All posts tagged: life

Be gutsy and go for it

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Yesterday I had a hot chocolate date at Boxcar Social with Charise from Kaeru Communications. Nothing is more motivating than getting fantastic career and life advice from someone who is naturally ambitious and driven. The biggest lesson I learned from talking to Charise was to keep working hard, be social and if you don’t like what you’re doing, change it. We both work from home and agree that some days can be less motivating since you don’t have a co-worker to talk to or it can feel like a drag when you stay in your pyjamas until 3pm. Charise says to break up your day and keep busy, whether it being meeting with clients, coffee dates or going for a workout. Always have something to do. The best piece of advice I received from her? If you want to do something, be gutsy and go for it. Don’t let anyone or anything stop you.

Cat and house sitting

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My aunt and uncle went on vacation to the States for 10 days, leaving me in charge of their humble abode and Sniffy, their cat. In only a couple days I nearly lit the house on fire, came close to flooding the entire washroom and forgot to feed Sniffs the first morning I was here (he was NOT pleased with me for the rest of the day). Rest assured, everything is still intact! I’m having a very relaxing Saturday filled with writing, reading, hot lemon water and Miranda Lambert’s “Automatic” on repeat. I’m excited for tomorrow night since my friends Sam and Katie are coming over! We’re getting dressed up and going out (probably to a nice Greek restaurant). FINALLY, human interaction. It’s been kind of lonely being here by myself. The cat can only entertain me for so long. Have a great weekend everyone! 🙂

Quality over quantity

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Life is about new experiences and forming great relationships. It’s about the people who enter your life and, unfortunately, it is also about the people who leave it. I believe everyone you meet, you meet for a reason. Whether they gave you faith, provided a home, broke your heart or made you smile – you can write at least ONE lesson every person in your life has taught you. Those who aren’t in mine anymore, they’ve taught me the most important lesson. It’s in that moment when you both realize your friendship or relationship is over. Suddenly, whether ending in good or bad terms, all the memories you’ve ever had together come rushing back from when you were both happy and felt like you’d have forever. Then you realize, you don’t. As cliche as it sounds, every ending has a new beginning. There’s an entire world you haven’t yet met. Saying good-bye will always be hard, but as sappy as it sounds, no one can take away the memories you had together. I always believe …

The beauty of being awkward

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Think back to all the awkward situations, photos or conversations you’ve ever had in your life, the ones that make you cringe from sheer embarrassment or smile from a sentimental, unexpected moment. Think back to a successful date with someone you genuinely care about. That moment before you both go in for that first kiss. You smile, hesitate and (to dispel the awkward) you just go for it. The feeling of excitement and anticipation is a small part of life we often take for granted. Think back to when you were a teenager (or twenties, or thirties or anytime in your life you felt lost). The awkwardness of discovering who you are and what you want to do with your life. You stumble, fall and have no fucking idea what you’re doing. As awkward as it gets when you’re going through the motions, it’s those days of fumbling and picking yourself back up you truly discover where you’re meant to be. Being awkward makes you human. It makes life interesting. Good or bad, it keeps us on the …

This is how my week went

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My friend Katie and I bought cute friendship necklaces from Target because everything we talk about is irrelephant…..get it. But also because they symbolize good luck and we both desperately need that in our lives. I took a lovely morning stroll in Toronto. Saw Goldroom perform at Wrongbar. Not sure who he is? Check out his songs below! Embrace – Goldroom Only You Can Show Me – Goldroom Saw some pretty cool graffiti. Had a craving for a ginger molasses cookie from Starbucks, so obviously…this happened… Like any of these photos? ALL can be seen on my Instagram! Add me and let’s be friends! 🙂 instagram.com/jessica_moy

2013 in review

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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 12,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many people to see it. Click here to see the complete report.

2013 Reflections Tag

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1. What was the most exciting thing that happened to you in 2013?  There are too many to name just one! I graduated university, successfully completed two AMAZING magazines internships, went to New York City to go on job interviews, freelanced for amazing publications (including my own full page beauty spreads), had my own mini segment on CityTV for Toronto fashion week, made a ton of new friends and started playing volleyball again. Wow. I’ve accomplished a lot this year. 2. What was your favourite video you filmed this year?  New York City trip. Hands down, the best time of my entire life.   3. Best YouTube video of 2013?  I wouldn’t say this is the BEST video, but I discovered Superwoman this year and fell in love with her humour. “People from my high school are like, getting engaged. To like, real people. Not, oh I’m going to marry a Backstreet Boy, but actually progressing in life.”   4. What was your favourite new product in 2013?  I chose five. YSL Manifesto Perfume. Stila …

Stresssssssssssed

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I’m guilty of being extremely hard on myself…..with everything.  I’m at a point in my life where I’m putting the entire world on my shoulders. Everything has to be exactly how I want it. The right job, the right friends, the right boyfriend, the right clothes, the right food, etc. If it’s not precisely what I want, I don’t have time to deal with it. This is why I’m stressed, depressed but well dressed. I am stressed because I have expectations. I have expectations because I want to be successful. I want to be successful because I want to be able to achieve greatness, travel and dominate the world…..essentially. I have yet to achieve what I expected myself to achieve at 23 and because of that, I am getting upset over the small stuff. For example, this morning I woke up, went downstairs, poured myself some cereal and found out there was no more milk in the milk bag. My immediate thought: “WHY DOES THE WORLD HATE ME?!” I then put a new milk bag in the …

Peppermint Cake Fail

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Yesterday my aunt accidentally dropped my brother and cousins birthday cake onto the floor. So, we did what any logical family would do. Refer to the “Cheesecake” episode of Friends and forward video to 1:52. From the leftovers, my cousin picked it up and slapped it on my brother’s face. Happy birthday dear ol’ Justin! This is why my family and I can’t have nice things.

WHAT IS A “REAL WOMAN’S” FIGURE?

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I notice a lot of people when they describe a curvier women they say, “she has a real woman’s figure.” She has a REAL woman’s figure? Does that mean females who aren’t as curvy are not “real women?” I know a few of my guy friends prefer a curvier body on a lady, which is fine, it’s all about preference. However, I can’t STAND when they describe it as, “a real woman’s body.” So, just because I don’t wear DD’s I’m suddenly not a “real” woman? When people say something that demeans other females and puts them into a category, it’s a judgement on their ignorance and respect towards others. If you are going to judge, judge a woman on how she carries herself, her independence, work ethic and who she chooses to be friends with. Body type has nothing to do with who “real” women are.