Ledge Time

I decided to start this blog because I wanted to start documenting the people and places in my life. Next January I plan to move across the Pacific again so that I can keep exploring and learning. I haven't left quite yet, and there's still a lot to do before I can even begin thinking about the move (but really I think about it every day) but I figured it wouldn't hurt to start writing now. After all, home is a destination & it's filled with people and places I love. 

I went for a run yesterday to clear my head. The run is simple: keep breathing and keep putting one foot in front of the other. This is my bliss. What I seem to always forget is that the moment I stop moving the world goes right back to the way it was before I started. Running is only a temporary escape. I found myself hopping up onto the ledge at the end of my run and wondering why on earth I'd neglected this spot all year. I guess something in my subconscious mind knew that what I needed was to slow down and take in how beautiful this place I call home is. 

There's been a lot going on in the last couple of days and I'm trying really hard to make sense of it all. The last few years have been interesting, to say the least. That said, I know I've changed a lot in the last few years and I'm still trying to figure out whether it's for the better. I think there's a part of me that's always going to be the same because what's important hasn't changed in the slightest. Sure, sometimes my values get rearranged and are prioritized differently but the list at the end of the day goes unchanged. So here I am in a position I spent a long time avoiding. Everything seems to be forcing itself to the surface these days. I guess with my final semester of school coming up and the real world looming around the corner, there's really no better time.

So... here's to being nervous and excited and actively pursuing those butterflies in my stomach. Here's to adventures. Here's to leaving my heart with people and places around the world. & here's to figuring things out. 

xx