Easing Back In

Photography edits by KELSEY BETHUNE PRESETS

Sweater and boots c/o Jenni Kayne | Grlfrnd denim | ASOS handbag | Miamica mask

My goal of posting on truelane at least once each month this year is off to a somewhat great start—it’s only March, and here I am.

I logged on to write about an entirely different topic, and found this draft sitting unpublished in the queue and thought I might as well hit ‘post’ to ease back into things. Many things are still the same since these photos were taken in September: still masking up, still settled comfortably at my parents house, still working in property management until my debts are paid. More to come (I’m promising myself and you), but in the meantime, here’s the writing from last September:

I’ve spent (and quite honestly, wasted) a lot of money trying to find the best mask to fit both my face and my lifestyle, and have settled on these Miamica sets that I found—surprisingly—at Ulta. Most importantly, they passed the can’t-blow-out-a-candle test, and they have all the criteria on my face mask wish list: a nose wire, adjustable ear straps, and a pocket for a filter.

As the pandemic drags on and the heaviness continues to pile higher onto itself, I hope you are taking good care of yourself and others. For me, the nonfunctioning days involve a lot of sitting on the couch or on my bed, too mentally taxed to even scroll on my phone—and that’s okay. Someone wise once told me that when you are feeling low, take the focus off of yourself by thinking of ways you can help others. And right now, doing something for others is as simple as putting on a face mask.