On New Year’s Eve, as a die-hard tradition, I would write out my New Years Resolutions. Pen and paper (or phone and thumbs) in hand ready to take on the new year with my self-actualized list. My lists are filled with long shot aspirations, attainable goals, and TBD self-improvement habits I would hope to check off the list in the new year. However, 2018 NYE was different. I made one and only one resolution: to write more.
Tabula Rasa is something I learned from my early years in college. While this Latin phrase is often translated as “blank slate” in English, I interpret it as the perfect phrase for new beginnings. Every once in a while, when tabula rasa crosses my mind, the significance of it grows and takes a new shape.
Bloom where you are planted. I love this quote. It reminds me of people who are able and willing to grow in any environment, regardless of the conditions of the environment.
I still remember the days I prayed for the things I have now. If someone told me a year ago that I’d fly the coop and move out, be able to drive again and buy my first car, be married, work at a company doing what I love (as a technical writer), heal myself mentally and physically, be able to wake up at 5am every day, and stabilize my finances… I would literally look at that person with confusion as ask if they’re talking to right right person.
He died so we could live đź•ŠÂ #HappyEaster
I have a fear of bridges, yet I continue to cross over them — even when the bridge is 300 ft. high and hanging off the side of a cliff.
It’s our first day at the new office! But before I get situated in my new environment/second home, let’s take a moment to appreciate this beautiful building that so kindly became the place where I propelled my career.
