Remember Why You Started

Remember Why You Started

Time is a funny, funny thing. It has a way of mucking about with goals and plans and suddenly you find yourself a few years down the road with your mind all over the place and no real direction. I’ve been feeling like that a lot lately. This kind of lost sense of going through the motions. Specifically with this blog and my YouTube channel.
I’ve been blogging and making videos for so long that I’ve lost sight of why I started. It’s easy to do and it’s no one’s fault really. But through this loss of sight I realized others might be going through the same thing. So I thought I’d write about it.
It’s so easy to get caught up in the politics and the rat race. Trying to get followers, trying to write engaging posts that catch attention and gets views, to make catchy titles to attract people in. The list goes on and on and suddenly you’re where I’m at, trying to go back to the beginning. I never thought I’d be wildly successful on the internet. Sure, like anyone I hoped it would happen (people are lying if they say they’ve never thought about it). But after the first four years of YouTube and a year of the blog it really wasn’t about getting popular anymore because I honestly wasn’t. Which I’m really quite thankful now that my online presence is starting to get traction.
It’s because of those literally years of no feedback that I remained humble and honest to why I really started blogging and making videos. And more importantly why I kept making them and despite little to no response. I found myself blogging and making videos because I enjoyed it and I wanted to do it for myself. Ironically that’s when things started (slowly) happening. It’s because I remembered why I started, and why I kept going, that I found happiness in what I was doing. I think people can sense that. People can see from behind their computers that what you’re making is honestly just because you like doing it. That’s when the magic really happens.
So remember why you started doing whatever it is that you’ve lost sight of. It’ll likely boil down to passion. You enjoy doing it. And if you don’t, then stop doing it. It’s that simple really.
xoxo Kayla
5 Things to Do For Yourself: This Holiday Season

5 Things to Do For Yourself: This Holiday Season

The holiday season is definitely here in full force and it’s more important than ever to do things for yourself to maintain your sanity as the to do lists reach new lengths. I for one always get swept up in the fury and frantic dash and could use the reminder to take time to do these 5 things for myself.
  1. Remember what the holiday season is about and focus on that more than anything else. It’s so easy to worry about getting the perfect gift, but the holidays are about spending time with people you love. It’s so easy to forget that.
  2. Take a bubble bath and drink a festive beverage in the process. Taking care of your mental health is always important!
  3. Participate (or create) in a holiday tradition that means a lot to you. Nothing lifts me out of the craziness of the holidays like building a gingerbread house with Alex. It’s a little thing we’ve done for a few years now that really brightens my spirits. Enjoy something that’s special to your family.
  4. Be honest about how much your spending and hold yourself responsible to it. It’ll save you a lot of heartache in January. It’s so easy to get swept up and buy that extra gift that wasn’t really necessary. Create a list and stick to it. You’ll be happier in the long run and spending extra money won’t make or break the holiday season, but it’ll make 2016 a whole lot harder starting out.
  5. Live a little and eat that cookie or extra helping of stuffing. What’s the hard work for if it isn’t for little luxuries like pie?
Do these few things for yourself and we’ll all make it through the holiday season relatively undamaged.
xoxo Kayla
This is the start of something wonderful

This is the start of something wonderful

Hello there. Welcome to my wonderful, amazing, headache inducing (for me not for you) beauty and fashion blog. I’m excited. And I hope you are too. If you don’t know me, I’m Kayla. I make YouTube videos (here) and have grown to love and crave fashion and beauty in my 20 (almost 21) years. So I’m here to share it with all of you!!