September

    

Discovered Stumptown Coffee this past month 

School has officially started again. I've made it through my first three weeks of classes and am hoping that I've finally left the summer mindset behind. Being a student is so incredibly different from being an intern and spending 8 hours a day in an office. Work doesn't stay at school. Ever. It comes home with me and gets done in my room, at the local library, or in coffee shops when I desperately feel the need to change up the scenery and environment. 

Some days, I am incredibly happy that I'm a student soaking up all the reading, the experiences, and everyone else's stories of their experiences. Other days, I feel like I'm drowning and can't possibly get everything done in time and to the quality that I want it to be. On days like today, I'm reminded that I have been in school for eighteen continuous years already. Similar routines year in and year out, semester in semester out. 

Waiting for a train transfer after class 

I've always told myself that I don't deal well with change and that I prefer routine and consistency, but these past few weeks my mind has been telling me that I need change. I need change to learn even more and to grow. Change can't happen right away, but for now I'll be searching for ways to simplify routines, to step away and cut back, and to motivate and remind myself why I love what I do and what I'm studying. 

Leftover chocolate chips=Sunday morning pancakes

This month, I'm grateful for unbelievably satisfying conversations with friends, for a kitchen stocked with ingredients, and amazing soundcloud artists and playlists. And of course, the fact that there is just the tiniest hint of fall in the air :)