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  • A DAY AT THE POLO .. 🏇🏼🍸 .. also potentially a better title: me not fitting in and loving it. There’s a multitude of reasons I don’t fit in at the Polo. Firstly, I like to RE-USE my clothes. 💁🏽‍♀️ Unlike a myriad of people who believe a piece must be higher in quality if you can only wear it once.. my beliefs run quite the opposite. The more use I can get out of an outfit, worn in differing ways or at differing occasions, the more worthwhile the purchase — no matter how great or small it was in price. Catch me proudly re-wearing this fabulous @esther.com.au find; a dress that you may remember I rocked at @fashionweekaus last year. 🤙🏻 Helloooo .. good pieces are supposed to look good more than once. Let’s give ‘em a chance! Another reason I don’t make a lot of sense at the polo: if I tried to hold my head high for even two minutes, I’d most definitely trip over. 🤣 So by nature, I actually can’t. Funny thing is, I really don’t mind. In fact, I’m quite glad. I also don’t fit in because whilst many folk nonchalantly pretend they don’t need to win a @bentleymotors 🙄 — I’m there honouring the age-old belief that I’m actually super good at finding stuff, hunting the field for the mystery key. Note: I can’t be all that good. Low and behold, I don’t have a Bentley. Now, perhaps only to justify my being there, here’s a couple reasons why I do fit in: I too love champagne and endless flows of it all day! 🥂 I also have been and gone to the @daylesfordpolo and still don’t get the game at all.. much like everyone else who seemed to be there. My own placement aside, what a fantastic day, with huge credit to the team at @daylesfordpolo, @bondisands, the legendary @themebournelook, and @charmainevd who took my single favourite photo of myself captured in 2019.. this first image in which I exist in my most happiest and natural form! 👊🏻 That’s usually eating a smoothie bowl.. but like, this works too?! ☺️💁🏽‍♀️
  • MONDAY MUSTS 🗓☕️ .. because going from brunch back to business ain’t always easy. If you lined me up alongside various folk in society, I’d place pretty well in terms of motivation. 👌🏼 I’m a determined gal. With that said, I don’t naturally approach every Monday with a mindset to smash goals and well, at the very least, work at all. I’d way rather re-visit gorgeous new location, @wintermalvern, and indulge in chia pudding — ya feel? It’s a sad reality that we don’t always get to choose when we feel motivated. 🙋🏽‍♀️ Motivation tends to arise pretty organically, and not always in the moments it’s most needed. Like at 8am on a Monday morning. Here’s how I motivate myself, regardless of how I’m naturally feeling. 1️⃣ I remind myself of the working gal I’d like to be. 💁🏽‍♀️ She ain’t lazy or slack. She doesn’t sleep in or give up at 10am. She gets up on a Monday and smashes the first tasks of the week! Why? ‘Cause she knows how you set yourself up.. is often how you tend to keep going. 2️⃣ I drink lots of coffee. ☕️ Now I’m not sure whether this is recommend-worthy or not — but it’s the truth. I’m not going to pretend I’m on some caffeine detox nor that I’m convinced it’s all that necessary for me? I don’t get the shakes. I don’t have this colossal crash and burn. Just pure enjoyment really. 🙂 Oh, and a little much-appreciated energy boost. 3️⃣ I plan a week ahead full of things to look forward to! 🙏🏻 Let me tell you now, there is nothing more demotivating than a dull week ahead. You gotta be excited to live the life you’re living.. to live it incredibly well! 👊🏻 So go ahead — plan some shit! Do like me and add to your schedule some fun challenges and activities outside of work. I’ll be attempting to hit four @loveathletica classes this week! 👊🏻 I’m also heading to see @aidantacojones at the @melbcomedyfest on Thursday night, because progress aside.. laughing is good for me too! I will never forget something I was told when I was young: happiness and purpose comes from having something to do, something to love and something to look forward to! 🤙🏻 Find your version of all three and let them be your motivation this Monday!
  • WELLNESS IN A BOX .. 🙋🏽‍♀️ Why didn’t I think of this first? Just yesterday, @bellaboxaunz came out with a new quarterly subscription service: a box filled entirely with health and wellness products, titled ever so fittingly — Welcome to Wellness. And honestly, if not #Bellabox first, it totally would have been me. 😎 I LOVE this idea. I’ve come home after a couple of Friday avo drinks [ya girl is saving herself for the @daylesfordpolo tomorrow 🍸] and I’ve been delighted to say the least, by the plethora of gifts awaiting in this box! I’m talking @whiteglo whitening treatment, @natureswayoz collagen smoothie powder, @remedydrinks kombucha, @organiqaustralia body scrub.. 🤙🏻 There’s even some vegan parmesan, for goodness sake! Welcome to Wellness includes 15 amazing new treats and trials every 3 months for $59.95. To put that in perspective, we’d pay at least a quarter of this for the free Pilates class alone! If there’s one thing I’m always looking to enhance [amidst a never-ending range, let’s be real], it’s my self-care and self-love routines. 👌🏼 With #WelcometoWellness, I have no excuse. I don’t have to make any effort — and yet, each quarter, I can expect to be introduced to new and potentially life-long products and routines. We don’t always know what we need until we try it, right? 🤷🏽‍♀️ What’s more, given how saturated the health and wellness industry can be, filtering out the products we value can be super hard and time-consuming. If you’re one to opt out entirely [don’t worry, I value my time that much too], this is a perfect solution. 🙏🏻 As for me, tell me you’ll better my sleep, productivity and overall being .. and well, I’m yours for the taking! 🤣 Happy Friday everyone!
