It’s funny how sometimes you can look up and realize that time has flown by much faster than you expected. The seasons have changed twice over, and you find yourself in a season both new and unexpected. Things that you did not mean to put down, you now find have begun to collect dust. Wins… Read More Moving Forward: Notes for Your Next Journey
I was excited once plans were locked in to go home, although I knew that this would be a different kind of trip. This plan was a part of my larger Voting plan. Earlier this year, I made the comment that the only thing that would get me back home to Georgia during this time was to cast my vote in the Presidential election. Now I’d found that statement coming true…… Read More Homeward Bound: Journeying to the Vote
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
2019 was a year that began with a lot of personal hope and ambition. I was eager to share my blog after sitting on the idea for almost a year. I was in a job that had me feeling beyond burnt out; but I just knew that I would be coming into a new job soon since I had been applying places, networking, and meeting with a career counselor for months…… Read More Looking Back to Look Forward: A Honest Note on 2019
I was supposed to be going to Radium Springs the next day, and my mind immediately went to the thought that I would no longer be able to go. I did not yet realize that I would not be doing any of my trips outside of the one to Stone Mountain, 5 minutes from my home, for a few months after this. … Read More Tales from 24 – A Quarter Century Loading…
While there was a literal storm raging around me, I was able to find peace with myself for my birthday by seeing this as an opportunity and spending time with myself simply doing the things that I enjoy.… Read More Cheers to 24! – Or Maybe a Tropical Storm Instead?