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Hi, I’m Lauren!

I’m an unapologetic, outgoing, relationships driven, career-focused, gal trying to figure out how to navigate my twenties amid a pandemic. I love to create, write and edit. Some of my favorite authors are Lang Leav, Rupi Kaur, Nikita Gill and Bianca Sparacino. On this blog I will be sharing my life through text and photos. I write as candidly and unedited as I can, and I put my heart into my writing – so I hope you enjoy this little window into my soul.

I pride myself in being authentic, which means you’ll get it all: my raw truth, whether good, bad or ugly. I recently found myself in a place that I think many girls and women can relate to. I was so focused on projecting what I wanted my life to appear like from the outside, losing complete sight of who I really was. I was more concerned with being cool and accepted, instead of “real.” In doing so, I felt like I was denying who I was. I realized that the things that made me unique should be celebrated, not hidden.

Last year, I vowed to myself that I’d work daily on taking things less personal and unlearning societal expectations of what women “should” or “shouldn’t be.” I stopped waiting around for things to happen for me. I took myself on dates and bought myself the damn flowers. I completely changed the way I talked to and thought about myself. It made all the difference in the world. Seriously though, if you’re not rooting for you – how is anyone else supposed to? I launched my poetry Instagram, @laur_writes about 2 years ago – relinquishing my hidden love for poetry, storytelling, and writing relatable posts about real things we’re all feeling, but no one’s talking about. Why are we out here competing on who can make their life “look” the best? Don’t get me wrong – I’m still human and millennial. I just no longer wish to seek validation from likes, getting cheap highs like quick hits from a Juul.

My goal is to embrace the messy, the imperfection and inconvenient realities we all face, whilst ditching societal expectations of being small, prim and proper and timid. I’m always down for suggestions for blog topics, so please feel free to reach out if you have any!