listening to some amazing, and truly inspired, men & women.
Meet Kelly from Exceptionalistic
i have loved getting to know Kelly these last couple of months!
Kelly is always uplifting, encouraging, understanding, and supportive.
she is there for you when you just need someone to get you.
from the very first tweet i received from her, i knew we were going to be great friends! :)
i'm excited to introduce her to all of you and hope you enjoy getting to know her a little better as much as i have!
1. How would your friends describe you?
Trustworthy, faithful, sarcastic
2. What is the biggest lesson you've learned about living a happy life?
Don't worry about what anyone else thinks! It can take a lot of mental energy to try to please everyone
3. How did you start your blog & shop and why?
I started my blog on a whim. One night I just decided to do it. Of course now (almost 6 months later) I feel obligated to those that follow me. Oh, and I love it!
4. What inspires you?
My kids inspire me a lot. I always strive to be the best mom I can!
5. What would your totem-pole animal spirit be?
I don't know what this means but my favorite animal is the dragonfly!
6. What are some of your favorite items in your blog posts and why?
B = Broken, L = Life I chose these two because it's me. Unedited, open and real. I also choose G = Green because it's fun, fun, fun!
7. How do you define success?
I define success as being who you are while doing what you love. You can make a lot of money doing a lot of things but that doesn't make you successful.
8. What advice would you give to new shop owners/bloggers? What did you wish you knew when you first started?
Make friends! It will keep you around when things get tough. The friendships are worth all the time and effort.
9. What is a talent you have that you wish you used more?
Writing. I'm working on it somewhat with this blog but I really want to finish the book I'm working on.
10. What are your goals for the future {long and short}? Do you have anything you want to change?
A short term goal is to create a fun atmosphere on the blog for all of the lovelies that follow along. As for long term, I'd like to finish my book and also run a thriving photography business.
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she’s wonderful right??
i loved her answers especially that success is “being who are doing what you love.”
i love Kelly and i hope you have grown to love her a little more too!
be sure to follow Kelly online to get to know her better:
blog | facebook | twitter | pinterest | google+ | bloglovin’
Matched
i just finished reading “Matched” by Ally Condie for my next BlogHer Book Club book.
the whole idea of the book was very intriguing to say the least.
“Matched” is about a 17-year-old girl named Cassia who lives at a time when Society and its Officials are the ones who make the choices for everyone’s lives.
they decide what you eat.
they decide what you wear.
they decide where you work.
they decide where you live.
they decide who you marry.
and they decide when you die.
they do all this in the name of science and statistics, saying they know what’s best because they have the hard facts to prove what will provide the best outcomes for others’ lives.
{no emotions allowed}
the book starts off at the “matching banquet” where Cassia is to find out who she will be matched with and spend the rest of her life [until she is 80, actually] with.
in a very rare, almost improbable, circumstance she ends up being matched with her childhood best friend, Xander.
however, things get interesting when she goes to look at her microcard with information on Xander and the courting guidelines and instead of Xander’s face, another person’s face shows up. and she happens to know have grown up with him too.
the book is definitely a page turner.
the whole Society that Condie created seems highly unlikely that our world could ever come to such a crazy situation.
and yet at the same time i saw many parallels to our own society at times.
the whole book begs the question:
“is a life without choice, yet still yields a productive life, really a happy & fulfilling life?”
the book is very Hunger Games-esque i felt.
it brought up some interesting ideas that really make you think.
like, am i happy with my own choices?
or if given the opportunity to live in a world free of heartbreak & disease, would i give up my right to choose?
would i be brave enough to break away from society?
though i'm not totally infatuated with the book, i still like it and really want to read the sequels.
i think it is a good, interesting read and would still recommend it to others, especially if these kind of questions & ideas interest you.
This is a paid review for BlogHer Book Club but the opinions expressed are my own
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