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Well it's Friday! I made it through (almost) my first week of classes. Early, early Monday morning, H and my dad took me to the airport for my flight. A friend from school picked me up and I spent the rest of the day unpacking and getting settled! I even made it to yoga twice this week! I've had a super productive week, full of meetings and scheduling and running errands to prep myself for a wonderful semester. 

I have to admit, I'm excited about this semester! I'm especially excited for genetics and my French class--and to continue working on my fitness instructor certification and on my research. I've started a new research project (feel free to skip if science bores you) about pathogenicity of the Gaeumannomyces fungus after storage. In normal terms, I'm taking a bunch of fungus (looks like this) that has been stored in different ways and seeing which of the samples can infect plants. Exciting!! To me, at least. Yay fungus. 

+ Ditch these 20 ideas to be more confident [MindBodyGreen]

+ 50 questions to help you reflect + prepare for 2015 [Into Mind]

+ Dorm showers make me want a bathtub like this one so badly.

+ What no one tells you about achieving your goals [Private Life of a Girl]

+ 7 self-love resolutions for a powerful year. [Jessica Says]

+ Beautiful colorblock painted walls

+ This inspiration bracelet from ban.do has the cutest quote!

+ 3 ways taking a break can help your productivity [The Blog Market]

+ I love this collection of free guided meditations.

+ Looking for a new planner for 2015? [The Blog Market, again!]

Me and Bobby McGee / Janis Joplin

For What It's Worth / Buffalo Springfield

Seven Nation Army / Ben L'Oncle Soul

High Ball Stepper / Jack White

Brill Bruisers / The New Pornographers

I Heard It Through the Grapevine / Creedence Clearwater Revival

The Weight / The Band

Like a Rolling Stone / Bob Dylan

These two moodboards from Saffron Avenue. I love how she uses some similar colors (grey and yellow with pink/purple) but by changing the shades and imagery, gives the moodboards totally unique feels. Color is powerful!

I was really on top of everything this week, just like I planned! I unpacked right away + got my textbooks. I've set up binders/notebooks for each class so everything has a place--yay!

This week's goal is to finish my current design project and finish updating my blog. I've already gotten some starts on new design projects since I announced my design yesterday + I look forward to making those a priority! In addition to those goals, I just want to set an extra goal to be intentional with how I spend my time and more importantly, making sure I don't waste it on social media. 

How was your week? What are your goals for the week?

Color Files: Flint

While I have always been a huge fan of color, the older I get, the more I tend to dress in neutral colors. The majority of my closet these days is white, black, navy, grey or taupe. And while that sort of sounds boring at first, it's actually really freeing because everything matches and I can mix them in tons of different ways. Plus I feel kind of stylish and French chic. Or something like that.

Anyways, I thought grey deserved to be the color of choice for the revival of the color files series, specifically this medium grey, not light, not dark, that I'm calling flint grey.

Also, just a handy reminder--it's spelled grAy in America and grEy in Europe, or when you want it to look prettier, like I do. :)

Rucksack / Coat / Gloves / Skirt

Anyone else with me on the neutral-toned wardrobe thing? I especially love adding a small touch of color like these three accent colors above. 

Curated Weekly / 8

Spending this week with family has been nice, but I am definitely ready to get back to school! I've always been that way--the last few weeks of summer are torture for me. I get so bored of all the free time and want to get back to work (though it hasn't been much like that now that I work). I've spent the weekend in freezing Michigan with my family, eating lots of good food and playing lots of card games and going on lots of walks. 

We celebrated New Year's really low-key this year. Usually a friend of mine has a huge party but she's not in town this year. We made a pot roast at home and went bowling with a cousin in town. After that we just came home and ate an apple pie that I made!

On Monday, I'll fly back to Florida and classes start on Tuesday. I'm especially excited for my genetics and French classes this semester, though those will be the toughest. I can't wait for all that this new year has to bring. Happy 2015!

+ 7 morning rituals to empower your day (I do #2 and #7 and am working on #6)

+ Can I get this tattoo?

+ How to set up rich pins for blogger blogs.

+ 8 celebrity-inspired hairstyles for the holidays

+ Designers redesign state license plates

+ A great example of a manifesto for the new year

+ How to make good habits stick.

+ 10 different ways to vary your blog content 

+ Destress your day hour by hour.

+ 10 things to let go before 2015

+ I want to live here.

While working on an upcoming post (I'm resurrecting the color files!), I was browsing through my colors board on pinterest and I was loving all the bright hues on there! It sounds kind of silly, like I inspired myself, but I love what I had collected on that board. It is very much summery and bright colors, so maybe that's my cue that it really is time to get out of Michigan and head back to sunny Florida?! 

This moodboard is just to show you a few of my favorites, but you can see the rest + their sources on my colors board. Also, why are birds so pretty?!

My big goal this week is to stay super-duper totally on top of things so I can start the semester on the right foot. When I get back to school, I'm going to make sure I unpack right away so I don't have my suitcase taking up space on the floor for two weeks (it happens). I'm going to read over all my syllabi carefully + plan out how I will organize my notes for all of my classes (since I usually just stick it all in the textbooks). I have a couple people I need to meet up with to exchange textbooks or other things and I'm going to make sure I do that ASAP. Basically, I'm gonna be super proactive about being ready for the rest of the semester!

That's all for today! What are your goals for the week (I know you made some)? Don't you just love the colors in that moodboard?

Happy New Year!

Have a wonderful 2015!