It is from October 7-9, and it will take place at the beautiful, outdoor venue: The Levitt Shell(in Overton Park).
Presented by Drew Holcomb and supported by the Memphis community, this festival has evolved and grown throughout the years.
For the past two years, this music festival has been a single-day event. However, due to the overwhelming support from the community, this festival will now last two days this year: Saturday and Sunday (with a VIP option for Friday night).
Work’s crazy. Life’s hectic. Whatever the case may be, sometimes you just need a retreat – you need some way to treat yo self after a long, hard week.
Treating one’s self can be expensive. But, it doesn’t have to be when you follow my budget-friendly guide.
Organize your Downtime (and Your Life).
Organizing downtime is just one way guarantee yourself that you will actually do something other than work. I recently read an article that explained how we are becoming addicted to feeling busy. One of my favorite quotes in the article said, “We are always feeling the need to produce, yet never feel productive because we keep raising the bar on what is enough.” I have to admit that I am definitely one that likes to feel busy – probably because I associate that feeling with productivity. If you’re like me, having a schedule – even for your downtime – allows you to feel more at ease when you’re doing something for yourself.
Yes, this photo was staged to look good for social media. Only a little shame. I am really in love with my planner & wanted to show it off.
2016. Potentially, the most anticipated year of my life.
Why? Because it is the year I graduated from the best college, ever… The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Here’s my favorite picture from my graduation. Could not have made it through the past four years (or the past 22 years) without this guy. All of his wonderful support allows me to overlook the fact that he gave me his red hair.
Throughout the past couple of months, I have spent countless hours researching companies, company cultures, agencies, firms, start-ups, CEOs, random interesting people on LinkedIn, cities to live in, things to do in those respective cities, etc.
Along the way, I came across GolinHarris. This is “one of the world’s largest and most successful public relations firms, with 50 offices around the globe.” This firm and its CEO (Fred Cook) are very unique.
Upon researching this established firm, its CEO stood out. Becoming a CEO was the farthest thing from Cook’s mind. He never made outstanding grades or attended Ivy League schools; instead, he worked odd jobs, went to three mediocre colleges and earned average grades. However, he explains, “My experiences became my credentials.”
Cook’s confident yet humble approach to life is one of the main things that inspires me about him. His ability to view failures as opportunities is what, I think, has made him the overwhelming success that he is today.
Dr. Seuss once said, “Sometimes you will never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory.”
Right now, my memories are strong, and my Bonnablues are real.
The Bonnablues time is filled with flashbacks to the farm, putting away the camping gear, constantly remembering little amazing moments from the previous week, and let us not forget – forever itching chigger bites & rubbing aloe on gnarly sunburns.
Not too long ago, I was writing about how I was super sick & sharing all my remedies and what not. Well, hey! Guess what! I randomly got sick again this past Tuesday morning.
Symptoms: Everything I had last time (extremely swollen and sore throat, protruding lymph nodes, ear aches) + body aches, migraines, absolutely no energy and I fainted three times on Tuesday throughout the day.
Not good. Not healthy. Not okay.
Why did I relapse almost exactly a month later? I do not know exactly. Maybe it was because I was dumb and did not change out my toothbrush. Maybe it was just bad luck. Whatever it was, it sucked. Luckily, I am on some antibiotics, and I am feeling a million times better.
MAJOR SHOUTOUT to my parents for being so supportive and helping as much as they could for being 400 miles away. Would not make it on a daily basis without these wonderful people. Continue reading “Tami Knows Best. Catherine Does, Too”→
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