My Life in 250 Words

Today I begin the "Blog Every Day in May" challenge from yesterday's post (I know it's actually the 2nd of May and not the first, but I'm cheating and doing this one instead - I'm counting it as my Throwback Thursday post lol :p). The first topic is "the story of your life in 250 words or less." In order to do this, I wrote possibly the driest autobiography ever haha. Here we go...

I was born in Palm Bay, Florida on October 2, 1989. My family soon moved to a small city along the beach called Indialantic where I spent most of my childhood. At age 4, I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. At age 5, my parents bumped me from kindergarten to first grade because I had complained about not being challenged enough. From this point on until high school, I was an overachiever and perfectionist. At age 13, my family moved into a house my dad had built in Merritt Island. After giving homeschool a try my freshmen year and not quite fitting in at my private school, I reluctantly enrolled into public school as a junior. There, I discovered my love of film and tv even if I didn't make many friends. Not ready to part with my family, I enrolled to community college during which time my parents divorced, and my sister and I moved into an apartment with our dad. At 19, I finally left my family to go to FSU. Here, I at last found my niche of friends and got heavily involved in several extracurriculars. After switching majors twice, I settled on Retail Merchandising. It took some time to figure out exactly what I wanted to do with my life, but I decided that I loved PR, social media, and event planning. Today, I am living in NYC pursuing a career doing what I love and am graduating from Florida State tomorrow night.

250 words EXACTLY. I'm so proud of myself :D

Now, excuse me as I go pack for my 5 hour drive up to Tallahassee :)

Blog Post + Photo Everyday in May!

So I know I can be quite the sporadic poster - one week I'll be posting every single day, the next I'll post maybe once and it'll just be for a link up. Fail. I'm really trying to curb this habit, believe me, but when you're a twenty-something who's just moved to New York City, it can be a little difficult. Enough with the excuses though, it's a new month and a new start.

May always seems to be a big exciting month of endings and new beginnings. What does that mean exactly? It means that May is (usually) filled with the end of classes, graduations, the start of summer, etc. In my case, it consists of me flying back to Florida to graduate, then going right back up to New York where I'm going to be moving (again) into a new apartment, and starting at least one new part-time job while still job hunting for the right day job. Basically, real life is going to be craaaazy BUT it's also going to provide plenty for me to blog about! I've always prided myself on my time management skills, and this month I'm going to put those skills to the test!

I am challenging myself for the entirety of May to write one blog post AND post one photo on Instagram EACH day (I'm also going to try to churn out at least two Youtube videos a week, but that's another post haha). I am going to using the following prompts each day from Story of My Life and Fat Mum Slim. And don't worry, I'll still have other regular posts and photos as well!

Day 1, Wednesday: The story of your life in 250 words or less (or one paragraph... no one will be counting your words... probably)Day 2, Thursday:Educate us on something you know alot about or are good at. Take any approach you'd like (serious and educational or funny and sarcastic)Day 3, Friday: Things that make you uncomfortableDay 4, Saturday: Favorite quote (from a person, from a book, etc) and why you love itDay 5, Sunday: Publicly profess your love and devotion for one of your blogger friends. What makes them great? Why do you love them? If you don't have blogger friends, talk about a real-life friend or even a family memberDay 6, Monday: If you couldn't answer with your job, how would you answer the question, 'what do you do'?Day 7, Tuesday: The thing(s) you're most afraid ofDay 8, Wednesday: A piece of advice you have for others. Anything at all.Day 9, Thursday: A moment in your day (this can be just a photo or both a photo and words)Day 10, Friday: Most embarrassing moment (s). Spill. Day 11, Saturday: Sell yourself in 10 words or lessDay 12, Sunday: What do you miss? (a person, a thing, a place, a time of your life...)Day 13, Monday: Issue a public apology. This can be as funny or as serious or as creative as you want it to be.Day 14, Tuesday: Ten things that make you really happyDay 15, Wednesday: A Day in the life (include photos from throughout your typical day - this could be "a photo an hour" if you'd like)Day 16, Thursday: Something difficult about your "lot in life" and how you're working to overcome itDay 17, Friday: A favorite photo of yourself and whyDay 18, Saturday: Tell a story from your childhood. Dig deep and try to be descriptive about what you remember and how you felt.Day 19, Sunday: Five of your favorite blogs and what you love about themDay 20, Monday: Get real. Share something you're struggling with right now.Day 21, Tuesday: A list of links to your favorite posts in your archivesDay 22, Wednesday: Rant about something. Get up on your soapbox and tell us how you really feel. (a pet peeve, a current event, a controversial topic, something your husband or roommate or neighbor or boss does that really ticks you off)Day 23, Thursday: Things you've learned that school won't teach youDay 24, Friday: Your top 3 worst traitsDay 25, Saturday: Something someone told you about yourself that you'll never forget (good or bad)Day 26, Sunday: Something you read online. Leave a link and discuss, if you'd like.Day 27, Monday: A letter to your readersDay 28, Tuesday: Only picturesDay 29, Wednesday: Five songs or pieces of music that speak to you or bring back memories. Use Grooveshark or YouTube to include them in the postDay 30, Thursday: React to this term: Letting GoDay 31, Friday: A vivid memory

Are you doing either of these challenges?