Living with Olivia: Who is Olivia?

Who is Olivia? I’m honestly the worst person to start a blog, that’s who! I’m the girl who had her older sister proofread all her papers… even in college… and by proofread I mean re-write. But I decided if I’m not restrictive and I allow myself to write like I talk, then this will be fun for all of us… so yeah. If you’re expecting MLA/APA formatting… this isn’t the blog for you.

I’m a semi-recent graduate with a degree in Apparel Merchandising Management. While looking for my dream job, (which honestly is taking longer than expected) I’m living with my 92 year old Grandma. She’s a tough broad who is a lot sharper than me, I basically play Driving Miss Daisy and act as her means of transportation. We’ve always had a very good relationship, but sometimes it gets frustrating. I have to remind myself that this is good training for when I have kids. I also work at Lush, which I love love love. You’ll hear me reference their products a lot.

While I’m in this weird space of figuring out what I’m gonna do with my life, *sweating smiling emoji* I decided to start a blog.

But honestly, I’m my happiest self when I’m working on something creative. Though, I’ve honestly never done something so high-maintenance like this before, I’m hoping you'll all be patient with me while I get into my rhythm.

Anyway, if you haven’t read my about section… this blog is basically a space for us to share. I’m constantly sharing. I love sharing stories with people and vice-versa. I want EVERY detail when you share. If it’s a story that takes someone five minutes to tell, it will take me fifteen. I have to share all the details, all the (spoken/unspoken) dialogue. However, I expect the same amount of detail when others are telling me a story. If I feel like you are leaving something out, I literally will push you and ask you ten follow up questions to get you to go deeper. So that’s what I want from this blog. I want to share with you, but I also want you to share with me! Your thoughts, your art, your projects, your playlists! I’m open, baby!

So yeah, that’s the gist. I hope you’re on board for this ride.