Over the weekend, a simple but major event happened that completely overwhelmed me but thankfully, also reminded me to slow things down and that I need be more thoughtful about my actions. (Lets just say it involved having one too many drinks and I am not proud of it). It was a situation where I totally overreacted for no reason. I know we have all been there. No one did anything wrong and I’m not sure why it happened, but I do know one thing, I am happy it happened. I’m happy it happened because it brought me so low to the point where I clearly needed to take a step back and analyze what really happened. Sometime when we or maybe its just me, mess up we think oh well, sh** happens and think “well they say everything happens for a reason, right?” but we do not actually discuss why it happened and what we can do to fix it and prevent it from happening again. This time in particular, with time, it allowed me to wake up and take a million steps back to think about why I overreacted, why I let myself portray myself as unclassy in front of someone else.

That is definitely not the proper, basic etiquette I was raised with and always had. At the moment, and days/weeks prior I was putting too much energy into things of my past which I never do and was never like that. Maybe I was being extra sensitive because I cared more than I thought I did. When you don’t take to time to be present and focus on what is going on in front of you, things can get out of hand if you don’t take the time too think about and take of them then and there. Coincidentally I was listening to someone talking about this energy shift in a podcast that reminded me that I was never that type of person or never did I put my energy into things that are not important and especially things we cannot control. Those kinds of emotions were allowing myself to act like someone I am not. It is important to keep reminding yourself that. Putting those negative, unproductive thoughts out there only makes the situation worse. Whatever energy you put out there is what you get back. When you put the emotion that you are confident and strong it comes off as attractive and you will attract the same.

Bottom line: give things that are not important, uncontrollable and/or unreasonable ABSOLUTELY no energy. It not worth your time.

We have only so much energy (levels) we wake up with everyday and if we waste that energy on the unimportant, we are depriving ourselves of things that could be positive and actually benefit us (easier said than done, but it takes practice to ignore, ignore, ignore what we can’t control). If someone wants to do something wrong to you, literally whatever, that is their problem, it does not affect you and there is nothing you can do about it or control it. Just continue to be the genuine, loving, whole hearted person you know you are. If they don’t see that in you and see you for who you really are, their loss not yours. There is no point in wasting your energy. I have always had this mentality, I remember always saying and thinking these exact words as a young girl. Funny how you were a better version of your self when you were young and careless, we let certain situations allow ourselves to think the opposite but that will not happen, we can only grow.

Time to wake up again and remind ourselves who we are, what we are worth and where we have always stood.

Do not let certain people/relationships or situations try to tell you different. You know who you are and have always been and can only be better than yesterday. Its our time. Its now or never. It will be a fight but a fight we will always win.

With that being said, I need to go start my PA school applications (oh. yay.). Thanks for the time and hopefully it is somewhat relatable. Side note: don’t ever drink too much wine, ever.

Ashley, xoxo

Hi! This will be my first blog ever (wish me luck). I decided to start writing to learn how to better express myself and be able to share my stories to see how relatable they can be because I know I have learned so much through listening to others. Through reading blogs, stories and listening to podcasts I began to notice how each and every individual can be so different yet so similar in so many ways and I cannot wait to share with you guys. In this blog, I will write about the different views/connections/life stories I learn about on a daily base and share them with you guys to hopefully help each other grow. Subscribe to follow and get notified when I upload a new post!

I’m Ashley. Just another Ashley in the world of millions of Ashleys. I am a 24 year old girl that has never been into writing (and I mean never), let alone blogging, but here I am. I graduated university in 2018 with a bachelors degree in Biology. But who really actually cares about degrees now a days, right? To sum me up, I have always had a deep admiration for wellness and almost everything and anything science related but also the girly things like make-up, beauty, love and health.

Since I was a little girl, I always had a passion for connecting with people and a desire to be there for them in a way that will not only help them, but help me grow into the best version of myself. I have always believed in the idea of being the best you can be, will bring out the best in the people around you.

My whole life I always thought I wanted to go to medical school but in the last couple years of college, I realized so many reasons that made me decide not to chose that path and instead apply for physical assistant (PA) school (you will probably be reading more about this in later posts). Almost 2 years post grad and still here. Still learning and hoping to apply this year 2020.

My goal is to make this a place where woman can share, know that no one is judging or really actually cares because in reality if we mess up, all we can really do is learn and grow from it. That’s it. Most times we just need to let it out, understand that it is normal to have bad days, and move on.

I love talking about beauty, make-up, lip injections, shopping, relationships, love, reality t.v aka mainly real house wives, botox, the bachelor, personal growth, plastic surgery, mind sets, productivity. Oh yeah and that important stuff in science (so exciting)…. pathogens, cells, hormones, plantar fasciitis, inflammation, prokaryotes the list goes on.

Why do this?

• Because life. Life especially in the medical field/school/ work can be stressful. We can see new life and death all in one day. There is so much that goes into it that I don’t many people discuss and prepare you for in books.

There are many blogs about getting into the right schools, having the perfect resume, getting the perfect test score etc. but I want this one to be it all, a place where we can talk about the beauty, wellness, new ideas and yes, the real world school and work stuff. Think – short and sweet but straight to the point.