Life Priority List

Make a list of what’s important in your life. Mine would probably contain family, boyfriend, friends, travel, career, sleep, health and food. Now separately, draw a circle and start pie charting these priorities. How big would your career slice be? How big would your family slice be? How about your boyfriend or girlfriend? How about your friends, the environment, money, sports or fashion?

Prioritizing your life is a super difficult task. When you look at your typical 24 hours a day, how much of your top priorities are in it?

These past 3 weeks, I was given the opportunity to go on a business trip back home to Hong Kong. I was so fortunate to be able to spend my weekends with my parents, my sisters and their families. This trip was quite meaningful to me, as I got to spend more time chatting with them about life, interests, passions and priorities. I usually go back for Christmas every year, but it’s so hectic we don’t actually get much quality time. I’ve always had family as a huge slice of pie in my chart, but it’s easy to de-prioritize when you live far away and go on about your robotic day of wake up, go to work, eat your meals, go to sleep. As you get older, you realize that these priorities are what makes you happy. Not to say that we should be upset by our daily routines, but to use this pie chart and reflect on our lives. Each day goes by so quickly and its a matter of time when your priorities change again.

There are different seasons throughout our lives, and our priorities change with them. When you’re younger, you may be more career driven, and when you have kids, they may take up 90% of your life. We can’t do everything all at once, and you can’t always reach your goals overnight. If we look at life in pie charts and change our goals throughout the seasons, we can make it more meaningful and fulfilling to the priorities that you want to give your time to. We all want a balanced lifestyle and we can try a little harder in giving time to what matters to us the most.

home

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Home sweet home! These streets never get old. I used to walk this area all the time - from Pottinger Street, to the wet markets, to Soho and to the street food stalls. I feel like a tourist every time I visit. but one thing I do not miss is this humidity! Shop the outfit below!

j u n g l e

My trip to Africa was… A-Amazing! One place checked off my bucket list, and I can’t wait to go back already. I took over 3000 photos within 10 days, and I’ve been back for 3 weeks and still haven’t finished sifting through them. The food was great, the people were very warm and welcoming, and most importantly, the animal sitings were breath-taking. It was like watching Planet Earth in real life and all I wanted was David Attenborough to tell me what the animals were doing! I will have some animal photos to bombard you with soon, but in the meantime, I just wanted to share my very appropriate jungle themed shirt that I brought to Africa. The weather was very difficult to figure out - so cold in the mornings and nights, so hot and humid in the afternoons.

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Top - Scotch and Soda | Pants - Aritzia | Sandals - Aldo

Lèi

I’m excited to introduce to you The Lèi, founded by my wonderful friend Tiffany. In 2017, she quit her job as a food magazine editor and decided to take some time off to travel around the world. She traveled from New Zealand to Morocco and was inspired by the happiness she found through living a slow and simple life.

In Marrakech, she met a shoemaker who hand-made a beautiful pair of slides for her, which sparked a business idea. So she decided to stay in the city for another 3 months to make 100 pairs of slides. A month later, Tiffany launched The Lei of slow fashion, each collection telling a story about the place that inspires it and made by people she met there.

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My favorite part of The Lei is their philosophy: “Our philosophy challenges the idea that we must always be doing for the sake of doing. It encourages slowing down, simplifying, stopping even-- and when we are "doing," we do everything deliberately and authentically.” If you follow my blog, you know that I’m often saying how much we need to slow down and pay attention to the present.

You really can’t go wrong with any of the slides from The Lei. I own a suede and a leather pair, and they are both so comfortable I wear them every weekend almost to every occasion! These neutral colors go with so many outfit, especially if you want to be casual yet classy and stylish.

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Shop The Lei Here

the love collect

So excited to be introducing some of my friends who quit the corporate world to pursue their side hustles. This week starting with Joyce, the architect turned calligrapher. Joyce is a talented and ambitious entrepreneur. At her time in the corporate world, she felt unfulfilled and the only thing that made her happy was practicing calligraphy. Calligraphy allowed her to express her real self - a true artist sharing her vision and designs through her work. You can see for yourself! Once you open her IG page, you will get lost in it.

Joyce started #thelovecollect, a beautiful line of necklaces and bracelets celebrating love and support. This jewelry line was made with hours and hours of precision. From 2D hand-drawn letters, to the 3D modeling software. Joyce printed the prototypes with her resin 3D printer and casted the pendants into silver and gold. This type of detail cannot be achieved through traditional means of jewelry craftsmanship, which is usually done by hand. The pendants are small, which makes this type of detail hard to achieve!

I love how dainty and unique these bracelets are, they make perfect customized gifts! Head over to the shop and find your letter here!

Interested in #thelovecollect jewelry, calligraphy workshops, wedding cards, or just pure inspiration, be sure to check out Joyce’s instagram and site!