Bringing it back...
I think it is time. I miss writing, I need a journal to write in, and this particular journal already contains so many memories that have helped shape who I am. It turned 10-years-old in December! So I'm bringing it back to life.
There is a lot on my mind lately. After an intense 2013 that included major surgery for my boyfriend, a severe impatience to move in with him after only being "on my own" for a few months, a serious questioning of the faith I was raised in, my job, my vocation in life, and my relationships with family, friends, and my boyfriend...well, let's just say I need to make 2014 a year of relaxing into the flow of life.
I've learned so many lessons from all of that drama (much of which was self-created), which I am now trying to start applying to my life.
I want to touch on many subjects in this journal, beyond my day-to-day, although that will have its place once more. My relationship, what I've learned from the last one, my health and fitness journey, what I've learned in school and suddenly beyond it, what it means to work in the modern world, the (very human, I'm learning) construct of religion, etc. So many things that have shaped my worldview till now...until a man named Greg, life after college, and many other life events rocked my world. I like to think in the BEST way.
Outside perspectives are welcomed from anyone I encounter along the way with this journal, but more than anything it is for me to reflect, renew, and grow. I want to practice my creative writing in this safe space, too, and show myself the love I deserve by acknowledging my creative side and letting it shine.
There are many things I want, in life and from journaling, but I'm taking this first post as a chance to surrender to whatever may come.
Here's to the now! <3
(And also fun: this means it's time for a new banner/layout/colors/fun stuff! WOOT!)
There is a lot on my mind lately. After an intense 2013 that included major surgery for my boyfriend, a severe impatience to move in with him after only being "on my own" for a few months, a serious questioning of the faith I was raised in, my job, my vocation in life, and my relationships with family, friends, and my boyfriend...well, let's just say I need to make 2014 a year of relaxing into the flow of life.
I've learned so many lessons from all of that drama (much of which was self-created), which I am now trying to start applying to my life.
- Life really is what you make it. Your perspective shapes so much of how you react to life, which happens in the moments in which you might desire to be elsewhere in the past or future.
- All we have is right NOW. All that stressing about the past and future has brought me is fear.
- And fear is just the ego (not the Freudian one) trying to take control. All that really exists--though we seem to fight against it so much!--is LOVE (thank you, Marianne Williamson, Heather Waxman, Mastin Kipp, and Karena/Katrina).
I want to touch on many subjects in this journal, beyond my day-to-day, although that will have its place once more. My relationship, what I've learned from the last one, my health and fitness journey, what I've learned in school and suddenly beyond it, what it means to work in the modern world, the (very human, I'm learning) construct of religion, etc. So many things that have shaped my worldview till now...until a man named Greg, life after college, and many other life events rocked my world. I like to think in the BEST way.
Outside perspectives are welcomed from anyone I encounter along the way with this journal, but more than anything it is for me to reflect, renew, and grow. I want to practice my creative writing in this safe space, too, and show myself the love I deserve by acknowledging my creative side and letting it shine.
There are many things I want, in life and from journaling, but I'm taking this first post as a chance to surrender to whatever may come.
Here's to the now! <3
(And also fun: this means it's time for a new banner/layout/colors/fun stuff! WOOT!)