HELLO FEBRUARY

This post is a bit late, but I hope you still enjoy!

I am so excited that it is already February! You guys, January was an absolutely crazy month filled with SO many fantastic opportunities.

To start, I was accepted into both College Fashionista and Campus Trendsetters! I absolutely love that I am able to work with both of these communities. Being part of these communities is something I have wanted to achieve for a long time. I have long admired the amazing women who are a part of this community and I am honored to be recognized as one!

Another fantastic event that occurred this month for January was that I achieved an internship with Fashion Fundamentals! This is a small brand that is based in New York City and with a young entrepreneur Audree Kate. She is giving young women an opportunity to work and gain experience in the fashion and editorial industry with mentoring. I will be writing articles for them this semester! I will be writing on all sorts of topics and events based in fashion and lifestyle. Becoming a writer for a fashion publication is a goal I have wanted so badly for a long time.

When the pandemic hit, I definitely didn’t think that I was going to achieve anything for a while and instead of accepting complete defeat, I got up and I worked really hard to get to the place of achievement I am today. One year ago, I would NOT have imagined that I would be the person I am today. The person I am today is because of the trials I overcame in 2020. I was once so lost and honestly in a lot of pain. Seeing how I have achieved so much of what I have wanted is absolutely crazy. I have definitely focused on bettering myself and helping to heal my mental health. Because I have now not only accepted that I attract what I believe I deserve, I have now been working on how I attract. It definitely begins with an element of self-reflection and working on getting my mental and physical lifestyle to a place of alignment with what I believe I deserve in life. As I have done this, slowly, everything I have wanted has found me with very little to no effort on my part other than making improvements and adjustments to my mindset and lifestyle in general.

In conclusion, I am READY to face whatever February is bringing me and I will work incredibly hard on each challenge this month. College in general is something that a TON of attention is going to currently. My classes aren’t per say difficult (besides algebra) but add in an internship and a work study and I have an incredibly busy schedule. It takes some serious micro management to be able to balance everything. So I wish you the best month yet! You can do it!

-Ana Oelen