Zara sweater (similar)
Monrow dress (c/o Shopbop)
Skye Footwear sneakers (c/o)
Longchamp tote
Celine sunglasses
Leah Alexandra necklace
Leah Alexandra ring
Madewell ring
Leah Alexandra earrings
Location: Rue de Poitou – Paris, France
Sometimes, I catch myself wondering if I love Paris more than anywhere else in the world because it’s the only place where I’ve lived but never held a job. Adulting is hard, my friends – and this week, the work struggle has been real. After an expectedly busy week last week, I started this Monday feeling refreshed and ready to take a to-do list of a normal… let’s say realistic length. And then I got a call from my boss, asking if I could possibly come to Toronto for a presentation on Tuesday. That call came in Wednesday. My flight is booked for Monday. I’ll effectively be in the city for twenty-four hours of what will undoubtedly be solid work with a few short hours of sleep.
Naturally, there has been a lot preparatory work to do this week. My manageable days have been swallowed up by meetings and presentation reviews and case studies. And I won’t lie, it’s left for me longing for my Parisian life. The life wherein I woke up early because I wanted to, because sunrises are loveliest in Paris. The life where I could run errands in the middle of the day, after putting make-up on and doing my hair. (This week, the best I can say about my hair is that it’s clean. Which I guess is something, but it’s still less than ideal.) The life where I could dawdle over fresh flowers and choosing the perfect baguette.
…basically, the life that in no way resembles my current reality. Or any long-term reality, really. I can live that Parisian life for three to six months here and there because I work so hard the rest of the time. But when I’m in the throes of working hard, sometimes it’s a lot easier to focus on how I wish my easy Parisian life could be permanent than consider what it would take to make that wish come true. Sometimes, I need to daydream about Parisian life because real life is temporarily not living up to my expectations.
The good news is, it’s Friday! Which means I have an excuse to temporarily stop thinking about work… although whether I actually will remains to be seen, since I am still me. Happy weekend! May it be restful and relaxing for you all.
Très jolie !!!
biz – Annso
Just reading this makes me think wistfully of my time in graduate school where I had a “job” teaching and researching and was getting paid for it but largely set my own schedule and worked mostly from home – writing over a cup of a coffee or glass of wine and going out for long walks and museum outings when it was time for a break. I most definitely miss that pace sometimes.
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This outfit, your hair, that Parisian life… I’ll take it ALL please!!!! <3 Ah sounds so amazing Cee!!! And I couldn't agree more, being on permanent vacation is so lovely & such a luxury! As for your trip to TO? Wishing you all the best, hope it's smooth, and fingers crossed you can sneak in a glass of wine, or two! 😉 Happy Friday lovey!! xo
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Cee, there is no doubt you LOVE PARIS! I think it’s that and also an escapism from your everyday work life. It’s relaxing. It’s serene. We should all have a place to go to like that. Good luck on your work trip.
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Believe it or not, I am at work now and I completely feel your pain as well ! I am kind of tired from living every day the same way, working a job that is stale, so I do think the chance you have for travelling and experiencing different days is awesome. I realize it must be super stressful, but so is looking at a monitor 24/7 and dealing with crazy people 😀 So in a way there are always positives and negatives.
I will be leaving my workplace however on the 6th of March and we shall see if the free time I have before starting the new job, would be enough to take a much needed break.
You are so pretty as always, I am in love with your hair!
Sometimes reality seems to hit too hard. I had a similar week where, on Monday, my to-do list seemed manageable, but by Wednesday I was drowning in all the new stuff I had to do.
But it’s times like those where the one thing that keeps me going is dreaming of upcoming trips and plans. So remember, you’ll get through it all.
I suppose having the Parisian life to look back on is a far better option than having never had it at all. Even in the throes of the most stressful work week, you know that the escape to paris (or where ever else your next destination will be) that it will come. Sometimes I think that is enough.
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I adore your sneakers, you totally rock this look… have a good trip! even though its work. I always manage to get some “me” time on work trips. I take night tours or massages 😉 While in Mexico I went to a night of wrestling; Lucha Libre!