If we just met, I can almost guarantee that I will ask “what is your favorite color?” It’s just as important as your name, if not more. Favorite colors tell a lot about a person. Growing up, mine was green. And it’s still my default answer. Whenever I meet people whose favorite is also green, I immediately feel closer to them and like the bond has somehow now been validated. Anyone else?
But, over the past year, things have changed. My perspective has changed, my wants and needs have changed and I have become much more focused on one thing: doing things that make me happy. While I was experiencing a lot of unexpected changes my freshman year of college, one of those changes happened to subconsciously be my favorite color. I didn’t mean for it to happen. I didn’t even realize that it happened until it was too late. Heck, I didn’t even know it was possible to change your favorite color! I mean, obviously it’s not illegal or anything but I just figured I would always stick with green because that’s what I said and thought for so long.
Green is now on the back burner. I am proud to announce that I am now very gravitated toward the color yellow. It makes me feel happy and warm and smiley. It’s a very positive and optimistic color, two things I try to be. The second I created this blog, yellow moved to the front of the line.
Here are some traits about the yellow personality from a color psychology website ...
You have a happy disposition and are cheerful and fun to be with
You can be very critical of yourself as well as others - you are a perfectionist
You analyze everything, all the time, and are methodical in your thinking
You have a strong independent streak in you and are selective with your choice of friends, keeping a small group of close and like-minded friends rather than being involved in team events or large social gatherings
You tend to hide your emotions, putting on a brave face in times of adversity
You are good at networking and getting information out of others. Journalists often resonate with the color yellow.
You can be stubborn but dislike pettiness and spitefulness of all kinds
Your deepest need is for logical order in your everyday life...
I feel attacked, but in a good way. That is a list of things that I feel! It even says JOURNALISTS. Could it be any more spot on? After reading more about the color yellow, it just makes sense that it is now my favorite and one that I lean toward at this stage in my life. I would really recommend reading up on the personality and psychology of your favorite color, and maybe even colors you don’t like to see what they say about you!
Even if yellow is not your favorite color, how could you possibly dislike it? To me, I just don’t understand how you can see something yellow and not want to smile or feel relieved. As bright as it can be, to me it is such a therapeutic color. I don’t have a ton of yellow things, but the yellow things I do have I treasure very much. Here are two:
A few months ago I came across this tassel keychain with different shades of yellow. First of all, I love anything with tassels. Second of all, I love ombre. Third of all, as we know, I love yellow. It was a no brainer. We were attached at the hip all day - literally, I put it on my belt loop. There was no one for me to show it off to but I didn’t care. I wore it for me! Clearly, it’s the little things. I recommend getting a little something yellow to have around whether it’s a keychain like mine, a sticker (cough cough) or a phone case so you can look at it and feel ~happy.
And just last week, I went out shopping for the first time since quarantine started and I found myself a pair of light yellow joggers. It was probably 80 something degrees out that day but I put them on the second I got home and wore them for the rest of the week. Wearing them just put me in a better mood, as do most sweatpants. You know that Beatles song that goes We All Live in a Yellow Submarine? It’s a great song. But I would change the words to We All Live in a Pair of Yellow Sweats. Now that is a message I can get behind.
Are you now feeling like you should treat yourself to something that is your favorite color or something new to make you happy? Good. That’s totally normal. Lucky for you, I can help with that.
You can now go to www.bijouxbycatherine.com to get your very own yellow tassel keychain, a pretty new piece of jewelry or anything else you see that makes you smile for 15% off! Use the code ‘Happiness15’ site-wide so you can get yourself some goodies :)
If you order anything, let me know! I want to see, please. Below are four things that are in my cart right now! The keychains come in so many different colors and the rings are beautiful…
The keychain and the pants in action!
I keep it right here on my desk :) Featuring my Take 5 Write 5 journal.
I wasn’t kidding - I literally wore it as an accessory for the entire day.