  • WORK SET-UP ☕️ .. this is how a day in my work life tends to look. As a freelancer, I’m able to work from anywhere — which is awesome. It’s one of the many perks of being in my position. 🙋🏽‍♀️ With that said, working from home is not necessarily “easy”. After all, you’re your own boss. And that requires some heavy self discipline, even for the most motivated individual. I’m always looking for new ways to boost my productivity and to ensure I’m working as efficiently as possible. 🙏🏻 Seizing every hour of the day counts when you work for yourself. Here’s 4 things I’ve learned in the past week about the way I work best! 1️⃣ Heading to a cafe in the morning helps me to set an indicator for when the work day has begun! 🙌🏻 If I don’t leave the house, my mind struggles to decipher the difference between breakfast time, free time to .. complete some house chores? .. and last but not least, work time. 🤷🏽‍♀️ In a cafe, with a batch brew and water on hand, I know exactly what time it is and what I need to do! 2️⃣ It is SO important that I stay hydrated! 💦 Yes, I love a morning coffee. Or two. Or three. But if I let my coffee intake dehydrate me, and fail to balance it with lots of water, that’s when I get sleeeeeepy.. 😴 and inclined to call it a day before 3pm. Often I wonder why I’m tired, then I remember I’ve had 3 coffees and one glass of water. Noooot goals. 3️⃣ To my surprise, I find I work more productively before I eat? 🥗 I’m not sure if it’s a mindset thing, or if I simply get lethargic on a full stomach, but a while ago, I swore by having my first meal at midday and completing a whole load of work beforehand. I’ve started to do that again this week — and maaan has it made my mornings more productive! I suppose this one depends on the type of person you are: if your hunger symptoms are going to make your concentration zilch, then I probably wouldn’t recommend this. 4️⃣ A good night’s sleep. Nothing shall ever beat the power of a good night’s sleep. Tell me your hot tips below! What ensures YOU work your best? 👇🏻
  • WALK YOUR CITY! 💁🏽‍♀️ .. No, seriously, I mean walk. First thing’s first, could this week get any slower? Regardless of the fact that I’m running out of hours each day — who the hell decided there’d only be 24 — I still feel like this week is moving incredibly slowly. 🤷🏽‍♀️ Just me? I’m ready to start cafe-hopping again, beginning first with these sensational vegan hot cakes at @appyeatery. 🤤 Like, can we take a moment?! Few things are perfect in this life, but I’ll name one right now: this brunch and this destination. There you go, that’s two. Fun fact: did you know @a_jaxcreative and I walk to almost every cafe we visit? 😎 I know what you’re thinking: Kenzie, that’s a lot of miles! Here’s why I swear by walking your city! 1️⃣ It’s the best way to explore! When you’re in a car or even on a tram, you remove the excitement of “the journey”. 💁🏽‍♀️ It becomes all about the destination, and you miss so many interesting things on the way — including a sense of direction and any degree of geographical insight. 2️⃣ It’s a great addition to your fitness regime! 💪🏻 I’m not about that “hit the gym and be done with it” mentality. I’m all about functional fitness, and that means using your strength, agility and endurance in everyday life! Walking is great for subconsciously toning those legs — and for warranting a feast like this every weekend! 3️⃣ When there’s nothing to do but walk, you wind up having the best conversations! 🗣 Given I can hardly get @a_jaxcreative’s attention at brunch, on a walk is the perfect time to dive into the deep stuff! 🤣 Who doesn’t love a good walk ‘n talk, after all! 4️⃣ If you’re looking for a way to decrease harmful emissions, don’t sit on the train. Don’t flag down a bus, or jump on a tram. Get on ya own two feet and move ‘em! God didn’t gift you with a set of dandy looking legs to rest them on the coffee table, now did he? RANK your go-to mode of transport below: car, train/tram, walk? Let’s be honest with ourselves this Thursday, and maybe even commit to some change. GO! 👇🏻
  • INTROVERTED VS. EXTROVERTED 🗣 .. What percentage are you? According to experts, we are neither entirely introverted nor extroverted.. but a percentage of both. 💁🏽‍♀️ I’ve been caught on this for a while. If I could measure my own tendencies or behaviour, how would this look exactly? I’ve come to the conclusion I must be 50:50. I’m sure this will come as a surprise to some people — that or it’ll seem blatantly misguided.. 🤣 so let me explain. You see, I believe I must be an EXTREME version of both. What I mean to say: these aren’t your standard fifty percents. The extroverted Kenzie is easily explained. I go to events. I don’t mind talking to new people — in fact, I like it. I don’t mind commandeering a social circumstance. I love leading a group — which probably explains why this channel exists. And finally, around close friends/family.. OR who am I kidding, around strangers too, I can talk A LOT. ☺️ In short, I put myself out there and I enjoy it. But then there’s the other half. The side of me that’s extremely retrospective and introspective. 👌🏼 The side that works well by herself and often, prefers it this way to get truly stuck in. The side that relies on and severely needs her own time to be anywhere near as lively and vivacious in social time. This is the side that is quite comfortable to be by herself for, at the very least, reasonably short but regular stints. This is also the side that often shocks those only familiar with my confident and forward self. 😅 To this day, @a_jaxcreative still gets concerned when for a single moment, I don’t have something to say. Hey, I get it. 🙌🏻 This contrast is so stark, it can be hard to digest! We’re far more complicated characters than social media and even on occasion social circumstance will have us depicted. If you had to guess, what percentage of introverted and extroverted do you think you’d be? 🤷🏽‍♀️ And why? Tell me below! 👇🏻
