Three years ago, I moved out of my parents’ home and across the country. Last week, I came back home to stay for a bit before I go to France. It’s been 2 years since I set foot in my old bedroom. As I lay in bed the first night, I was deeply struck by [...]
Tag Archives: dreams
The last stand: $363, love, fear and baby steps
January 20, 2012 – 10:52 am
This is it. Today’s the day. My tuition is due by the end of the day, and as the fancy pink graphic below shows, I’m just $363 from my goal. BAM! That feels good. As I wrote the other day, I’ve been working hard to make sure that my journey is one of love, [...]
Closing & Opening, Part 2 – Themes, dreams & plans for 2012
January 1, 2012 – 10:29 am
(To read part 1, a look back at 2011, click here.) I welcomed the New Year quietly. I spent the evening curled up on the couch, sipping martinis, and watching my boyfriend play Skyrim* and mulling over the year behind and the year ahead. *It is awesome. Don’t even judge me. As the hours counted [...]
Closing & Opening, Part 1 – A look back at 2011
December 30, 2011 – 11:05 am
(To read part 2, a look ahead to 2012, click here.) Well, 2011, you’ve been one helluva year, haven’t you? *shakes head* I still can’t believe this year even happened. So much of my life changed. I feel like one cycle of my life has ended and a new one has begun. A decade ago, [...]
Time to assimilate 2011
December 23, 2011 – 10:35 am
This has been one huge, crazy, scary year. It’s been amazing and terrifying and difficult all at the same time. I have had moments of blissful joy and moments of gut-wrenching sadness. I have grieved. I have dreamed. I have worked, hard, for what I want. And now as the year wraps up, I’m cranky. [...]
Come on, show me your light.
November 18, 2011 – 8:37 am
(I wrote this months ago and filed it away in a random folder on my computer, titled “Manifesto”. I just found it again and knew I had to share it.) I believe that there is a light inside of you, just waiting to shine. I believe that there is something inside you, dying to thrive. [...]
Big plans!
November 8, 2011 – 9:06 am
I have a plan! A big, exciting, terrifying, mind-boggling plan. It’s my 2 year plan, in fact. I’m going back to France. But this time, I’m selling all my furniture, giving up my apartment and bringing my boyfriend with me. For the next 2 years, we’ll be splitting our time between Canada and France, while [...]
Looking to the future
November 1, 2011 – 11:13 am
I was suddenly, radically clear the other day on how I want my business to evolve. Which is scary. And I promptly freaked out. Because when you have clarity, there is absolutely nothing stopping you from moving forward. You can see the next step right in front of you. You know it’s the right [...]
Operation Shine needs your help
April 14, 2011 – 11:17 am
Dear, lovely people who read this blog and hang out with me on Facebook and Twitter: I need your help. I am the worst person at asking for help ever but there you go – I need it. Operation Shine Operation Shine is what I’ve internally named my trip to France (background story here). This [...]
The Sunday Hug: The Difficulty of Dreams
January 16, 2011 – 1:04 pm
Here’s the part of dreams coming true that no one ever warns you about: Oh. My. Gawd. Is it ever terrifying. Two weeks ago, I wasn’t sure I was going to make my rent. Now I’m just $870 short of paying my $3500 tuition. I’m more than 75% there, thanks to so much generosity and [...]
