#FormationWorldTour
I went to see Beyoncè in concert this past month and it truly was amazing! It was really a last minute thing - I purchased my ticket 30 minutes before the show was set to start after telling myself this may be a once in a lifetime deal. The upside of my last minute purchase is that I got a really great seat at a really great price. And, most of all, it was amazing. Beyoncè is truly an amazing artist and puts on one of the best live performances I have seen to date. I almost could not help singing every song she performed, which is one of the reasons I did not post any videos. Anywho, I hope you enjoy the little I have shared and go see my girl in concert!
King xoxo
Trying Thai
So, one of my favorite foods of 2015 was definitely Thai food! I frequent a small, hip Thai restaurant in a borough of Pittsburgh where young people gather for good food and a good time. The meals are affordable, filling, and, most importantly, taste authentic. Going in a horizontal, top to bottom direction, I have provided a photo for each of my favorite dishes. The first photograph is one of pork dumplings, followed by the Street Noodles with a intermediate spice level, and the Chiang Mai Curry bowl that I've been addicted to since July. I am never disappointed when I go here! If you're ever in town, give it a try!
King xoxo
The Delicious in Healthy
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I am not sure about you all
but I am in love, if not slightly obsessed, with food! Right now, I am raving
non-stop for the healthier option, although I do have my slip-ups every now and
then.
As you can see, before chowing down I pulled up my blog and took a look at the Penn Stater magazine. It is always fun to have a great read during a meal and I highly recommend it. The actual meal consisted of a spinach salad with season and grilled shrimp. The combination of the two eliminated the need to add salad dressing, which, for the most part, I am not fond of. My beverage of choice was a cold glass of water with a freshly squeezed lemon. The meal was delicious and filling!
As you can see, before chowing down I pulled up my blog and took a look at the Penn Stater magazine. It is always fun to have a great read during a meal and I highly recommend it. The actual meal consisted of a spinach salad with season and grilled shrimp. The combination of the two eliminated the need to add salad dressing, which, for the most part, I am not fond of. My beverage of choice was a cold glass of water with a freshly squeezed lemon. The meal was delicious and filling!
King xoxo
Delicious!
Let's talk about food! I recently discovered this amazing restaurant that is all the rave, in my book at least. I love a good, healthy meal, especially one that I do not have to cook - I may have been fat in my last life LOL. In the above photo, there is a photo of a delicious bowl of gumbo, a quesadilla, and guacamole for the clearly excluded seasoned chips. This meal was absolutely delicious and I must say that I am absolutely in love with the food at this restaurant, let alone its quality. It's healthy, tasty and filling all while being proportional. If that does not qualify for amazing, then I do not know what does! I'll reveal my new spot in time, but not today!
King xoxo
Talk About It Tuesday: Procrastination!
I am a newly graduated alumni of Penn State University and oh how
glad I am to say that! But, that is not what this post is about.
Today, for Talk
About It Tuesday, I am going to address getting
things done. Prior to graduating, I began reading "7 Habits of Highly
Effective People." This book educates its readers on habits that one
should acquire and sharpen in order to be highly effective.
For example, putting first things first, knowing how to delegate, etc. With
that being said, this book is motivating me to really stick to my commitment to
not procrastinate but, as a new graduate, it is very difficult to not fall into
the pattern or relaxation and procrastination- R&P.
For all those that can relate, whether you've just
graduated college, your post-graduate school, landed your dream job, or made
your first million (LOL), I am sure that you can agree with me when I say the
hard work has yet to come. Every move you make from this point forward is the
next step to achieving something greater - whatever that something is! And,
it's hard. Here you have just achieved a goal that has taken almost
forever and a day to accomplish and you want to celebrate just as long as
you have worked to accomplish this task, but realistically you can't. You can
take a week off or go on a mini weekend vaca but, more importantly, you have to
keep working. So, how do you keep motivated to strive forward?