  • HAPPY HUMP DAY.. 🙋🏽‍♀️ it’s time for a skincare update. If you’ve been following my stories, you’ll know for the past couple of months since first trialling @skintologystockholm, I’ve been using my Fresh Start Sheet Masks religiously! 🙌🏻 At least once to twice a week, I’ve transitioned into full ghost-mode and my skin feels SO much better for it. Here’s 3 reasons why I rate face masks as part of my weekly routine! 1️⃣ They provide lasting hydration and overnight repair. 🙏🏻 Each time I’m certain I’m going to break out — whenever I’ve eaten badly or forgotten to drink enough water — I’ve popped on a #skintologystockholm mask for 15-20 minutes at night and woken up the next morning with faaar less inflamed skin. Potential disaster = avoided. 2️⃣ They make me PAUSE! 🙌🏻 As soon as I apply #myskintogy face mask, it’s an indicator to myself and to the rest of the world that I am U N A V A I L A B L E. 😅 They force me to delve into full-fledged self care mode and I love it. They also provide a marker for the end of the day, which for me, is quite necessary! 3️⃣ The serum is nice and dewy, which means even after 15-20 minutes, my skin already feels wildly nourished. 👌🏼 In general, my skin has been so much more stable and consistent lately. Of course, it has its ups and downs depending on the time of the month, but ever since I’ve dedicated time to going that bit farther with my routine [and regularly], it’s SO much more controllable. 4️⃣ BONUS reason: wearing these masks will NEVER not be funny. 🤣 Ever. I will also never not scare @a_jaxcreative nor walk out of the bathroom singing anything but “Don’t Cha” by The Pussycat Dolls, while I’m wearing one. Thank you. 👋🏻 Good night. On a more serious note, feeling comfortable and confident in my skin is of utmost importance to me. Hence why I value my skincare routine so much. 💁🏽‍♀️ What’s more, any excuse to integrate more self-care is a good one to me! 👉🏻 Feel free to use my code “KENZIE15” for 15% off at @skintologystockholm. What are your skincare / self-care tips? I’d love to hear! ☺️ P.S. if anyone says have a bath, I just might shed a tear.. I miss a bath so much! 😢
  • REDEFINING SUCCESS 👉🏻 .. the fitness edit. I recently published an article to Currently Loving titled “Redefining Success: The Dress Edit”, where I discussed a slow, but significant development in what I define to be successful. Link is in the bio if you want to check that one out.. but not just yet. ✋🏻 I want to discuss success related to one particular topic first: that’s health and fitness. It’s actually 6.15am as I write this. I’m heading on my post-workout walk around the block. I see this as a way to practice mindfulness and to find clarity with my thoughts before the day begins. 🌿 It’s also become a time to process and to write. This morning I worked out to an episode of @twentysomethingtrainwreck, featuring host @phoebeacp and guest, @georgiestevenson. 🙌🏻 They spoke about staying in your own lane, trusting your body and most importantly, the risk of sacrificing 50% of your life .. in order to take up 5% less space. I can gladly say that ever since discovering solace, energy and enhanced productivity from exercise, I too have continued to use health and fitness as means to benefit OTHER areas of my life. The truth is, I don’t wake up and workout at 5am each morning because exercise IS my priority. I do this.. because it ISN’T. 🤷🏽‍♀️ There are so many other things that I hope to achieve in a day, there’s a very good reason why exercise has a space only at the very edge of the wider picture. Now don’t get me wrong, in many ways, fitness is also at the core. It helps me to be a better, more capable human in all other aspects. 👌🏼 But that’s just it — fitness acts as a BASE for my success. Not as the entire scope. I think when you start to see fitness and health as a means to perform successfully ELSEWHERE in your life, your relationship with the two becomes SO much healthier. ✔️ When your fitness goals correlate with your personal and life goals, THIS is when you know you’re doing it right. We should ask ourselves: how does our success in fitness and health.. influence success in the rest of our lives? 🤷🏽‍♀️ After all, the answer SHOULD be positive!
  • MONDAY MANIFESTATION.. ✌🏻 Or a story of my friend becoming the Dalai Lama. Each time I visit the currently crippled @themelbournelook, I leave more and more familiar with the ways of the Dalai Lama?! ☺️ It seems when your friend is forced to slow down, to focus on personal growth and the mindset, somehow you find yourself joining the journey. Ever since Chloe told me she was manifesting the fast healing of her leg, and then, received news from her doctor to validate its happening 😱, I’ve been thinking about the idea of manifestation myself. Apparently if you tell yourself something — a fact about your reality — enough times and with utter conviction in what you’re saying, somehow and in some way, life will see that this belief is realised. Take happiness, for example. 💁🏽‍♀️ Tell yourself everyday that you’re happy and fulfilled, and you will attract a path of happiness and fulfilment. Or so the Dalai and Chloe will assure you. Now whilst telling the world you’re the fittest person on earth or the wealthiest millennial ain’t exactly gonna make you so.. surely it’ll lead you towards making decisions in that direction, right?! 🤷🏽‍♀️ Perhaps it’ll give us the much-needed confidence to emulate the figure we so choose. I’m thinking it’s time to put it to the test. ☝🏻 So this Monday, I’m manifesting the belief that I’m a young entrepreneur, that I create my own success and that I have wealth in every sense from monetarily to relationally to culturally. On a lesser note, I’m also manifesting that I’m the type of person who makes every Pilates class they book. ☺️ Because ya girl got right into #motivationalmonday — or just click-happy, I’m not sure — and booked several classes before Thursday. Last but not least, I’m manifesting another sensational picnic with @honourwithfetepopuppicnics sometime soon. 💕 Surely if I think hard enough, this spread will just appear?! 😂 I’ll let you know how it goes. Now it could be big or small [I’m sure the Dalai Lama doesn’t judge]: what are YOU manifesting this week?!

