Lollapalooza 2016 - Day 4 - TURNT

We made it to the final day!
If we're being honest, we were happy and sad that there would roughly be 12 hours left of humidity and body pains for us to endure.
Thankfully (and ironically) the 4th and final day was the prettiest when it came to mother nature cooperating.
We left pretty late and

Lollapalooza 2016 - Day 3 - Citrus Mamí

Day 3 really had me considering my life choices. Why did I purchase a 4-day pass again?

At this point you've probably noticed a common theme in my Lolla outfits...

Lollapalooza 2016 - Day 2 - Señora Stripes

If my feet could have talked, they would have YELLED at me and asked me to stay in bed.
AIN'T NO REST FOR THE WICKED, LIL' TOES!
Day 2 was just as

Lollapalooza 2016 - Day 1 - Little Miss Pineapple

Let's just dive right in and state the obvious: this post is late as hell.
I could give you some roundabout excuse as to how life has gotten in the way, or how my computer frizzed out on me (goodbye $335 of unplanned money), etc. but that's no fun!

Lollapalooza 2016 was a swift little reminder of how much I love music and

New Year, New Blog Name

Happy 2016!

To say that 2015 threw me for a loop would be a severe understatement. Sometimes life happens and you have to learn how to adjust — at your own pace, of course. As cliché as it might seem, the new year is a time for me to start fresh and readjust my priorities and set attainable goals. With this mindset, I finally decided to change my blog name. 

I outgrew the alias and direction of 'Obsessions & Collections' quicker than I could have anticipated. Letting it go left me with the ability to finally switch it over to my name — my real name. 

A lot of my life has been spent trying to please people, starting with my name. It was always "too complicated" to pronounce or "too weird" to write out, so I made it easier for people to just call me 'Yumi' or 'Umi'. So I guess I finally felt like it was the right time to reclaim my name and get back to my roots. So here we are — here I am — YMIJAN. 

I'm a sporadic blogger and write/photograph/vlog about things from fashion to personal thoughts. I only blogged 8 times in 2015 and want to change that around. I'm ready for the new journey...again.

It's gonna' be a good one.   

One Year Later

Exactly one year ago from today, 9/30, my life completely changed. As I'm writing this, on the last night of the month, right now at this exact time I can remember crying on a blow up mattress at my friend's place, in her spare room. I tried to silence my cries and let her and her (then) boyfriend (now husband) sleep — but when you a feel a pain that deep, there's no stopping it.

I had been in a relationship with someone for 9 years — technically 8 — but it was someone I envisioned

I'm Tired Of Hating My Body

I'm over it. I'm done. I'm tired of hating my body. How it looks with and without clothes. How it feels when I sit down or am dancing. How I take a second glance when I look at the mirror. Its all become just too much for me. 
I think I've been carrying around this non-literal weight on my shoulders for too long and it's finally time to let it go because I'm ready to be happy.

I've always fluctuated with my weight, ever since I can remember. I never thought about what it meant to be heavier or