The Emily Diaries

Tis’ the season for hot cocoa, cashmere sweaters, and hallmark christmas movies.

The more I think about it, the more I realize my life has become a backwards Hallmark movie. I ditched the loser boyfriend, got out of my small town, moved to a city, and entered my successful business woman era.

Chapter 21: Hallmark Christmas movies

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The chapter where I put on my Christian Louboutin pumps and sat in my closet with a glass of wine.

I hate to admit this but it’s honest. 

I am the type of girl who always reads the last chapter before the book is done to make sure the ending turns out the way I want it to.

I always look up who wins the bachelor.

And if I’m watching an intense movie I make my friend tell me the ending.

So imagine living and...

I went on a date with a professional scam artist.

And of course, I didn't know he was a professional scam artist.

He ordered me a black luxury car service to pick me up that evening. I had on a dress that reminded me of an Italian romance novel. The driver opened my door as I climbed inside.

There he stood outside of one of my favorite restaurants in the city wearing a suit. He was coming from a work dinner. He t...

Here is what I want you to know: You are worthy of everything you dream of. You are capable of everything you dream of. In fact, if it wasn’t meant for you, you would never have the thought of it in the first place. You can be, do, and have everything you fantasize about. So we are no longer someone’s options. You are the whole damn cake babe, treat yourself like that.

Chapter 15 tells the story of how a neighbor became more t...

“I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it's based on femininity.” 

― Marilyn Monroe

A lot of times I feel deeply misunderstood.

A lot of times I feel like it's so hard to hold my truth and be accepted.

But at the end of ...

It took one final and short lesson for me to date as an energetic match.

And it took two final lessons to realize just because they’re successful, nice, or charming does not mean they instantly get to have you.

It’s time to make men work for it.

Chapter 12: Finding the energetic match, not the one

It felt like the universe was bringing me lesson after lesson, but this time in male form. I couldn't grasp how ...