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Hello. Today is "back to school" for everyone still in school, and for the first time I'm not one of them! yay! (I've graduated this year for those who are new to my blog) Life has been quite uneventful though. Ever since I came back from my Eurotrip I've been trying to decide what I want to do in life. It's stressing me out, and the longer I'm not doing anything the more I feel like I'm wasting time. Even though I'm not doing anything, I can't even relax. To be honest I think I just feel pressured to feel guilty because in society it's looked upon as just being lazy. I want to do so many things but they are a bit hard to achieve right now, though I don't want to settle for anything less. So I have been doing a lot of planning for what the next step will be.
Last week I went for drinks with a friend I hadn't seen in awhile. I told him I felt like I was going through my "mid-life crisis" at 22 years of age as he burst out laughing. Understandably..as I know I'm just a bit extreme hahah.
I just want to travel again, and keep moving around from city to city every 6 months. I don't like falling into the same routine and the same life in one place for too long, because then it feels like a trap restricting you from pursuing your true passions. I also want to spend an entire year painting/doing art in a high-ceilinged-exposed-brick hard loft. That is one of the things on my bucket list. Anyway enough rambling. Some random photos taken from the past few weeks:
A few examples of the artery-cloggers you can find at CNE. There's also others like deep-fried Mars bars, deep-fried oreo cookies, deep-fried cheesecakes, deep-friend coke, Krispy Kreme burgers, bacon & nutella cones, eclair hot dogs, etc. I usually try to steer clear..CNE food is literally like a heart attack waiting to happen.
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i wish i could move from place to places every six month:P your plan sounds devine, and nice clutch that you have there!!
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Thanks Joandy! I really hope I'll be able to do it someday :)
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Oohhh cupcakes? Where is that from?
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DeleteCould your pictures be more delicous? I love them.
ReplyDeleteI had the same problem than you. I finished high school and then I didn't know what to do, I wasn't sure about what to study so I took a Photography course and when I finished I was again feeling guilty for not doing anything while my friends were all at college.
The following year I went to college but I didnt like the degree I chose, so I tried with another and it happened again, so I stopped and started to work to save up money to travel. I went to Europe and lived half year in Sweden and found out that that was the place of my dreams. I came back this year and Im doing a Professional Makeup Artist course that lasts a year, by the end of this year I will be done with it and after that Im going to live to Sweden for many years, hopefully studying Makeup there too and becoming a famous make up artist in europe or having my own brand. Maybe it sounds too risky but it's what makes me happy and I dont feel bored ( I hate routine)
Do what you heart tells you, don't start studying if your not sure about the degree, travel as much as you can!!!
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Flo
First of all - I LOVE Sweden!! I wouldn't mind living there for a few years too.
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I just finished studying for a degree in fashion, and realized it's not what I really want to do. I love fashion but not as a career. I really want to do something like you did as well..to live a few years in Europe to figure it out. Taking risks is good while we're still young, it's important to experience as much of the world as possible.
Hey tiffany,
ReplyDeleteI can feel and hear you. When I first graduated I was lost like you too. I love traveling so much I just wanna keep traveling!!! BUt then, I realize life is a big adventure itself and it will make it own way!!:))So, Just see now as a break for you..I mean once you start working on "Anything"....believe me you will have no time:)...I am bad in advising people but trust me, soon you will find your way. To be honest, I am still finding mine as well.....but just follow what your heart told you too! You are very young!! I felt so old!! I am 27!!...you are NOT in mid-life crisis!! YOu will have all my support and will love to hear your future adventure, work or anything:)
BTW, I love your necklace:)
have a great week dear:) xoxo
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Thanks Tammy - that's why I dread getting a proper job, because then I won't have much time for anything. 2 weeks of vacation time in a conventional job is nothing!! But I know if I really love what I do, it won't feel like work. Hopefully I'm lucky enough to get one of those jobs, as most people I know don't like what they're doing..
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ur pictures are so very delicious !
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The burgers look delicious! Regarding your mid-life crisis: "knowing" you through your blog, I'd say that you pretty much know what you want and that's already very good (because most people don't). Now it's just a question of making it happen. And I'm sure you will! Believe me, eventually it will all come together.
ReplyDeleteThank you! yes, I hope a few years from now I'll look back and just laugh it off that I was so worried for nothing
Deletegreat pictures dear :) and wow... your dress looks amazing!!
ReplyDeleteThose photos are awesome. I love posts with random photos! Hope you make it all happen (what you planned). This period of life is the hardest, I know. Good luck, dear!
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Thanks so much! I agree, I feel this period is probably going to be one of the biggest "turning points" in life
DeleteSo delicious!!! love it!!! xxx
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ReplyDeleteTiffany after having a look of your pics I'm thinking that you probably would love a cooking course, you will probably enjoy a while, learn a lot and get more time to think about what would you like to do.
ReplyDeleteI've reading you for a while now and food is always present on your post. Good luck!!
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Thanks!
Deletehmmm I'm not sure about that lol - I've lived by myself for years already but I barely cook! I always try to for a few days then lose motivation.
You take the best photos, love coming here to see slices of your life!
