August 2016
VIOLET ROOTS
A monthly letter from the editor series to forecast the upcoming month, reflect on the past, and share life’s anecdotes.
Issue 10: Embrace the Now the constraints & the restrictions! Whenever I am
I either approach with caution or not at all. confronted with a bump in Lately, as life would the road alarm bells go off. have it, my usual ways of I hear sirens, bells tolling, coping with things aren’t horns blowing and every applicable anymore. other foreboding sign of I’ve been confronted doom. with so many curveballs In other words, I don’t that it can be hard to keep do well with change. I’ve the ball rolling. I do my made a habit of finding best and sometimes ways to trick the system stretch myself a little thin and control a lot of the but I never give up. moving pieces around me. I’m still young so I don’t Anything I can’t quite expect to have everything control and can’t figure out figured out. I know that
there will always be an assortment of variables no matter what age I am. Still, these particular variables that I’ve been dealing with are beyond stressful. It could alway be much worse but when you don’t even have a smidgen
Issue 10
VIOLETROOTS August 2016
I want to embrace the now & try to make something useful & fulfilling of control, or even a decision in the matter well that’s when things get truly tricky. I’m thankful for the supportive family members and friends around me. I’m not always the easiest friend to have during times of stress since my anxiety causes me to isolate rather than integrate. The important thing is that I know they’re there and that they always will be. They might be a bit shocked that I was suddenly opening up to them so much but they would be there. Despite being somewhat of an online personality via social and this blog I’m a massively private person. I don’t really outwardly express my feelings and A, my partner, couldn’t even tell that I liked him for the longest time. Thankfully he was persistent enough to not give up on me and my consistent blank facial expressions on our first few dates. How does this relate to my feelings on change? Well he was new. Our relationship was new. I had to get used to
“I can’t always carefully measure the moving pieces”
him. I had to figure him out enough to be able to measure my feelings and his intentions. With these new changes in my life however, I don’t have that lead time. I can’t always carefully measure all the moving pieces. It’s really scary and I get more and more anxious the more I think about it. I want to embrace the now and try to make something useful and fulfilling within my constraints and restrictions. It’s hard, I feel alone more than I should and I’m not sure exactly how to go about it. I know I’ll get it together though. In time. So What's Next? • 3 Live Music Features! • Gaining Creative Confidence! • Finding Time to Create & more! Are you ready to build a life full of creativity? Sign up to receive actionable tips 2x a month and FREE Resources to begin your journey!
VIOLETROOTS August 2016
Summer Music Festival Season Continues!
August’s #VRxMusic Bonus! dance to these Violet Beats all month! I’ve been so bummed that I haven’t been able to enjoy as much live music this summer as I would prefer. Still, it’s not like I haven’t gone to any shows. Ellie Goulding was last month and the first week of August is chock full of 3 live music events! So I didn’t get to enjoy too many festivals. That’s okay! I hope you enjoyed the festival lineups that I’ve been curating for you and will look forward to one more in August. Outside Lands is a fest that I’ve been interested in and I can’t wait to talk more about it with you soon!
Until then listen to underrated bands, festival heavy weights and current album features today!
#VRxMusic Picks: • • • •
1st Listen: Broods 'Conscious' 10 Bands that Should Be Way More Famous 10 Must See Acts at Panorama 10 Must See Acts at Lollapalooza
Which playlist is your fave? Tweet @violetrootsblog using the hashtag #VRxMusic and share what song you’ll be listening to! Have a question? Email me at monika@violetroots.com