Like any other profession, blogging requires skilled time management. This is a skill I’ve slowly been learning over the past year, as what was once a little hobby has blossomed into a demanding job with investment banker hours (with 1% of the pay). As I find myself landing more and more exciting opportunities with my website, I’ve had to re-evaluate the way I allocate my time.

With that being said, I ended my relationship with Racked Chicago yesterday as a contributor. I would like to personally thank the Chicago editor, Jared Hatch, for giving me the opportunity to work with him as a freelancer over the past few months and for his kind parting words and well-wishes. I have also decided to reduce my blogging at PinkMemo from weekly to bi-weekly, so you will see posts from me every other Thursday going forward. I would like to thank the PinkMemo CEO and editor-in-chief, Maxine Trowbridge, for her understanding and flexibility. I will still be submitting street-style photos to Refinery29 as I have since January. I thought long and hard about these decisions over the past month, and they’re the best choices for me.

I think people sometimes forget that I am a graduate student at DePaul earning a Master of Science degree in management. I have my most demanding class this fall; Quantitative Statistics. It’s been a delicate balancing act trying to do well in school, grow my blog, and contribute to other websites. By reducing the energy that is spent elsewhere I can focus exclusively on Chicago Street Style and do well in school.

For me, this is all about refocusing my fashion blogging priorities on the street-style photography. After all, that’s really what it’s all about for me!