Tea Time with Hil

Happy Monday! This year I've really made an effort to try and work through some of the anxiety I face in social situations. As long as I can remember, I've always been shy, reserved and introverted but I don't think I really started feeling anxious about social events until my teens. Day-to-day, I'm fine if I am in my own element but it's something about having to step outside of my comfort zone that has always rattled my brain. It's almost like I am trying to predict who will be there, if they will be friendly or not like me at all, and if I will fit in. I then try to think of a backup plan or an exit in case my worse fears end up happening. These are all the things that cross my mind as I prepare to go to an outing with people I may not know, which kinda sucks the fun out of it! 9 times out of 10, everything ends up fine and then I realize I wasted days leading up to the event worrying and stressing over things that aren't even reality. It wasn't un...

It's Friday , which happens to be one of my favorite days of the week (aside from Sunday)! As I head into the weekend, it's a good time to reflect and think about the things that I'm loving. To kick off my second blog post, I am going to jump into my Friday Favorites series. This week my favorite things and moments included: Making this blog! My fiancé and I have been somewhat binge watching Friends. Neither of us had watched the series before (I know, who hasn't seen Friends, right?) and we are loving it. Plus it's always fun to spend time with him 💗. My dog slept in til 5am most days this week, which may seem early still but typically he wakes up at 3-4am to go to the bathroom lol. It's okay, I'm use to it. Amazon Prime - which I love most weeks but this week I was struggling to figure out a birthday gift for my Dad and with the one day shipping, it was a total win. But when all else fails, can't wrong with a gift card (we can never have enoug...

Hey there, friends! I'm Hil, and I am an Introverted twenty-something living in a small town. I am engaged to my high school sweetheart and a Mom to one cute fur ball pup. I love to organize, craft, plan, travel and enjoy life with my loved ones. I tend to have dry sarcastic humor, I never pass up donuts, I love vintage items, finding a good sale gives me life and I wish it was Christmas all year long. I have a huge heart but I can be sassy when needed and I am constantly working toward becoming the best version of myself. Some days I fall short, but I never stop striving towards getting where I want to be. We are all a work in progress, and that's okay! We all know that adulting is hard. After a long day at work, there are times where I’m so exhausted when I get home I don’t have much energy left to do the things I love, like knitting or reading a good book. There are other days when I am so stressed that it seems like the walls are closing in on me. Lately, I’ve bee...