this beautiful life

in demand

oh universe, you never cease to amaze me with everything you’re capable of doing. i recently left a magazine job that i absolutely hated. the management didn’t follow the same philosophies that i’m used to in the publishing industry and wasn’t inspired to create anything great at that office.

then i got a new job with a major raise and more respect but with time, that office also became worrisome with shady business practices and overworked employees. i saw two editors leave that office and while i picked up their work and my own, i quickly saw that this gig was not going to work out. i was laid off last week and had kept it a secret from a lot of my friends and peers for fear that i failed. but almost automatically, i realized that this company lost a major employee. i did everything they asked me to and they just didn’t want to pay me what i was worth.

after a week off from the workforce, i’ve been getting job opportunities and prospects left and right. job recruiters have been contacting me for potential work, i’m networking with people who may need freelance work and i’m lining up interviews all week. and to make things even sweeter, it looks like san francisco is calling my name.

while i’m envisioning my life with a new company and career, i’m starting to realize that my path is taking me further and further away from my home, family and friends in san diego. i’m having to think about whether i should stay in the comforts of this county where i know everyone, or if orange county, los angeles or the bay area is where i really need to be right now.

luckily, my family, girlfriends and man are extremely supportive and have my back. thank god.

hoping you all are finding challenges in your daily life and learning how to deal with them and rework it into something beautiful.

peace and love,

nadia

yes, let’s! someone please take one with me!

70+ degree weather during the day, hot yoga and acai bowls, sleeping with the windows open, and fresh flowers from
the market. it’s beginning to feel a lot like summer in January. excited!

finally…time to wander

after much, much anticipation — and hours of vacation planning, photo taking, hysterical laughing and writing the way we want to write — wander is finally here! 

wander magazine is a little idea that came out of a terrible few months of work and a yearning to write about what me and andrea love the most: traveling. we have a very soft opening on the site now and we’re hoping to launch the site in full swing next month with stories and photos from past travels, where we’re headed in the future and where you, the urban traveler, need to go next.

we’re so excited to share our little baby! check out the site sometime here and tell us what you think. even better, if you’d like to publish your epic travel story, let us know too. we can’t wait to hear your story and for you to hear/read ours.

it’s a good day, my little lovelies. hoping you’re having a productive tuesday and counting down the hours until the new year like i am!

peace and love,

nadia

hope you all are having an amazing holiday with love, family, friends, food, sweets bells and whistles!

so I guess it’s fall in san diego?