Well, here we are. Here you are. It feels a little strange after being gone for so long. I’ve been blogging for almost 20 years now. I blogged on and off over the last 5 years but never dove back into it fully, until now. Blogging used to be a more sophisticated version of Twitter…just a feed of stories from other people you followed. It’s evolved into an entire webpage that requires advertisements, codes, endless linking to products because we all just need to know WHERE you got everything shown in the picture. It has evolved into something almost unrecognizable. I’m fine with that. I can learn and adapt. It’s fine. I’m fine. We’re all fine.
A few weeks ago I was able to crack my highschool email account that was linked to my very early blog on Live Journal. It took me hours and while it was worth it, it was also horrifying and enlightening to read everything from 20o2 through 2013. I was able to quite literally read about myself growing up …the whole evolution of transitioning from a teenager to an adult. While I’ve changed quite a bit from my very unfiltered, outspoken self…there’s one thing that seems to have remained the same. I’ve always been authentic and raw about my life. I suppose there are some character traits you don’t necessarily lose and I’m glad I didn’t’ lose that one. Sure I tried new things that were outside of my comfort zone in the journey of self-discovery but that doesn’t mean I was following the crowd. If you follow the crowd, you may end up following them off of a bridge to your demise without realizing it until you’re on your descent. I remember growing up I would justify WHY I wanted to do something by saying, “Well, so-and-so is going or doing that and I want to as well”. She would always pop back with, “Well if so-and-so was to go jump off a bridge, would you jump too?” Of course not. She never wanted either of her children to be a follower and reinforced that almost daily. I absolutely had to rethink my strategy when it came to asking to go do things.
While I’m fine with sharing my life and enjoy blogging, the world has become increasingly more complicated and pushy. I strive for simplicity and a healthy lifestyle and I’d like to demonstrate just that. You don’t have to have the newest and trendiest furniture, clothing, house, car, or dog. Whatever. Happiness comes from the simplicity and a healthy mind, body, and spirit. It’s unbelievable how heavy your mind can be when you accumulate too much or constantly think you have health problems. When your mind is heavy, you lack the motivation to take care of your body and spirit. It’s a domino effect.
Think about the things you like and surround yourself with that. Don’t overdo it. Too much of anything is a bad thing. Make time for yourself to treat yourself right….and not to treat yourself with only material objects. My goal is to encourage people to be themselves, whoever that may be.