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  • A DAY AT THE POLO .. 🏇🏼🍸 .. also potentially a better title: me not fitting in and loving it. There’s a multitude of reasons I don’t fit in at the Polo. Firstly, I like to RE-USE my clothes. 💁🏽‍♀️ Unlike a myriad of people who believe a piece must be higher in quality if you can only wear it once.. my beliefs run quite the opposite. The more use I can get out of an outfit, worn in differing ways or at differing occasions, the more worthwhile the purchase — no matter how great or small it was in price. Catch me proudly re-wearing this fabulous @esther.com.au find; a dress that you may remember I rocked at @fashionweekaus last year. 🤙🏻 Helloooo .. good pieces are supposed to look good more than once. Let’s give ‘em a chance! Another reason I don’t make a lot of sense at the polo: if I tried to hold my head high for even two minutes, I’d most definitely trip over. 🤣 So by nature, I actually can’t. Funny thing is, I really don’t mind. In fact, I’m quite glad. I also don’t fit in because whilst many folk nonchalantly pretend they don’t need to win a @bentleymotors 🙄 — I’m there honouring the age-old belief that I’m actually super good at finding stuff, hunting the field for the mystery key. Note: I can’t be all that good. Low and behold, I don’t have a Bentley. Now, perhaps only to justify my being there, here’s a couple reasons why I do fit in: I too love champagne and endless flows of it all day! 🥂 I also have been and gone to the @daylesfordpolo and still don’t get the game at all.. much like everyone else who seemed to be there. My own placement aside, what a fantastic day, with huge credit to the team at @daylesfordpolo, @bondisands, the legendary @themebournelook, and @charmainevd who took my single favourite photo of myself captured in 2019.. this first image in which I exist in my most happiest and natural form! 👊🏻 That’s usually eating a smoothie bowl.. but like, this works too?! ☺️💁🏽‍♀️
  • MONDAY MUSTS 🗓☕️ .. because going from brunch back to business ain’t always easy. If you lined me up alongside various folk in society, I’d place pretty well in terms of motivation. 👌🏼 I’m a determined gal. With that said, I don’t naturally approach every Monday with a mindset to smash goals and well, at the very least, work at all. I’d way rather re-visit gorgeous new location, @wintermalvern, and indulge in chia pudding — ya feel? It’s a sad reality that we don’t always get to choose when we feel motivated. 🙋🏽‍♀️ Motivation tends to arise pretty organically, and not always in the moments it’s most needed. Like at 8am on a Monday morning. Here’s how I motivate myself, regardless of how I’m naturally feeling. 1️⃣ I remind myself of the working gal I’d like to be. 💁🏽‍♀️ She ain’t lazy or slack. She doesn’t sleep in or give up at 10am. She gets up on a Monday and smashes the first tasks of the week! Why? ‘Cause she knows how you set yourself up.. is often how you tend to keep going. 2️⃣ I drink lots of coffee. ☕️ Now I’m not sure whether this is recommend-worthy or not — but it’s the truth. I’m not going to pretend I’m on some caffeine detox nor that I’m convinced it’s all that necessary for me? I don’t get the shakes. I don’t have this colossal crash and burn. Just pure enjoyment really. 🙂 Oh, and a little much-appreciated energy boost. 3️⃣ I plan a week ahead full of things to look forward to! 🙏🏻 Let me tell you now, there is nothing more demotivating than a dull week ahead. You gotta be excited to live the life you’re living.. to live it incredibly well! 👊🏻 So go ahead — plan some shit! Do like me and add to your schedule some fun challenges and activities outside of work. I’ll be attempting to hit four @loveathletica classes this week! 👊🏻 I’m also heading to see @aidantacojones at the @melbcomedyfest on Thursday night, because progress aside.. laughing is good for me too! I will never forget something I was told when I was young: happiness and purpose comes from having something to do, something to love and something to look forward to! 🤙🏻 Find your version of all three and let them be your motivation this Monday!
  • WELLNESS IN A BOX .. 🙋🏽‍♀️ Why didn’t I think of this first? Just yesterday, @bellaboxaunz came out with a new quarterly subscription service: a box filled entirely with health and wellness products, titled ever so fittingly — Welcome to Wellness. And honestly, if not #Bellabox first, it totally would have been me. 😎 I LOVE this idea. I’ve come home after a couple of Friday avo drinks [ya girl is saving herself for the @daylesfordpolo tomorrow 🍸] and I’ve been delighted to say the least, by the plethora of gifts awaiting in this box! I’m talking @whiteglo whitening treatment, @natureswayoz collagen smoothie powder, @remedydrinks kombucha, @organiqaustralia body scrub.. 🤙🏻 There’s even some vegan parmesan, for goodness sake! Welcome to Wellness includes 15 amazing new treats and trials every 3 months for $59.95. To put that in perspective, we’d pay at least a quarter of this for the free Pilates class alone! If there’s one thing I’m always looking to enhance [amidst a never-ending range, let’s be real], it’s my self-care and self-love routines. 👌🏼 With #WelcometoWellness, I have no excuse. I don’t have to make any effort — and yet, each quarter, I can expect to be introduced to new and potentially life-long products and routines. We don’t always know what we need until we try it, right? 🤷🏽‍♀️ What’s more, given how saturated the health and wellness industry can be, filtering out the products we value can be super hard and time-consuming. If you’re one to opt out entirely [don’t worry, I value my time that much too], this is a perfect solution. 🙏🏻 As for me, tell me you’ll better my sleep, productivity and overall being .. and well, I’m yours for the taking! 🤣 Happy Friday everyone!
