Doing it all

I often get asked how I “do it all.” Well, let me tell you the reality of it. I don’t do it the way lots of other bloggers & influencers do it.

Many will plan outfits ahead of time, anywhere from 2-10 at a time. Then shoot these monthly, maybe even weekly with a photographer. Then line up all the posts and content in a nicely organized feed-planning app.

I personally cannot do this. It is simply not realistic for me with my full-time job, and I had to tell myself to be ok with that a while ago.

The last “proper” & planned shoot I had was for the @lorealmakeup lipstick I recently shared about. 

Before that, it was my mom taking my photos on our travels...

Before that, it was this shoot with @felipeespinal @shellyxudesign and @imandreslozano at @facebookny ...in August.

I work off of a backup of content (I will forever have endless travel stories yet to be shared, but you can always ask!), and that’s just the nature of my balance.

I used to think that my way of doing this - not being able to meet up with my other blogger friends to shoot regularly, not having enough consistency in schedule to hire one or two regular photographers in advance - made me less of a “legitimate” blogger or influencer.

But then I realized this was nonsense. Duh. I have a full-time job that most other people don’t have, let alone understand (which is why I’ve spent more time & effort into explaining that part of my life). .

No two people are the same, we all just have to juggle the best way we see fit.

I guess my bottom line is that- while you see me “doing it all” - I do have to make sacrifices here & there and adapt things differently from how you might imagine each role to typically be. .

As always...there is so much more behind the scenes than meets the eye.

Photos above by Felipe Espinal, dress by Shelly Xu