First, I suggest getting a planner! I have
recently established a new relationship with my planner and I am quite sure
that I've used it more in this last week than I have in all four years of
college. It's a regular July to July planner from Target, but it does not
matter where you get yours from. It can be a planner on your smart device, from
Victoria's Secret, your university, an organization that you're affiliated
with, etc. The only thing that matters is that you get one, so that you may -
my next step - organize your life so that you may put
the first things first. I prefer the traditional planner to the more
contemporary because it allows me to organize my daily tasks based on
importance! In other words, it allows me to put the first things first.
Another suggestion would be to cut out the time
wasting! I waste time, you waste time, we all waste time. Much of my time
wasting is on YouTube, Instagram, Mediatakeout, watching TV shows, sleep,
hanging with friends/my line sisters and just allowing "fun" to
consume my schedule. And, it's fun when it's fun but I feel really bad when the
time comes to hand in that application that's due in several hours, send out a
resume, respond to an email, etc., and I have not completed the task, thus
resulting in a sloppy outcome. So, how do you stop wasting time? Include time
for fun in your schedule and do not make plans that interrupt your current and
more important tasks.
Honestly, anything that is not written into your
schedule is a time waster, even if it is important - and, I say that because if
it was important it would have been included in your schedule. Before you do
anything extra, strive to cross of the more important items on your
"to-do" list; stick to your plan! If you can do these three things
(plan, prioritize, and cut out time wasting), you'll be a lot better off with
more time than you've ever had, and hopefully can drop a "thanks" in
the comments section! Happy Tuesday, everyone!
King xoxo
Committing to Change: Lent 2014
For Lent 2014, I am not giving anything up but rather taking on a new kind of task. This time around, it’s called sticking to my commitments. I am committing to change and committing to me. Committing to walking away, not looking back, accepting change, and going for it full throttle. I’ve been afraid of change for so long - I hate it. I cry at graduations and funerals and separations and saddened at the end of conferences - change and I have never been friends. But, we are now. So, I will stick to my commitment to change, be different, and wonderful and marvelous. And, when I get weak - I’ll think of what made me want to change and how great victory will taste.
The above post is from my tumblr and it's what I had been working on for Lent. Initially I wrote a post about "change," which encouraged the goal I would take on during this year's Lenten journey. At that point in time, and like every other day in life, I was experiencing constant change - changes within my personal life, social life, and in uni (short for university). At first they were hard to cope with, but upon reception of them I saw them for what they were and have come to be, collectively.
College has been a bumpy ride. I am currently a senior on a mission - a few actually. See, before starting college, I set five goals for myself that. Two of these goals were: to graduate on time and build lifelong friendships with individuals that are just as focused as myself. (I know I said five, but the other three are very near and dear to my heart and I am still working on them so I am not as open to sharing.)
As my senior year was nearing a close I realized that I may accomplish one goal out of five and that broke my heart. I was literally torn because I work very hard and give a lot of myself with everything that I do, so graduating with only one accomplished goal meant failure to me. However, I am in a new place at this point in my life, and that's because of my new perspective and ability. As I focused on staying committed to what I set out to do, I started to see these unbearable changes as God working in my life to answer my prayers - Him doing for me what myself and hard work were unable to do. Not only did He help me through college, but He has placed people in my life that have contributed to who I am and will be. He has allowed for me to love and give more than I have ever done in the past - to trust, experience, create, and lose so that I may understand value and worth.
So, I could not be bitter about these changes. I had to accept them - come to terms with them. And, now that I have done so, I feel much better every day. I am accomplishing new goals on smaller and larger scales that have allowed for me to accomplish some of my main or top five goals. I have been able to rid myself of negative habits and remove negative people out of my life so that I may grow mentally and spiritually. I am staying committed to getting things done without procrastinating - my best friend throughout college. And, most importantly, I am taking risks that could result in utter failure or complete success.
King xoxo