  • WORK SET-UP ☕️ .. this is how a day in my work life tends to look. As a freelancer, I’m able to work from anywhere — which is awesome. It’s one of the many perks of being in my position. 🙋🏽‍♀️ With that said, working from home is not necessarily “easy”. After all, you’re your own boss. And that requires some heavy self discipline, even for the most motivated individual. I’m always looking for new ways to boost my productivity and to ensure I’m working as efficiently as possible. 🙏🏻 Seizing every hour of the day counts when you work for yourself. Here’s 4 things I’ve learned in the past week about the way I work best! 1️⃣ Heading to a cafe in the morning helps me to set an indicator for when the work day has begun! 🙌🏻 If I don’t leave the house, my mind struggles to decipher the difference between breakfast time, free time to .. complete some house chores? .. and last but not least, work time. 🤷🏽‍♀️ In a cafe, with a batch brew and water on hand, I know exactly what time it is and what I need to do! 2️⃣ It is SO important that I stay hydrated! 💦 Yes, I love a morning coffee. Or two. Or three. But if I let my coffee intake dehydrate me, and fail to balance it with lots of water, that’s when I get sleeeeeepy.. 😴 and inclined to call it a day before 3pm. Often I wonder why I’m tired, then I remember I’ve had 3 coffees and one glass of water. Noooot goals. 3️⃣ To my surprise, I find I work more productively before I eat? 🥗 I’m not sure if it’s a mindset thing, or if I simply get lethargic on a full stomach, but a while ago, I swore by having my first meal at midday and completing a whole load of work beforehand. I’ve started to do that again this week — and maaan has it made my mornings more productive! I suppose this one depends on the type of person you are: if your hunger symptoms are going to make your concentration zilch, then I probably wouldn’t recommend this. 4️⃣ A good night’s sleep. Nothing shall ever beat the power of a good night’s sleep. Tell me your hot tips below! What ensures YOU work your best? 👇🏻
  • WALK YOUR CITY! 💁🏽‍♀️ .. No, seriously, I mean walk. First thing’s first, could this week get any slower? Regardless of the fact that I’m running out of hours each day — who the hell decided there’d only be 24 — I still feel like this week is moving incredibly slowly. 🤷🏽‍♀️ Just me? I’m ready to start cafe-hopping again, beginning first with these sensational vegan hot cakes at @appyeatery. 🤤 Like, can we take a moment?! Few things are perfect in this life, but I’ll name one right now: this brunch and this destination. There you go, that’s two. Fun fact: did you know @a_jaxcreative and I walk to almost every cafe we visit? 😎 I know what you’re thinking: Kenzie, that’s a lot of miles! Here’s why I swear by walking your city! 1️⃣ It’s the best way to explore! When you’re in a car or even on a tram, you remove the excitement of “the journey”. 💁🏽‍♀️ It becomes all about the destination, and you miss so many interesting things on the way — including a sense of direction and any degree of geographical insight. 2️⃣ It’s a great addition to your fitness regime! 💪🏻 I’m not about that “hit the gym and be done with it” mentality. I’m all about functional fitness, and that means using your strength, agility and endurance in everyday life! Walking is great for subconsciously toning those legs — and for warranting a feast like this every weekend! 3️⃣ When there’s nothing to do but walk, you wind up having the best conversations! 🗣 Given I can hardly get @a_jaxcreative’s attention at brunch, on a walk is the perfect time to dive into the deep stuff! 🤣 Who doesn’t love a good walk ‘n talk, after all! 4️⃣ If you’re looking for a way to decrease harmful emissions, don’t sit on the train. Don’t flag down a bus, or jump on a tram. Get on ya own two feet and move ‘em! God didn’t gift you with a set of dandy looking legs to rest them on the coffee table, now did he? RANK your go-to mode of transport below: car, train/tram, walk? Let’s be honest with ourselves this Thursday, and maybe even commit to some change. GO! 👇🏻
  • INTROVERTED VS. EXTROVERTED 🗣 .. What percentage are you? According to experts, we are neither entirely introverted nor extroverted.. but a percentage of both. 💁🏽‍♀️ I’ve been caught on this for a while. If I could measure my own tendencies or behaviour, how would this look exactly? I’ve come to the conclusion I must be 50:50. I’m sure this will come as a surprise to some people — that or it’ll seem blatantly misguided.. 🤣 so let me explain. You see, I believe I must be an EXTREME version of both. What I mean to say: these aren’t your standard fifty percents. The extroverted Kenzie is easily explained. I go to events. I don’t mind talking to new people — in fact, I like it. I don’t mind commandeering a social circumstance. I love leading a group — which probably explains why this channel exists. And finally, around close friends/family.. OR who am I kidding, around strangers too, I can talk A LOT. ☺️ In short, I put myself out there and I enjoy it. But then there’s the other half. The side of me that’s extremely retrospective and introspective. 👌🏼 The side that works well by herself and often, prefers it this way to get truly stuck in. The side that relies on and severely needs her own time to be anywhere near as lively and vivacious in social time. This is the side that is quite comfortable to be by herself for, at the very least, reasonably short but regular stints. This is also the side that often shocks those only familiar with my confident and forward self. 😅 To this day, @a_jaxcreative still gets concerned when for a single moment, I don’t have something to say. Hey, I get it. 🙌🏻 This contrast is so stark, it can be hard to digest! We’re far more complicated characters than social media and even on occasion social circumstance will have us depicted. If you had to guess, what percentage of introverted and extroverted do you think you’d be? 🤷🏽‍♀️ And why? Tell me below! 👇🏻
