As I was lying in bed last night, looking upwards towards the ceiling, allowing my mind to wonder. I was wondering to myself, “Should I be contemplating my life and where I am at the moment?” The answer came back to me very quickly.” NOPE! You are where you are supposed to be”. Comparison is the…
Author: Thoughts of Sol
I'm a millennial from the Caribbean currently living in the Netherlands. I blog about retail fashion and marketing, personal and career development as well as female empowerment- all on my own terms. I discuss the career and life the lessons I have learned so far, my opinions on Retail and fashion industry as well a and Digital Marketing . Lastly, I share my own since of fashion and style.
Problems are seen with the eyes, opportunities are seen with the mind
So, I’m falling in love with books. Yep! They’re becoming something that I really enjoy. Now that I travel for work, I take a book with me and use the time on the train to read more and faff less on my Social Media. Now before you all get the wrong idea, faffing means: spending…
3 weeks left in 2016
There are 3 weeks left in 2016. I am just going to let that settle in for a moment. M O M E N T Yes, that’s right! There are 3 weeks left in 2016 and 3 weeks before 2017 rolls in. the month of December is month of many things. It’s the Christmas season…
Be supportive, show empathy, bestow compassion and see what happens
Just recently I began using another hashtag on “the gram” (aka Instagram) and its #GirlBossSupporter. Of course, this signifies this that I support women entrepreneurs, women who are chasing their dreams and materializing them, but I also like to encourage women in general (actually everyone). There has been many instances in 2016 that have been…
I made the news!
Hello Folks! So, this week I made the news, not here in the Netherlands, but back home, in the Caribbean, where I’m from. Remember? I’m an island girl. Oh, yes! I was in The Daily Herald newspaper, located on St.Maarten, which covers the news from the neighboring islands (Saba, St.Eustatius), the many other Caribbean islands…
A Learning-ful Weekend: 10 ways I’m growing and stretching
I don’t know how your weekend went, our how you spent it but, I can certainly classify my weekend as “Learning-ful”. I think my whole week was learning-ful to be very honest, however, I am going to zero in on my weeked- Saturday to be exact! This past Saturday I did something that I never…
If your life was movie, how would you like the ending to be?
I realizing more and more that many of us do not look past our noses when it comes to our futures. Some of us, wake up each day with no plan for our lives, or no idea where they want to be in 5 years or 10 years or in life. Some of us live…
Establish Yourself (In A Group), Or Get Run Over: 4 ways I didn’t let that happen!
Wednesday night, as I travelled home from a meeting in another city, some familiar words came to me: “If you do not establish your place (in a group), you will get run over”. I don’t know why, but I smiled and wrote it down because I think I had a full circle moment. Several…
The Definition Of A #GirlBoss
The more I live and the more experiences I have along with the people I have encountered, have helped me realize something very powerful about myself. I am a #GirlBoss. I hashtag the term “Girl Boss” in almost all of my recent Instagram posts, because I believe that I am a #GirlBoss. [Sidenote: If you…
A year can make all the difference
A couple weeks ago, I posted this quote on my Instagram: And it could not of been more true. Today, I found myself thinking about who I was and what I was doing, this same time last year. Again, that quote could not of been more true. I distinctly remember that this time, last year,…
Be honest, Be vulnerable, Be brave
Good Monday, Have you ever felt like you’re the only person going through a situation, or a problem? I know the saying that “everyone has problems” and it’s true. Everyone has their own troubles, some are just better at hiding, or dealing with them than others. Sometimes, we are in our own heads to the…
Catch the sun, while you can. {Weekend Recap /w a message}
Hello Hello Hello! Good Monday everyone! To those who are celebrating Halloween today, Happpyy Halloween!!! This Monday’s message comes in the form a recap of my weekend. I had a glorious weekend! My Saturday was very fun-filled- let me tell you! [Sidenote: If you are not following me on Snapchat: theonlysol, you need to. It…
Thoughts of Sol: Fabulous and Figuring "it" out 