While this year was initially meant to be one spent exploring a new city, it ultimately became one of me exploring and becoming familiar with myself in new ways. I was left to revisit and to also face for the first time some essential questions about and for myself…… Read More The Beauty in the Unplanned Lessons – The 26th Birthday Challenge
It was simultaneously distopyian to see a city boarded up in the midst of a pandemic and a heavy national guard presence as well as powerful to see so many people come out despite these facts not only where I was but across the world in support of recognizing that Black Lives Matter. I carried the sign and said her name. Once I got home, I was left with the question of “What next? What else can I do? And how can I be ok in the midst of this reality?”… Read More Breathing in the Pandemic – An Ode to Breonna Taylor
With the travel, adjustments, and lifestyle changes, including getting used to living a place that had a real winter, my first few months were spent trying to get comfortable and feel consistent in the city. I had set my sights on March as the month that things would get a bit warmer; I’d be travel free; and I’d have time to really start to be social, meet people, and build a life. I was able to do one brunch; then BOOM, I found myself being put on work from home due to the coronavirus. While I am grateful to still be working, this was not how I expected my move to go. . I thought going to Niagara Falls was going to be the start of a continual high. Now the changes that I was prepared for now had their own changes on top of changes….… Read More Niagara Falls Queen to a DMV Quarantine: Making Space During Change