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Amazing pics , dog is supercute .I understand you , while we studing it is like some comfort zone and when it ends and comes to searching for jobs , that is " pretty" interesting :) Lovely blog , maybe we could follow each other ?:)
ReplyDeletealways wonderful to see pictures of toronto :) and oh god how i miss cupcakes (cupcakes are not very estonian or well european even). i'd kill for a red velvet right now!
ReplyDeletehope you figure out what you want to do soon! i know the feeling when it seems like you're just waisting your time... and i hate it too! have you thought about whether you'd like to stay in toronto or go somewhere else?
yea I imagine cupcakes are more of an "American" thing..I actually don't like them that much though but they're fun to photograph!
DeleteI definitely want to move to Europe as soon as I can. Preferably London or Paris!
ah, don't worry, even rory gilmore had a mid-life crisis at like 22!
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DeleteRight after I graduated from college, I worked in a law firm where I made decent money but had zero time to spend any of it. By the end of it, I was so burnt out and jaded by corporate jobs that I spent the following years after it more or less drifting around and spending all the money I earned at the law firm. Retrospectively, I wish I had someone who had told me to just do whatever I want without being overly concerned about money. I don't know why I thought that I had to earn x amount of dollars at that age, ad it's not like I didn't have a nice cushion to fall upon had I decided to follow a more creative but less lucrative path.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this comment. I think part (or most) of it has to do with societal/parental pressures - recent graduates feel like they should jump right into a job, and take whichever one they can get (bonus if it pays well) rather than do something they have a genuine interest in; usually the riskier path that takes longer. Obviously not every case is like this but it's common..I think you'd have to be very lucky to easily and quickly land a job you love
DeleteWhen you finally move to Paris let me bunk off you for a while mmmm? LOL The cupcakes look great but was it icing overload? Most of the time I often find cupcakes with too much icing on the top, sometimes I wish they made it more like a cake style, layer the icing in-between and thin it out, then again I rarely bake and when I do it's with cake mix ahahaha (the add milk and shake it up ones LOL)
ReplyDeleteI know you're strong enough to get through this midlife crisis =) There might be more ahead of you hahaha jkjk but I think what you said above, about traveling and staying in an area for 6 months sounds like a great plan and would be phenomenal if you could pull it through! I'll live vicariously through you haha
Looks like you had a great few weeks! Was that a dinner cruise you went on? We have some of them here in Vancouver but I've never been on one, seems sorta cheesy haha
For suuuure..let's hope that happens soon then! hahah
DeleteI didn't buy any of the cupcakes (I don't like them that much)..I just went in the shop to take some photos. I think I'd prefer them cake style too
thanks so much!
no it wasn't a dinner cruise lol..that place was on land ;]
we were just walking by the harbour in the middle of the night..then it suddenly started POURING RAIN so we ran under the covered patio area for awhile
Thank you!:) I really liked your story . Following you , too and I liked your Facebook page :)
ReplyDeleteGreat photos, I am now craving burgers and cupcakes. When you get a chance I'd love it if you could check out my blog.
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Hi sweetie, once you get the travelling bug it’s bloody hard to get rid of : )
ReplyDeleteI travelled around the world for a year with my boyfriend and now can’t stop thinking about and planning our next adventure.
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it's like an addiction! I love it more the more I do it as well
Deletegreat pictures! I am going through the same thing - a quarter life crisis! I decided that I needed to travel so am going to Europe in the fall for 6 weeks and cannot WAIT. I figured I can sort out the rest once I get back to LA. I hope you sort out what you want to do, but...don't stress too much! PS, I am Canadian too!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you'll have an amazing time!! I really need to take an extended trip again..
DeleteI absolutely understand the feeling of having free time. I've recently graduated as well and now that I have all this time to figure it all out, sometimes I feel like I don't know what to do with myself. Scary, but once I take a deep breath and realize that all my hard work has finally paid off and to just embrace the luxuries of time and freedom, my creativity really explodes because WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT NOW. =D it's an amazing feeling. I love the black dress btw, been trying to find one like it! Keep up the great blog!
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thank you!! you are totally right
Delete& it's not a dress - you can't see that well in my pic but I was wear a tank top under the feathered vest + shorts
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DeleteGreat photos! Loving the ones with the cupcakes ^^
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i guess sometimes you just kinda have to let yourself flow and wander a bit when you are lost and don't know what your next step should be! i am pretty sure as u travel again somehow, somewhere you'll suddenly know what you want to do next!! :) lovely pics as always~ and have a wonderful weekend! :D
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Great pics and blog! I'm already following you on GFC, hope you follow me back :) xx
ReplyDeleteHi Tiffany - I know that feeling of wanting to move from place to place all too well. I'm 10 years older than you are and wandering the SAME thing myself, except I thought maybe I am too old to call it a quarter life crisis now. LOL.
ReplyDeleteWow, look at all these beautiful photos that tell a story of a life well enjoyed! YAY for you!
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agree to everything you say! i hate being stuck in Athens for too long and I m really hating my current job which doesn't express my passions at all. And one of my dreams is also to paint in a high ceiling brick loft! That has been a dream for ages, that urge to feel the freedom of expressing yourself. Wish you all the best with your life planning xoxo ES
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