIFE

Hung out at the beach club on the 4th of July-- the clouds cleared up for a beautiful day

Ended this past week in my new favorite spot, my balcony--blogging my life away

See? That was a lot of photos! I really love doing little round up posts because ever since actually having a job in social media, I pretty much photograph EVERYTHING!

What have you guys been up too lately?

Oh hello again. After Monday & Tuesday's post I fell off the face of the planet... I had all intentions of writing a post on Tuesday and/or Wednesday night to go up the following day but then something truly crazy happened. Wednesday morning I got up at 4am and boarded a flight to Chicago...

What?!

Yup, a last minute work trip put me on a plane, by myself, for the first time ever, to a strange city that I have never been to go to a work event... when I've been working for less than two weeks. Oh, I also came back the same day. I boarded the plane at 6am to go and boarded again to come home at 6pm. CRAZY!

If you know anything about me you know that I was freaking out inside. My anxiety hit a new level but honestly, I could not have asked for a better experience. I am SO PROUD of myself for going and having the time of my life. I'm so proud of myself for not freaking out too much and for remaining calm at all costs.

It was a crazy whirlwind but my goodness, it was amazing.

If you haven't figured it out by now, I'm being very vague about my entire job situation. I have always kept part of my life private from the blog and it will continue with this new chapter... no mentioning of the brand or the work I do. I mean, it's not like I'm hiding it--if you stalk me well enough you'll find out, but for the sake of my blog & my professional life, it'll stay quiet. No conflicts of interests please!

I will however, be talking about the transition into this new world and new life... like spontaneously getting on a plane to Chicago for a day. I'm learning a lot about the industry, the company, but also a lot about myself. It's all very eye opening and scary.

I kind of love it... actually, I really love it.

I promise that I will find a happy medium with posting. This weekend will be a little quieter than last weekend so I should be able to get a decent amount of writing done.

Side-note... it's May 1st. 16 days till I have been a college graduate for a YEAR. My god, time is flying. How is 2015 half way over? Time goes too fast. I'm losing it! haha!

Anyways.....

I haven't had a chance to save some cool links that I loved so some of these may be a few weeks old... either way, I still enjoyed them!

Jon Cryer has not aged a single day... this is amazing

Growing up in NYC, these are 100% true. It's scary

Cauliflower grilled cheese? YASS please

Oof, this was hard and interesting and true to read. 

Will Don Draper get a happy ending? I hope so.. 

Shonda Rhimes has a tendency to make her fans want to jump out a window... looking at you last week's Grey's! But she is a feminist & creates BADASS female characters

See? Not A LOT of links but I promise, things will get back to normal soon :)

Have a great weekend everyone!!