  • HAPPY HUMP DAY.. 🙋🏽‍♀️ it’s time for a skincare update. If you’ve been following my stories, you’ll know for the past couple of months since first trialling @skintologystockholm, I’ve been using my Fresh Start Sheet Masks religiously! 🙌🏻 At least once to twice a week, I’ve transitioned into full ghost-mode and my skin feels SO much better for it. Here’s 3 reasons why I rate face masks as part of my weekly routine! 1️⃣ They provide lasting hydration and overnight repair. 🙏🏻 Each time I’m certain I’m going to break out — whenever I’ve eaten badly or forgotten to drink enough water — I’ve popped on a #skintologystockholm mask for 15-20 minutes at night and woken up the next morning with faaar less inflamed skin. Potential disaster = avoided. 2️⃣ They make me PAUSE! 🙌🏻 As soon as I apply #myskintogy face mask, it’s an indicator to myself and to the rest of the world that I am U N A V A I L A B L E. 😅 They force me to delve into full-fledged self care mode and I love it. They also provide a marker for the end of the day, which for me, is quite necessary! 3️⃣ The serum is nice and dewy, which means even after 15-20 minutes, my skin already feels wildly nourished. 👌🏼 In general, my skin has been so much more stable and consistent lately. Of course, it has its ups and downs depending on the time of the month, but ever since I’ve dedicated time to going that bit farther with my routine [and regularly], it’s SO much more controllable. 4️⃣ BONUS reason: wearing these masks will NEVER not be funny. 🤣 Ever. I will also never not scare @a_jaxcreative nor walk out of the bathroom singing anything but “Don’t Cha” by The Pussycat Dolls, while I’m wearing one. Thank you. 👋🏻 Good night. On a more serious note, feeling comfortable and confident in my skin is of utmost importance to me. Hence why I value my skincare routine so much. 💁🏽‍♀️ What’s more, any excuse to integrate more self-care is a good one to me! 👉🏻 Feel free to use my code “KENZIE15” for 15% off at @skintologystockholm. What are your skincare / self-care tips? I’d love to hear! ☺️ P.S. if anyone says have a bath, I just might shed a tear.. I miss a bath so much! 😢
  • REDEFINING SUCCESS 👉🏻 .. the fitness edit. I recently published an article to Currently Loving titled “Redefining Success: The Dress Edit”, where I discussed a slow, but significant development in what I define to be successful. Link is in the bio if you want to check that one out.. but not just yet. ✋🏻 I want to discuss success related to one particular topic first: that’s health and fitness. It’s actually 6.15am as I write this. I’m heading on my post-workout walk around the block. I see this as a way to practice mindfulness and to find clarity with my thoughts before the day begins. 🌿 It’s also become a time to process and to write. This morning I worked out to an episode of @twentysomethingtrainwreck, featuring host @phoebeacp and guest, @georgiestevenson. 🙌🏻 They spoke about staying in your own lane, trusting your body and most importantly, the risk of sacrificing 50% of your life .. in order to take up 5% less space. I can gladly say that ever since discovering solace, energy and enhanced productivity from exercise, I too have continued to use health and fitness as means to benefit OTHER areas of my life. The truth is, I don’t wake up and workout at 5am each morning because exercise IS my priority. I do this.. because it ISN’T. 🤷🏽‍♀️ There are so many other things that I hope to achieve in a day, there’s a very good reason why exercise has a space only at the very edge of the wider picture. Now don’t get me wrong, in many ways, fitness is also at the core. It helps me to be a better, more capable human in all other aspects. 👌🏼 But that’s just it — fitness acts as a BASE for my success. Not as the entire scope. I think when you start to see fitness and health as a means to perform successfully ELSEWHERE in your life, your relationship with the two becomes SO much healthier. ✔️ When your fitness goals correlate with your personal and life goals, THIS is when you know you’re doing it right. We should ask ourselves: how does our success in fitness and health.. influence success in the rest of our lives? 🤷🏽‍♀️ After all, the answer SHOULD be positive!
  • MONDAY MANIFESTATION.. ✌🏻 Or a story of my friend becoming the Dalai Lama. Each time I visit the currently crippled @themelbournelook, I leave more and more familiar with the ways of the Dalai Lama?! ☺️ It seems when your friend is forced to slow down, to focus on personal growth and the mindset, somehow you find yourself joining the journey. Ever since Chloe told me she was manifesting the fast healing of her leg, and then, received news from her doctor to validate its happening 😱, I’ve been thinking about the idea of manifestation myself. Apparently if you tell yourself something — a fact about your reality — enough times and with utter conviction in what you’re saying, somehow and in some way, life will see that this belief is realised. Take happiness, for example. 💁🏽‍♀️ Tell yourself everyday that you’re happy and fulfilled, and you will attract a path of happiness and fulfilment. Or so the Dalai and Chloe will assure you. Now whilst telling the world you’re the fittest person on earth or the wealthiest millennial ain’t exactly gonna make you so.. surely it’ll lead you towards making decisions in that direction, right?! 🤷🏽‍♀️ Perhaps it’ll give us the much-needed confidence to emulate the figure we so choose. I’m thinking it’s time to put it to the test. ☝🏻 So this Monday, I’m manifesting the belief that I’m a young entrepreneur, that I create my own success and that I have wealth in every sense from monetarily to relationally to culturally. On a lesser note, I’m also manifesting that I’m the type of person who makes every Pilates class they book. ☺️ Because ya girl got right into #motivationalmonday — or just click-happy, I’m not sure — and booked several classes before Thursday. Last but not least, I’m manifesting another sensational picnic with @honourwithfetepopuppicnics sometime soon. 💕 Surely if I think hard enough, this spread will just appear?! 😂 I’ll let you know how it goes. Now it could be big or small [I’m sure the Dalai Lama doesn’t judge]: what are YOU manifesting this week?!

