Inspiration Sunday: October 29

Welcome to another Inspiration Sunday! I can't believe I'm on the home stretch of Blogtober... I'm ramping up for NaNoWriMo and I've already got my first week of November blog posts planned. Who am I? I feel incredibly accomplished. 

I had a hard time narrowing down my last Inspiration Sunday. I had a lot I wanted to include! I decided to include some things from all of October. Let's jump right in! 

1. My Number One Spit Take of October

You never forget where you were when you learned the swimsuit models are wearing bras they airbrush out of the pictures.

— Alex Trimboli (@Nicole_Cliffe) October 21, 2017

Um, so did anyone else not know this? I didn't know! I never knew! This changed my life: honestly, truly, changed my world. I want to shout it from the rooftop! I want to put stickers of this tweet on every magazine! I wish I had seen this when I was 15 or 16. How different my life would be... 

2. My Number One Laugh of October

Not today, Satan. pic.twitter.com/gSHGyiqq5a

— Mo Ryan (@moryan) October 20, 2017

This is an extended joke: I am always making fun of LinkedIn to my husband. Also, one of my favorite podcasts, Wine & Crime, had an extended LinkedIn joke in their occult crimes episode. (Which I highly recommend!) So when I saw this tweet... I started laughing so much that Forrest started doing his fake, "I know why you're laughing!" laugh too. 

3. My Number One Inspiration of October

Do you ever see a picture at just the right time? These two were ones I saw at just the right moment. Blogtober has been really daunting for me to take on and I'm so proud that I've made it. But at the same time, I've been working on being realistic when I set goals: it's good to be proud when you've accomplished them, but it's also ok to not finish. You're enough even if you don't hit every single goal you set for yourself. 

10 Quotes to Use on Instagram

I've written before about how I struggle with Instagram captions. It's definitely a challenge for me to write engaging content both on my blog and on so many social media platforms! But I'm trying... I started thinking recently about quotes that can be used in captions to add a bit of humor, thought, and, of course, engagement. I found a few great ones on Pinterest that I thought would be perfect to share. 

1. Everybody has a chapter they don't read out loud. 
2. Better an "oops" than a "what if." 
3. "It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." ee cummings 
4. We look up at the stars and see such different things. 
5. "Maybe one day we'll finally learn to love ourselves and stop apologizing for the things that make us who we are." R.M. Drake
6. "Of course I feel too much, I'm a universe of exploding stars." S. Ajna 
7. We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone. 
8. You can ask the universe for all the signs you want, but ultimately, we see what we want to see when we're ready to see it. 
9. Don't let someone dim your light, simply because it's shining in their eyes. 
10. When it rains, look for rainbows. When it's dark, look for stars. 

For more great Instagram captions, I always turn to Pinterest. You can follow me here. 

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