Happy Friday, loves! We made it to the weekend, and this weekend is an extra fun one around here, it’s my birthday weekend! Today is my birthday, so I thought it’d be fun to share 22 random facts for my 22nd birthday!
1. I am 22 today!
2. I’m a Gemini (Creative & Disciplined)
3. I started my blog as a creative outlet.
4. I work full time and blog. It’s a lot of hard work, but it’s so worth it! I love what I do!
5. I LOVE traveling so I hope to blog full time someday soon, and share many more travels with you all!
6. I recently traveled to Paris which I fell in love with for so many reasons.
7. Next up on my itinerary is Hawaii! I’ve mentioned before that I would totally move there, I am definitely a water/beach girl.
8. I named my blog Between Two Coasts because I currently live in KC, right in the middle of the country, between two coasts.
9. I have two sisters, and I’m the middle!
10. My older sister, Ariel, is a Kindergarten teacher. She is really good at it! She traveled to Paris with me and took all my blog photos…shout out to my big sis!
11. My younger sister, Piper, is about to start high school in the fall (ahh!)
12. As a younger blogger, it’s exciting to me to see what the future holds with the upcoming generation of bloggers/social media users with all of the changes that come with social media platforms. I love bouncing ideas/getting inspiration from my little sister for this reason!
13. I drive a Jeep, and actually everyone in my family does too, haha! I guess you could call it an obsession!
14. I wear clip in hair extensions by Barefoot Blonde Hair, in the color brown sugar! Love them!
15. I love playing around with my extensions and doing fun braids! I will start sharing some hair tutorials on my YouTube channel in the near future!
16. I speak pretty good spanish, so I am currently obsessed with the Justin Bieber/Daddy Yankee “Despacito” song! We used to listen to Daddy Yankee in spanish class all the time!
17. I currently use the Canon T3i camera for blogging, with the Canon 50mm f 1.8 lens
18. I use the Canon G7x Mark ii camera for vlogging.
19. I use my iPhone 7 plus for IG photos.
20. I love blogging for so many reasons, but most of all is because of all the AMAZING readers/fellow bloggers I’ve gotten to meet. Love you all!
21. When it comes to blogging, I am a firm believer in collaboration over competition. It’s so important to help each other out!
22. I am looking forward to another great year of blogging and traveling , so let’s do this 22!
Thank you for all of the birthday wishes, you’re so sweet & I always love hearing from you guys! I’d love for you all to leave a fun fact about yourself below, and please don’t hesitate to ever reach out with any questions or things you’d like to know/see! I hope you all have a fantastic weekend!
Xo, Rachel
Happy birthday!