summer week in my life | book recs, parties, pride parade, nyc vlog

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happy vlog made myself some coffee not the best i've done better these past few vlogs have kind of started off with a little book update because i'm trying to read a book a week okay 52 books this year one thing i'm trying to be more intentional with with like the second half of the books i'm now reading i feel like i jumped into a lot of like fun fictional which there's nothing wrong with that like it's so delightful doing something for the sake of doing it and not the sake of needing to be productive but at the same time i'm no longer in school and i'm in a creative job but it's not necessarily always an intellectually stimulating job unless i'm like researching learn about the history of a region or if i'm doing finance videos so one way to do that as an adult in your 20s when you're not in traditional academic settings is obviously reading and so because of that i'm trying to mix in some other books that aren't just non-fictional books these aren't even the best examples of that but just a note to self and to you guys it's not like i'm gonna go read some dense history books but you know diving into some more categories beyond fiction you know a little bit of spirituality some classics a little self-help which i know is gonna make some people cringe or just some authors that i've heard incredible things about that write about various topics so to start off we have untethered soul you know self-help spirituality category whatever you want to call it this was highly recommended and i found it really interesting i'm not really familiar with this whole genre it's not really my thing but there are a lot of really lovely tidbits to kind of help you kind of reassess the way that you think and the way that you see the world which is a very crazy process because it's always easy to just obviously get stuck in the mindset we're in and seeing the world and just think that's our like reality and our truth but we actually could like redefine quite a bit of that kind of just helps you i think step outside of the zone of the way you exist day-to-day whether that be the thinking patterns that you're in the self-talk the way you see yourself the way you address certain emotions or work through certain emotions so i really liked it i thought it was good it wasn't like life-changing for me but there also is a lot of good tidbits i marked her up quite a bit next up attached uh the new science of adult attachment i think this book was not for me i just saw everybody talking about i was like oh i want to know like what this is about what's my attachment style this book i would say is just made for people essentially who have anxious attachment styles i don't if you do have an anxious attachment style this could be a great book for you next up we've got joan didion the white album i've been meaning to read some joan didion she's classic she's iconic barack obama's on the back saying one of the most celebrated writers of her generation one of our sharpest most respected observers of american politics and culture so this is like a collection of different essays kind of highlighting life through her unblinking gaze from the 1960s the 1970s i'm fascinated with that era as are many people and so it was really interesting reading this some of the essays really hit some of the other essays i'm like what are you even talking about but in general i really liked it i think she provides a really unique perspective into that era of time the other one i run on my kindle which i rented from libby is the dark places by jillian flynn i believe loved it it's classic like thriller serial killer murder mystery that's like my category shout out to my burner arenas so i really enjoyed it i read it in like two days just a great interesting fictional read so those are all my book updates but the summer is alive she is well i've probably been going out a little bit too much maybe spending too much money eating out drinks the whole deal it's been a good time i have a bunch of random clips it's kind of like a week-ish in my life that i'm gonna just smack together for you guys today i'm just getting some work done this is where i spend most of my days i try to do like a monday through friday schedule so i'm just here at my little desk doing my thing that's it enjoy my vlog morning how's it going just went to berries i'm trying out barry's boot camp to mix it up i've been going to f45 for like a very long time now and i felt like i want to try something different and very so hard it's also so just like trendy and it kind of feels like a club in there because this crazy orange lighting and everyone is like so fit and good looking it's kind of intimidating but it's a really good workout but last night it was super cute every time i do something like that i tell myself i'm like i'm gonna take all these cute videos and like capture and then i end up taking like two videos in total which you know classic but it was cute i was like oh invite over a couple friends and then ended up being 14 people i made some vegan tacos the recipe was honestly so good and really easy for a lot of people it's really lovely to have a home where i can actually like host now that i have like a big dining room table i feel like that is something i grew up with so much as my mom is always like very very hospitable i think that's just like a big part of iranian culture and so it's really cool to now as like an adult kind of do that myself and like invite friends over today i'm just getting some work done um your girl upgraded i finally bit the bullet and spent all my monies and i got as you can see the sony a7s three i've been shooting a bunch on the sony a 6600 this is kind of my go-to camera i have a few lenses i use this wide angle lens all my gear and then i use the sony 18 105 lens a bunch i think i'm going to fully start from scratch sell this sell my lenses kind of build out like a new gear portfolio which i'm excited about i'm watching all these videos i really love brandon lee's videos as well as potato jet i love his videos when it comes to camera reviews and like camera tips these guys are so helpful you know i'm actually gonna go get ready for the day hello okay it's middle of the day it's been a productive day little backstory i watched on jada jade's video um she just made one about learning german in a month i've talked about this in so many vlogs probably too much because just have low expectations for me don't expect me to become fluent in a language it's too much pressure but if i could share helpful tips for other people trying to learn languages i will she talked about this program lingoda which i really like because you buy these credits at each credit basically as a class and it's honestly the most affordable i've probably seen for language learning in a while tried doing the apps on my own and feel like i've barely learned i just know i need like a teacher a syllabus of sorts this will be my third class they're just an hour i'm just doing a2 i'm like i like know like some of the basics but like i'm at the beginning of a2 when it comes to like language levels of learning so i'm about to sign on for that and all the other things to do hello hello i just finished up my french class and quickly got changed guys i'm going to my first event since literally february 