Wanting to Run Away || Thoughts #1

I was sitting here in my bedroom with a million things racing through my head and I thought maybe I would start a new thing where I kind of just talk about what I am feeling and we see how that goes so here it is.

As you probably know, I went to Nashville to audition for the Voice. This was the second time I had auditioned and I was feeling really good about it. Well.....they turned me down. Again. I was pretty crushed. I know in my head that they are casting a TV show and that the reason that I was turned down isn't because I am not talented. But none the less, it is still very discouraging and kind of crushing for the time being.

I came home yesterday distraught over my future. I don't have a next step where as most people my age do, and my last step was a "failure." I found myself thinking that I wanted to run away, move out, something. I didn't know why but I felt like running. It felt like the walls were closing in around me and I didn't know how to deal with it.

After a night of panic and research I decided to continue my schooling. I am taking 5 or six new classes online that I am starting on Monday and then come September, I am starting college near where I live. Because of my health problems, I can't go off to college in the fall like most people my age.

I am much more focused on my career than most people that are 18 because I have been working towards it for about 10 years. I consider myself lucky that I know what I want to do and that it is something that I am good at, but that doesn't make it any easier when you get turned down, even though rejection is such a big part of the business.

I decided that I am going to throw myself into YouTube and blogging for a while. Since I have the privilege of being a partner I figure that I should work on that as hard as I can. I am doing more than music now, branching out into beauty and fashion videos as well as vlogging. My goal is to put out a video every other day and a blog post every day. That doesn't mean that I always will be able to do that, but I am going to try my hardest. Considering I am taking a full course load and working, I think that it going to be a lot, but I do my best with a full schedule.

Sorry for the rambling but I had a lot on my mind today and felt like sharing it. Have you ever felt like this? If so how did you combat it? I could use any tips you have.

Hope you are feeling good today, thanks for reading!

I'm Baaaack!

Hello my dears I am happy to report I have made it home from vacation safely and am now returned to the world of wifi.

I am so excited about some of the things coming up this week! I have some good content for you that I am really proud of.

Also a little 2014 look forward coming your way today.

Hope you had a pleasant new year and are ready for an amazing 2014, I sure am!

Puzzling Pretzels

One of my favorite snack foods in the world has to be none other than a soft pretzel. In Florida we really don't have true handmade, soft pretzels. We have some chain stores in malls that make them but it is not the same.

Since I have been in New Jersey/Philadelphia I have had a few really amazing pretzels. They make them up here and they are so good. Also, on the street in Philly, they are only fifty cents!!! I have been so happy and trying to find them anywhere I go before I go home. Today I was at Target and they had pretzels. I excitedly bought one only to get it and was so disappointed. It was horrible. It was burnt and hard and tasted like they made them days ago and put them in a toaster too long to heat them. I didn't want to cause any problems so I didn't take it back. I was there with my cousin who had also gotten a pretzel for her son and his was equally as terrible. Worse, she told me that any time she has gotten a pretzel for him from a Target, they have been equally awful.

So, I didn't mean to complain, but the moral of the story is, do not get pretzels at Target, it will only leave you disappointed.

Sorry for the slight rant but it is late and this was on my mind. You will be getting something better tomorrow, I promise. :)

Hope you are having a wonderful day!!

I Vanished!!!!

Wow, what a crazy few weeks it has been!! I am on vacation right now in New Jersey and haven't had any internet, oh my! How am I surviving?! All kidding aside, this vacation has been a lot of fun and getting to spend time with family is a real treat. Since I've been here we have celebrated my nine year old cousins birthday, my 18th birthday, Christmas Eve and Christmas day. Today was another one of my cousins birthdays and Sunday is another! Then it is New Years! Things have been crazy since the moment I got here! I am hoping to write up and queue some posts tonight but I am not sure if I will be able to. Thank you for hanging in there with me during my slight hiatus, I promise that after I get back January 4th, things will be going back to normal. Also I have a HUGE announcement coming up on December 31st so make sure to keep an eye out for that!! It will be on here and also on my youtube.com/lovefromkelsey channel. Hope your holidays are going well and I look forward to things going back to normal soon!

Much love,
Kelsey

I'm on the case: iPhone 5c Cases

As some of you will know from my review of it, I have the iPhone 5c in blue. I ran into a problem when trying to find cases for it. To begin, there are not many out yet because the shape is slightly different than the 5/5s. Also I wanted one that wouldn't hide the color of the phone. I took to ebay to try to find some cases that fit that criteria and that were not too expensive. I ended up getting two fantastic cases.

The first was a basic ombre pink to clear case. I wasn't sure how it would look but it was inexpensive enough to give it a try. I ended up loving it. It gave it a look where it went from purple at the top to te natural blue at the bottom. This is the case that i use for most every day because it is light weight.

The second one that I have is a much more blinged out one that I love but it makes it harder to fit in my pocket. 

What does your phone case look like? Do you opt for a pretty one or go for the more safe ones like an otter box?