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  • A DAY AT THE POLO .. 🏇🏼🍸 .. also potentially a better title: me not fitting in and loving it. There’s a multitude of reasons I don’t fit in at the Polo. Firstly, I like to RE-USE my clothes. 💁🏽‍♀️ Unlike a myriad of people who believe a piece must be higher in quality if you can only wear it once.. my beliefs run quite the opposite. The more use I can get out of an outfit, worn in differing ways or at differing occasions, the more worthwhile the purchase — no matter how great or small it was in price. Catch me proudly re-wearing this fabulous @esther.com.au find; a dress that you may remember I rocked at @fashionweekaus last year. 🤙🏻 Helloooo .. good pieces are supposed to look good more than once. Let’s give ‘em a chance! Another reason I don’t make a lot of sense at the polo: if I tried to hold my head high for even two minutes, I’d most definitely trip over. 🤣 So by nature, I actually can’t. Funny thing is, I really don’t mind. In fact, I’m quite glad. I also don’t fit in because whilst many folk nonchalantly pretend they don’t need to win a @bentleymotors 🙄 — I’m there honouring the age-old belief that I’m actually super good at finding stuff, hunting the field for the mystery key. Note: I can’t be all that good. Low and behold, I don’t have a Bentley. Now, perhaps only to justify my being there, here’s a couple reasons why I do fit in: I too love champagne and endless flows of it all day! 🥂 I also have been and gone to the @daylesfordpolo and still don’t get the game at all.. much like everyone else who seemed to be there. My own placement aside, what a fantastic day, with huge credit to the team at @daylesfordpolo, @bondisands, the legendary @themebournelook, and @charmainevd who took my single favourite photo of myself captured in 2019.. this first image in which I exist in my most happiest and natural form! 👊🏻 That’s usually eating a smoothie bowl.. but like, this works too?! ☺️💁🏽‍♀️
  • MONDAY MUSTS 🗓☕️ .. because going from brunch back to business ain’t always easy. If you lined me up alongside various folk in society, I’d place pretty well in terms of motivation. 👌🏼 I’m a determined gal. With that said, I don’t naturally approach every Monday with a mindset to smash goals and well, at the very least, work at all. I’d way rather re-visit gorgeous new location, @wintermalvern, and indulge in chia pudding — ya feel? It’s a sad reality that we don’t always get to choose when we feel motivated. 🙋🏽‍♀️ Motivation tends to arise pretty organically, and not always in the moments it’s most needed. Like at 8am on a Monday morning. Here’s how I motivate myself, regardless of how I’m naturally feeling. 1️⃣ I remind myself of the working gal I’d like to be. 💁🏽‍♀️ She ain’t lazy or slack. She doesn’t sleep in or give up at 10am. She gets up on a Monday and smashes the first tasks of the week! Why? ‘Cause she knows how you set yourself up.. is often how you tend to keep going. 2️⃣ I drink lots of coffee. ☕️ Now I’m not sure whether this is recommend-worthy or not — but it’s the truth. I’m not going to pretend I’m on some caffeine detox nor that I’m convinced it’s all that necessary for me? I don’t get the shakes. I don’t have this colossal crash and burn. Just pure enjoyment really. 🙂 Oh, and a little much-appreciated energy boost. 3️⃣ I plan a week ahead full of things to look forward to! 🙏🏻 Let me tell you now, there is nothing more demotivating than a dull week ahead. You gotta be excited to live the life you’re living.. to live it incredibly well! 👊🏻 So go ahead — plan some shit! Do like me and add to your schedule some fun challenges and activities outside of work. I’ll be attempting to hit four @loveathletica classes this week! 👊🏻 I’m also heading to see @aidantacojones at the @melbcomedyfest on Thursday night, because progress aside.. laughing is good for me too! I will never forget something I was told when I was young: happiness and purpose comes from having something to do, something to love and something to look forward to! 🤙🏻 Find your version of all three and let them be your motivation this Monday!
  • WELLNESS IN A BOX .. 🙋🏽‍♀️ Why didn’t I think of this first? Just yesterday, @bellaboxaunz came out with a new quarterly subscription service: a box filled entirely with health and wellness products, titled ever so fittingly — Welcome to Wellness. And honestly, if not #Bellabox first, it totally would have been me. 😎 I LOVE this idea. I’ve come home after a couple of Friday avo drinks [ya girl is saving herself for the @daylesfordpolo tomorrow 🍸] and I’ve been delighted to say the least, by the plethora of gifts awaiting in this box! I’m talking @whiteglo whitening treatment, @natureswayoz collagen smoothie powder, @remedydrinks kombucha, @organiqaustralia body scrub.. 🤙🏻 There’s even some vegan parmesan, for goodness sake! Welcome to Wellness includes 15 amazing new treats and trials every 3 months for $59.95. To put that in perspective, we’d pay at least a quarter of this for the free Pilates class alone! If there’s one thing I’m always looking to enhance [amidst a never-ending range, let’s be real], it’s my self-care and self-love routines. 👌🏼 With #WelcometoWellness, I have no excuse. I don’t have to make any effort — and yet, each quarter, I can expect to be introduced to new and potentially life-long products and routines. We don’t always know what we need until we try it, right? 🤷🏽‍♀️ What’s more, given how saturated the health and wellness industry can be, filtering out the products we value can be super hard and time-consuming. If you’re one to opt out entirely [don’t worry, I value my time that much too], this is a perfect solution. 🙏🏻 As for me, tell me you’ll better my sleep, productivity and overall being .. and well, I’m yours for the taking! 🤣 Happy Friday everyone!
  • WORK SET-UP ☕️ .. this is how a day in my work life tends to look. As a freelancer, I’m able to work from anywhere — which is awesome. It’s one of the many perks of being in my position. 🙋🏽‍♀️ With that said, working from home is not necessarily “easy”. After all, you’re your own boss. And that requires some heavy self discipline, even for the most motivated individual. I’m always looking for new ways to boost my productivity and to ensure I’m working as efficiently as possible. 🙏🏻 Seizing every hour of the day counts when you work for yourself. Here’s 4 things I’ve learned in the past week about the way I work best! 1️⃣ Heading to a cafe in the morning helps me to set an indicator for when the work day has begun! 🙌🏻 If I don’t leave the house, my mind struggles to decipher the difference between breakfast time, free time to .. complete some house chores? .. and last but not least, work time. 🤷🏽‍♀️ In a cafe, with a batch brew and water on hand, I know exactly what time it is and what I need to do! 2️⃣ It is SO important that I stay hydrated! 💦 Yes, I love a morning coffee. Or two. Or three. But if I let my coffee intake dehydrate me, and fail to balance it with lots of water, that’s when I get sleeeeeepy.. 😴 and inclined to call it a day before 3pm. Often I wonder why I’m tired, then I remember I’ve had 3 coffees and one glass of water. Noooot goals. 3️⃣ To my surprise, I find I work more productively before I eat? 🥗 I’m not sure if it’s a mindset thing, or if I simply get lethargic on a full stomach, but a while ago, I swore by having my first meal at midday and completing a whole load of work beforehand. I’ve started to do that again this week — and maaan has it made my mornings more productive! I suppose this one depends on the type of person you are: if your hunger symptoms are going to make your concentration zilch, then I probably wouldn’t recommend this. 4️⃣ A good night’s sleep. Nothing shall ever beat the power of a good night’s sleep. Tell me your hot tips below! What ensures YOU work your best? 👇🏻
