Sweating It Out

 

Dress: Anthropologie

Belt: Anthropologie Looping Lanes Belt

Boots: Frye Paige Tall Riding Boots

Ring: The Limited

"So I stand in the sun and I breathe with my lungs trying to spare myself the weight of the truth, saying everything you have ever seen was just a mirror and you've spent your whole life sweating in a endless fever." - Bright Eyes

I need to stop thinking so much. Too much thinking is detrimental to my health. I'm reminded of a quote I read recently, "I think and think and think. I‘ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.” Yep, that's me. I overthink everything and usually my thoughts are on the negative end of the spectrum, clouding all that I see. It's like I can't allow myself to just be in the moment and enjoy life. I'm starting to realize that things are best when you don't overthink them.

Take this outfit. It's one of my all time favorites, but it's so simple. It's basically an oversized sweatshirt with an interesting detail on the sleeves. It caught my eye in the lounge section of Anthropologie over the weekend. Something about it just screamed effortlessly chic. It also doesn't hurt that it's so comfortable that it's equivalent to wearing pajamas. I got so many compliments on it. One of my co-workers did a double take when she saw me. She was like, "Is that a sweatshirt dress?" I said, "Yeah, I guess it is." She said, "Wow! I love it! Now, I want one." 

Oftentimes the simple things are the most beautiful. Life doesn't have to be so complicated. I need to find joy in the little things instead of "sweating the small stuff." From here on out, I want to stop analyzing my life and looking for truth and meaning and just enjoy living it.