Weekend Vibes: On Motivation.

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My Newest Snags. 

A brand new Alice Stroll sweatshirt, within the sage inexperienced stripe. Really the perfect. A pleasant (longer) size, dreamy cotton, elevated gold {hardware}. I additionally picked up this clear make-up pouch I wrote about earlier this week and (random) these redness-reducing eye drops, which I’ve heard are a serious secret for trying extra awake and alert!

This Week’s Bestsellers.

01. RUE DE VERNEUIL TOTE // 02. MERIT SIGNATURE LIPSTICK // 03. DORSEY CLEMENCE NECKLACE* // 04. TARGET JOGGERS // 05. J. CREW EMILIE JACKET // 06. AMAZON MAKEUP BRUSH // 07. CITIZENS FLORENCE JEANS** // 08. MADEWELL FLATS // 09. TARGET BUNNIES IN PINK AND BLUE // 10. TABLE TOPICS FOR KIDS // 11. OXICLEAN WASHING MACHINE CLEANERS // 12. DIOR LIP OIL AND TARGET SOCKS // 13. NIKES // 14. SALT CELLAR // 15. SEZANE THEODORA TOP

*Particulars on this piece and why it’s my favourite Dorsey fashion right here. Not too long ago restocked!

**See me attempting them on right here and right here.

Weekend Musing: Motivation.

Mr. Magpie and I’ve been speaking rather a lot about motivation this month. January is a low tide for a lot of causes, however the query is: how can we preserve at our objectives (whether or not skilled, fitness-related, hobbyist, inventive) once we’re feeling torpid?

I’ve been repeating two Magpie reader mantras this everlasting January:

“Typically you simply have to maneuver the dust,”

and

“It’s not ‘I have to do that,’ however ‘I get to do that.’”

The previous is terra nova, residence base for the disciplined, of which I contemplate myself one. I can clip into “simply get it achieved” mode with relative ease — a muscle I imagine I developed as a excessive achiever in lecturers all through my youth. The latter phrase, however, looks like a gear shift: it’s the quickest manner for me to enter right into a mindset of gratitude. I used to be dragging my ft when heading to my coaching session this week, and I considered these phrases, and I noticed how fortunate I’m to have the time and sources to train within the first place, to not point out a powerful and wholesome physique that may transfer and carry and run. In case you have ever been severely sick, or recovered from a surgical procedure or harm, you additionally keep in mind that second in convalescence during which you requested your self: “Will I ever really feel regular once more?” So, I marched into that studio in reward of a traditional day.

Anyhow, the 2 phrases act like a carrot and a stick, or good cop/dangerous cop, maybe. One is hotter (simply take a look at all you will have!), and the opposite like a slap on the wrist (get on the market and do the factor). Humorous that some days I simply know, intuitively, which method I have to trot out.

How do you keep motivated?

Submit-Scripts.

+Extra cool woman socks. These are the varieties all of the stylish peas are carrying with New Stability 9060s.

+My daughter was DELIGHTED by this Usborne “switch” guide I stunned her with final week. You employ a pencil or ballpoint pen to attract over a switch sheet and the picture magically seems on the web page behind it. Will likely be buying extra!

+I’ve been on the lookout for cashmere beanies in strong colours that aren’t loopy costly. Discovered these at J. Crew and these at Everlane in such nice colours! All beneath $60, some as little as $23.

+What I’d like for Valentine’s Day.

+Sherpa sweatshirt in your infant.

+Stylish standing desk.

+Obsessive about these short-sleeved cardigans from Doen — discovered a brief sleeved cardi at H&M too which may scratch the itch for much less.

+Really the cutest scalloped trays!

+Such a beautiful costume — can be fairly for an anticipating mama.

+Very cool little jacket.

+Love the fashion of this $100 toddler mattress.

+Nonetheless a couple of of those dino-heart sweatsuits out there in your infant for Valentine’s Day!

+Fairly panel curtains from Pottery Barn.

+Stylish toile sheeting from City Outfitters. Additionally love these chintz shams!