2020 aka fashion week i'm excited i think maybe a little nervous we'll see thankfully my friend molly's coming parade is a sustainable underwear brand super cool they're throwing like a summer event in brooklyn so it's time to head on over i had a whole outfit planned it is 90 degrees and my phone says feels like 98 degrees i'm wearing this little top i found it i think on etsy um just these pink trousers come on over to my purse wall i think i'm gonna bring this and then my little shoe situation can't go wrong with the good old white cowboy boots i love it how did you do it good morning here are my latest books i always keep a little collection on my table reading the new earth i have to i'm giving in trying to read on the genealogy morals we'll see how this goes as the name might give away it's a bit it's a bit dense so far so good and then also reading goodbye to all that which i don't really know i'm reading it again i was recommended it as are many of my reading choices but it's on reader it's on writer's loving and then leaving new york and like i'm not ready to leave new york and that's kind of what it's all about but it's also beautiful because it highlights all these parts of new york that i've come to love i had a really good therapy session yesterday and i wanted to share something that she told me she said when we were chatting she said we do a lot of things in the avoidance of pain you must tolerate uncomfortable feelings to figure out what will serve you in the long run so if there's anything that you feel like you're kind of stuck in but you don't want to unstick yourself because of the pain it might cause or the discomfort it's gonna cause hopefully this little blurb is for you a lot of times we have to give up things that make us feel comfortable or secure and really step outside your comfort zone to figure out what's really gonna be beneficial for you the long run and help you become the person you want to be so it's kind of like rewiring your brain because of course we're you know adverse to discomfort and pain but sometimes you have to lean into those feelings and do the hard thing in order to get to where you want to go so i keep reading back on that and i think it's really powerful so hopefully it'll help some of you guys out there uh going to get some work done i am scripting out another finance video today so stay tuned hello i'm so like six got some coffee out here meeting up with some friends gonna have a wholesome little saturday get some food we're heading to the real real um which i love didn't know you could shop in person so come along yeah well i guess it went once but yeah first time first question it's freaking very exciting you're excited let's get the girl from gal's got to eat the podcast ashley who's so funny and it's one of my favorite favorite podcasters so i'm like so excited to see here greetings got my 70s glasses can't tell if they're creepy or cute to be determined got a little coffee we're always filming something in soho i swear but gonna get some work done maxine's gonna join me and yeah this is a beautiful friday little fit check these arithia trousers if you're tall 10 out of 10 worker man they're actually long enough for me and then wearing these boots that make me like six too but you know when in new york people have seen weirder things than a giant female walking down the street say hi getting sushi as new mizu i love this spot for just picking up sushi on the way home obviously it was just planning with peter and natalie for the night out it's gonna be fun i think we're going to acme and then like this warehouse party in brooklyn a good hot girl summer night out and i swear i literally just walked past that great quinto on the street it's feeling like a very new york friday so we're gonna keep switching the park by myself meet up with friends for drinks gonna have a little friday night maybe i'll remember to film this time oh my god we do a fake ring ah good morning how are we doing it's pride weekend i mean it's prime month but it's specifically pride weekend which is super exciting i feel like so many of the people i hang out with in new york are part of the lgbtq community so i think i'm gonna go walk around on the streets kind of celebrate with everybody and happy pride to you out there much love and yeah just kind of see where the day takes me probably keep it chill tonight and just stay in but yeah happy pride y'all i keep look at this insane um something backwards something bad good morning how are we doing a little internet reality check i'm very scared because i'm getting adult acne kind of for the first time and the reason why i'm scared is because i had really really bad acne in high school especially my late teen years early college so bad that i want to accutane i'm really scared that this is a sign that like now it's my time to like get full blown adult acne i've been down the train of having really really bad skin and i don't want to go back so if you have any recommendations for products that help address acne prone skin that you really loved leave a comment down below because i'm getting really nervous i'm hoping it's just like the sun hormonal i don't know so i'm like what's what's going on i don't know anyway just having a cute little work day and then i have another brand event tonight and tonight my friend ashley is going to come with me to this like you know cole miller dinner they're also a great part about living in new york because you have really good opportunities to like meet with brands and then you meet other creators at these events um and i have missed that so that'll be nice hello we just made it to the nicole miller little brand event i haven't been here in a while so excited to be back look who i found i kind of feel like we look like prom dates right now i'm into it as hell i know this is kind of prom season also yeah it's gonna work it's true awful summer is alive and well today with the nice 95 no something it was 97 and then it said it felt like 104.

and that's what it kind of feels like right now so i i was like what's gonna feel like i'm naked and i know i'm she's surfing is all right i gotta make a run for it hello good morning i'm about to head out to a berries class i've decided to fully do the 30 day challenge it's my next 30 day challenge amongst many now i've done boxing bar soul cycle chloe ting and f45 so getting on that workout grind but it just takes so long to do the damn you know 30 day challenge and it's very difficult to get up every morning for it and my body hurts so make sure when that comes out gave a little like i'd uh greatly appreciate it i'm about to head out for that and then ashley and gabby and i are all going to do a little work together day they both have nine to fives but they work remote so love having some work buddies and yeah i think we're gonna meet up at all the kings horses which is my favorite coffee shop in the east village i think this will be my last day in this vlog and i'll see you guys the next one shoulder this past time i'll be getting over it i don't know what i'm bringing closer we're out here in soho we just went to all the king's horses and got such good coffee such good coffee definitely go there if you're in the east village they're like my favorite coffee shop and now we're gonna get some work done together i thought ladies try to stay cool trying to stay cool like 90 degrees