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August 7, 2018 | Posted in: College

Here’s What You Really Need from Target’s ‘On to College’ Collection

Ugh, y’all. Target has their back-to-school and on-to-college collections filling the store, and TBH, I just want to buy everything. I’m a sucker for Target, and I’m an even bigger sucker for anything back-to-school related…

When you combine the two, I have zero self-control.

Anyways, I know a ton of you are heading to college for the very first time!! Congrats on graduating high school and starting this new and exciting portion of your life!!

When it comes to back-to-school shopping and dorm supplies and all of those “here’s what you really need for college” posts on Pinterest that include everything but the kitchen sink, chances are you don’t need half that stuff. You’ll be kicking yourself at the end of the year when you’re moving out and you have to pack up all this crap that you didn’t even use but all of those posts swore that you needed.

So, I went through the entire ‘On to College‘ section on Target and picked out what you really need! I did all the hard work for you… also, this post is not sponsored. I just love Target.

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July 18, 2018 | Posted in: Chit Chat

Celebrating My 21st | Coffee & Chit Chat No. 7

I’M FINALLY LEGAL!!

Okay now that my excitement about that is out of the way, I just want to say a big hello because it’s been a hot minute since I’ve written a blog post.

Not gonna lie. I’ve been a bit unmotivated and I’m just generally confused about what I want to do with my life… aren’t we all though? It’s been quite a month, and it’s been quite a long time since I’ve sat down to update you on my life. After all, a lot of things have been happening!

Originally I was going to do a 21st birthday recap post all on its own, but my birthday was last Monday, and I definitely feel like too much time has passed to do a dedicated post on my birthday. Hope you’re okay with the combination of two posts into one!

June 29, 2018 | Posted in: Workouts

4 Workouts to try During Your Next Gym Session

Remember the workout program I released back in May?? It’s completely free so if you haven’t downloaded your copy, what’re you waiting for!?

I’ll pause for a brief second so you can hop on over and download your free copy.

Anyways, I never really talked about how that program truly came to be. One day, I got a DM on Instagram from this girl named Grace. She wanted some help developing a routine and program that she could stick to and that would help her become more confident in and out of the gym. I jumped right on board to help her, and about a week later, the program for what later became Strong & Confident was born.

She’s been following that program almost religiously since March, and she is loving it. I’m so proud of her and her newfound dedication to the gym!

Anyways, let’s get to the point of this post!

June 12, 2018 | Posted in: Lifestyle

Day Trip to Charlotte with Gabby!

Hello, hello! This past Saturday I was in the presence of a blogging goddess.

Gabby and Hannah have created a magical place on the Internet full of happiness and positivity. From their Instagram hashtag #swirlsocial to their always-on-point Twitter, they’re nothing but encouraging, hilarious, and relatable.

I’ve been wanting to meet up with Gabby for a hot minute now because she isn’t super far from where I live in South Carolina, and I wanted her to work her photography magic on me. 2018 seems to be the year of blogger meetups for me (peep that time when Caitlyn came to visit me over winter break), so I had to try my best to meet Gabby before she moves to NYC for med school.

A few weeks ago, I messaged her, and the rest is history. We set a date to meet in Charlotte, we texted back and forth about places we had to visit, and we were both stressing out about what to wear.

** Gabby is an amazing NC based (soon to be NYC based) photographer. Photos in this post were edited using Gabby’s Lightroom presets that she is planning on releasing in the near future. **

June 5, 2018 | Posted in: Blogging

Happy 3 Year Blogiversary!!

Hello, hello!!

Today (well yesterday when you’re reading this) is a very exciting day. Today Living the Gray Life turns THREE!!

Oh my goodness, three whole years. That. Is. Crazy.

After last year’s mishap of completely missing my blogiversary, I refused to let it happen again this year. So here we are! This post is going to be a celebration of this blog and all of my favorite parts and why I blog and this and that and just a bunch of random stuff all tied together by the fact that I’ve been committed to something for three years.

Fun fact that you might not know: before this blog, I had another blog and a YouTube channel. Senior year of high school I started a nail polish blog called Polish and Things, and that was a failed disaster because I didn’t realize just how much work running a nail polish blog was going to be. Then I started a YouTube channel. I did quite a few videos on there, didn’t really get any traction, found out that I didn’t like to have to look presentable every time I wanted to create content, and so that was the end of that.