Carpe Diem Contest

For this morning though, no stories, just me sitting happily sipping my coffee, in the sunshine, looking at the ocean with a perfect view from the gorgeous beach house I am staying in. Just thinking about where I want to take this after coming up on 2 years and 600 posts. I would like to devote time, energy, and more into making this into about 5 different projects. This blog has allowed me to find my voice, myself, and what directions I want my life to move in. That has been completely unexpected, totally awesome, and perhaps that in itself means that’s all this was ever meant to be. I joke regularly with people, that if everyone had a blog and ranted/shared in the most honest ways they could- all or a lot of what was on their minds; therapists would be out of business and we’d all understand ourselves better. 

I can look back and see my writing patterns, what people I know and perfect strangers relate to, what I love, what’s interesting and important to me and what pisses me off, who I love and why I love them, my habits good and bad, and the “constants” that through moves, break-ups, new jobs, new friends, new discoveries and huge changes- are always there and never seem to fade. These are great things to be able to see and realize.

I am so thankful for you for reading, amazing friends and family, good times and ones that put me through the ringer, and all the lessons I have learned from writing here. I am beyond grateful for this thing called a blog on this thing called the world wide web, which has allowed me- through typing keys on a laptop, to find out what I’m great at, what I suck at, and those “constants” in my life. I realize today, so much more of who and what I want to be than I ever dreamed of a couple years ago. 

I have never been happier in my life. How cool is that?

So I am not catching up on the stories I have promised or the many things I’d like to share from my notes and photos quite yet. Today, just a note of thanks and I hope to share much more soon and continue for a long time with you all. If I disappear from time to time, it’s only because I am out and about having a carpe diem contest with myself appreciating every ounce of today more than I did yesterday. I used to not know how to do that fully, so I’m making up for lost time.

I hope you all are seizing the day too. If you are I will see you there.