I think everyone needs a pretty workspace where they can create and be inspired. Unfortunately, I hadn't made one for myself. For the longest time I had been spending my time blogging and writing from my bed, but that just isn't cutting it anymore. So I've decided to begin a project of sorts, making room in my tiny bedroom for a space that's just my own. Here's a snapshot of some of my inspiration.

Giclee Glow modern lamp / kate spade new york notebook set / Texture painting / New Growth Designs artificial flower arrangement / Desk

Forever

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I recently decided to reread my favorite book, The Truth About Forever. I think the story is so beautiful and the quote that kinda blows me away is *spoiler alert* the last paragraph of the book:

"That was the thing. You just never knew. Forever was so many different things. It was always changing, it was what everything was really all about. It was twenty minutes, or a hundred years, or just this instant, or any instant I wished would last and last. But there was only one truth about forever that really mattered, and that was this: it was happening." -Sarah Dessen

I think that is the truth about forever. There really is no one definition. It's just there, and it's happening all around you, at every second. And you'd better start making your forever count, because it could all end in a second. 

Take risks.
Fall in love.
Be fearless.
Live.

Cravings

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Happy July! I can't believe the heat of the summer is already here. I wish I could say I've been going and conquering, but really I'm just here, doing my thing. There's so much I long to do though, and I've been thinking lately:

Why not do them?

I believe that having dreams and desires keeps you sane. They can also keep you insane, but the good kind. If you don't have dreams, what do you have? I also believe there's a reason we have certain desires. God wants us to live them out. I shared something on my tumblr yesterday that I've been feeling:

"I crave adventure and coffee shop dates and laughter and long summer nights and cool autumn days. I crave lazy Sunday afternoons in the sun and reading good books and loving a person so deeply your heart aches in the best way. I crave life."

Don't lose your dreams. Find beauty in the simplest of things and do what you crave the most. You have the ability to make your life beautiful. Well, even more beautiful than it is already.