It's time for a new beginning, a fresh start if you will. 

Time for me to grow up. 

I started Tales of a Lame freshman year of high school. I first started a blog called Who You Are but decided that was a terrible blog name so I started listening to songs for inspiration. I came across a Lupe Fiasco song called The Coolest. In the song he says "these are the tales of the cool" and I resonated with it but, not quite. I didn't feel cool, I felt like an outcast, I felt like I was a lame.

Titling my blog Tales of a Lame was me embracing how I felt.

Plus... I mean Tales of a Lame sounds pretty cool. 

But, as I've been growing, and meeting new people and finding my crowd. I now don't really resonate with being a lame anymore. Calling myself a lame was basically outwardly showing my insecurities, feeling less than, feeling weird, feeling like I didn't belong. 

I'm over it. 

Wearing my insecurities as if they were a badge of honor is weird. 

And it's time to leave Tales of a Lame behind. 

So, now this blog is called Imani J. owning finally who I am, which in and of itself was a journey. 

I didn't like my name, didn't think my name was cool or interesting enough.

 "Imani Johnson? Who would be interested in anything that had such a basic name on it?"

I would say to my mom, family, friends, anybody basically who would listen.

Another example of me, again, putting my identity down. 

But, it's time for y'all to know who I am. And time for me to own who I am.

In other words

Welcome to Imani J. 

Where I hope to inspire people through my travels, fashion, and my personal journey through self development. 

I have big plans for this decade.

But, before we move towards the future lets look back to the past.

I went through the Tales of a Lame archives and rounded up some pictures from my throughout the years. I was tearing up compiling these together, the growth in style, and just everything was overwhelming. 

Tales of a Lame archive isn't going anywhere so if, you guys also want to take a trip down memory lane they will always be there!