  • WALK YOUR CITY! 💁🏽‍♀️ .. No, seriously, I mean walk. First thing’s first, could this week get any slower? Regardless of the fact that I’m running out of hours each day — who the hell decided there’d only be 24 — I still feel like this week is moving incredibly slowly. 🤷🏽‍♀️ Just me? I’m ready to start cafe-hopping again, beginning first with these sensational vegan hot cakes at @appyeatery. 🤤 Like, can we take a moment?! Few things are perfect in this life, but I’ll name one right now: this brunch and this destination. There you go, that’s two. Fun fact: did you know @a_jaxcreative and I walk to almost every cafe we visit? 😎 I know what you’re thinking: Kenzie, that’s a lot of miles! Here’s why I swear by walking your city! 1️⃣ It’s the best way to explore! When you’re in a car or even on a tram, you remove the excitement of “the journey”. 💁🏽‍♀️ It becomes all about the destination, and you miss so many interesting things on the way — including a sense of direction and any degree of geographical insight. 2️⃣ It’s a great addition to your fitness regime! 💪🏻 I’m not about that “hit the gym and be done with it” mentality. I’m all about functional fitness, and that means using your strength, agility and endurance in everyday life! Walking is great for subconsciously toning those legs — and for warranting a feast like this every weekend! 3️⃣ When there’s nothing to do but walk, you wind up having the best conversations! 🗣 Given I can hardly get @a_jaxcreative’s attention at brunch, on a walk is the perfect time to dive into the deep stuff! 🤣 Who doesn’t love a good walk ‘n talk, after all! 4️⃣ If you’re looking for a way to decrease harmful emissions, don’t sit on the train. Don’t flag down a bus, or jump on a tram. Get on ya own two feet and move ‘em! God didn’t gift you with a set of dandy looking legs to rest them on the coffee table, now did he? RANK your go-to mode of transport below: car, train/tram, walk? Let’s be honest with ourselves this Thursday, and maybe even commit to some change. GO! 👇🏻
  • INTROVERTED VS. EXTROVERTED 🗣 .. What percentage are you? According to experts, we are neither entirely introverted nor extroverted.. but a percentage of both. 💁🏽‍♀️ I’ve been caught on this for a while. If I could measure my own tendencies or behaviour, how would this look exactly? I’ve come to the conclusion I must be 50:50. I’m sure this will come as a surprise to some people — that or it’ll seem blatantly misguided.. 🤣 so let me explain. You see, I believe I must be an EXTREME version of both. What I mean to say: these aren’t your standard fifty percents. The extroverted Kenzie is easily explained. I go to events. I don’t mind talking to new people — in fact, I like it. I don’t mind commandeering a social circumstance. I love leading a group — which probably explains why this channel exists. And finally, around close friends/family.. OR who am I kidding, around strangers too, I can talk A LOT. ☺️ In short, I put myself out there and I enjoy it. But then there’s the other half. The side of me that’s extremely retrospective and introspective. 👌🏼 The side that works well by herself and often, prefers it this way to get truly stuck in. The side that relies on and severely needs her own time to be anywhere near as lively and vivacious in social time. This is the side that is quite comfortable to be by herself for, at the very least, reasonably short but regular stints. This is also the side that often shocks those only familiar with my confident and forward self. 😅 To this day, @a_jaxcreative still gets concerned when for a single moment, I don’t have something to say. Hey, I get it. 🙌🏻 This contrast is so stark, it can be hard to digest! We’re far more complicated characters than social media and even on occasion social circumstance will have us depicted. If you had to guess, what percentage of introverted and extroverted do you think you’d be? 🤷🏽‍♀️ And why? Tell me below! 👇🏻
  • HAPPY HUMP DAY.. 🙋🏽‍♀️ it’s time for a skincare update. If you’ve been following my stories, you’ll know for the past couple of months since first trialling @skintologystockholm, I’ve been using my Fresh Start Sheet Masks religiously! 🙌🏻 At least once to twice a week, I’ve transitioned into full ghost-mode and my skin feels SO much better for it. Here’s 3 reasons why I rate face masks as part of my weekly routine! 1️⃣ They provide lasting hydration and overnight repair. 🙏🏻 Each time I’m certain I’m going to break out — whenever I’ve eaten badly or forgotten to drink enough water — I’ve popped on a #skintologystockholm mask for 15-20 minutes at night and woken up the next morning with faaar less inflamed skin. Potential disaster = avoided. 2️⃣ They make me PAUSE! 🙌🏻 As soon as I apply #myskintogy face mask, it’s an indicator to myself and to the rest of the world that I am U N A V A I L A B L E. 😅 They force me to delve into full-fledged self care mode and I love it. They also provide a marker for the end of the day, which for me, is quite necessary! 3️⃣ The serum is nice and dewy, which means even after 15-20 minutes, my skin already feels wildly nourished. 👌🏼 In general, my skin has been so much more stable and consistent lately. Of course, it has its ups and downs depending on the time of the month, but ever since I’ve dedicated time to going that bit farther with my routine [and regularly], it’s SO much more controllable. 4️⃣ BONUS reason: wearing these masks will NEVER not be funny. 🤣 Ever. I will also never not scare @a_jaxcreative nor walk out of the bathroom singing anything but “Don’t Cha” by The Pussycat Dolls, while I’m wearing one. Thank you. 👋🏻 Good night. On a more serious note, feeling comfortable and confident in my skin is of utmost importance to me. Hence why I value my skincare routine so much. 💁🏽‍♀️ What’s more, any excuse to integrate more self-care is a good one to me! 👉🏻 Feel free to use my code “KENZIE15” for 15% off at @skintologystockholm. What are your skincare / self-care tips? I’d love to hear! ☺️ P.S. if anyone says have a bath, I just might shed a tear.. I miss a bath so much! 😢

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