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Happy Sunday! Did you see the blog survey my girl Julie did a while back? I thought it’d be fun to play along tonight.
Five Places I’m Dying to Visit
Greece (honeymoon one day?)
Australia << this one may become a reality this year!!
New Zealand (maybe when I’m down under??)
Macchu Picchu (like every other basic bitch you know)
Cinque Terre
Five Foods I Eat Every Day
Banana
Eggs
Almond Butter
Sweet Potatoes
Brown rice
Five Talents I Wish I Had
Better photography
DIY/craftinessÂ
Coding
Graphic Design
Public Speaking << that said, I’m giving a talk at work in two weeks, so going to make myself try to get real comfortable real quick. What would you want to know/learn more about social media as a profession? Maybe I can also turn it into a post.
Five Healthy Food Bloggers I Wish Would Cook For Me Every DayÂ
Brittany from Eating Bird Food
Gina from SkinnyTaste
Lee from Fit Foodie Finds
Gena from The Full Helping
Five Instagram Accounts I LoveÂ
Betches — so freaking funny
Barkbox — hello, puppies
Thugger + Thumper // Hey Baxter — my boss/fave person, Jordan, has an epic kitty Instagram (the music is the best part), and my former coworker Amanda just kills it with her lil dog
As a ridiculous sidenote, I’m going to a talk at the Junior League in a few weeks about how to make your pet an “Instagram sensation.†It will be HILARIOUS and I cannot wait to report back.
Kate the Wasp — hello, spirit animal
Robin Arzon — so badass. Also, those abs.
Five Things I Wear (Almost) Every Day
Yup, obsessed with my sweater pants still
Apple Watch — any other fellow Apple Watch people, what are your favorite apps?
Bombas socks — more on that soon!
New Balance Vazee Pace Sneaks (I’m obsessed)
Five Songs I Listen To On Repeat
Elf
Wedding Crashers
Anchorman (notice a trend yet?!)
Sex and the City — call me a basic bitch but this movie takes me back to college and makes me happy
Home Alone Â
Five Books On My Current Reading ListÂ
There’s a problem here. My coworker who used to recommend good books to me recently left. NOW where will I get my recs, eh?
One of the ones I just finished that she recommended was The Underwriting.
Mindset — The New Psychology of Success (seen on Janae’s blog)
Running: A Love Story — just finished this one and I think I’ll do a separate review on it
Five Random Things I Ate Yesterday
I spent yesterday with friends, so I only had breakfast at home.
Eggs (had brunch at Upland with a high school friend)
Roasted potatoes (yum)
Goose Island IPA (that counts, yes?)
Pizza
Calamari (went to L’Amico for dinner after watching college basketball)
And you? Choose a couple of the above prompts and play along!
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Definitely have to read The Underwriting and The Knockoff, I absolutely loved both of them.
Boys in the Boat is SO SO good! I remember tearing through the last 100 pages or so because I was so antsy to know how it ended. Also love your travel wish list. All of those places are on my list plus Italy.
Love this! I can watch Home Alone anytime- one of my all time favorite movies!
Rachel Platten's Fight Song is my go- to right now! She is currently playing on Pandora!
I am looking forward to going to Australia next year for my 30th Birthday! My aunt takes my sister and I on a big trip for our major birthdays! I can't wait for 2 full weeks of exploring!
Foods I eat everyday: Avocado, Eggs, Whole Wheat English Muffin, Banana, Granola.
An Apple Watch is currently on my wish list - I'm just not sure if I would use it and love it, or if I should go with a FitBit Blaze instead - tell me all things Apple Watch!!
So...I definitely *like* it. I got it as a Christmas gift. I do wear it almost every day and have mixed feelings about the email notifications. The text notifications are my fave, and I do, of course, love the fitness tracking.
Do please come to Australia! So many tips (see: food) to share!
Sadly, I'm wearing my Bean boots every day. We got 20cm of snow today with more coming later this week. :(
Thanks for the book recommendations!
You MUST go to Australia! I just got back from my honeymoon there and it was amazing! Greece is definitely on my short list of places to visit too. :)
Ugh totally lusted over your Insta while you were away!
Upland and L'Amico in one day? Amazingness!
Totally agree with you on Sex and the City - I could watch that movie over and over.
Not too shabby a day :) I should add that we sat at the bar/"kitchen" area of L'Amico...but yes :)
Hi, Theodora! I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on the stigma of social media as a profession. I work for a marketing agency and manage all of our client's social strategies and, while social media is an integral part of our client's businesses, in many respects I still feel like it's treated as the "red-headed stepchild" in comparison to other marketing jobs. I'd love to hear your thoughts on that and where you see it heading as a profession in the future!
Ooh interesting question! Yup, I definitely think people don't realize the work that goes into it unless they're in the field. I'm a one-person team that does the strategy, content creation and community management. So any one day usually involves some mix of putting together/working on some longer-term strategy project + creating/coordinating content + responding across 6-7 channels. Plus being always-on. I think it's definitely a field that's not going away, BUT I think savvy companies are only really starting to actually understand how to use it effectively, while less-savvy companies are just starting to understand WHY they need to use it. I could talk about this for days haha.