Aug 16, 2011 13:56
I have been debating for long enough about whether or not to do away with this journal. My interest has wandered and for that reason, I am thinking about saying good bye with visions of an umbrella blog that I have ideas for. I've had a huge surge in my personal creativity in the last two weeks - have you? It seems to have struck my household as a whole. I have archived and curated a complete list of my hobbies and interests into a tiny keepsake box. I dug it out of the back of the closet recently. Have you ever forgotten who you were? As in, actually forgotten things about yourself, what you did, what you can do, what you made, what you said, what you did? It's like a personal amnesia that is both intimidating and disorienting and refreshing all at the same time. The truth is, I've changed. I am still that young woman who buried the box. That is still all of my stuff inside. Creating the interconnected link between her and me has been a difficult bar to jump. You cannot fully understand your SELF until you have given your whole person a hug. You have to kiss her good night and wake her up in the morning.