"Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you
respond
to it"
Welcome! {...and warning}
First of all welcome because I am excited you're here! I have decided to put myself out there to the world in hopes of inspiring, touching, and maybe— I really hope, just maybe— helping someone else also (finally) choose their own path as well because this life is a hard one to navigate alone and we're all in the same crazy boat, right?
But I do feel a warning is appropriate because this site is not quite your run of the mill craft/cooking/lifestyle site (although as you will see there is quite a bit of that, too!). Through your internet wanderings today you have just sidled up alongside a path that is not always ever straight. I have experienced and am still fighting through dark places in my life and in my mind. Therefore much of this site is dedicated to wellbeing and beating— or sometimes, living with— our inner demons. My path is not straight, simple, or always understandable.
But if you're into that (as apparently I am), then I warmly welcome you to stay, explore, be inspired, hang out for as long as you like and let our paths be parallel for a while...
Re{spond}
This is not the beginning. This is not a new awakening or an "I've seen the light" moment. I have not started a new chapter, laid a fresh foundation, or taken the first step in the journey of a thousand.
Because I've done all that before.
Nope. Not this time. This about cataloging a little about me, monitoring my progress, and really being aware of what I'm doing, how I'm living my life, and where and with who I'm spending my time. I want to know more about me as I go through all the processes I'm going through, the changes I'm making, and the ultimate direction my path is going. I am taking a dose of my own medicine (or, really, taking my own advice that I tout almost every day at practice: "Recover!"). It is finally my turn to recover and respond to everything going down around me— whether it is of my own making or not.
Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond. Well I've responded pretty poorly the last couple of years overall and it is time for my adult life to swing around the other way— get ready for another twist, life. Re...{spond} and take back (discover?) your identity.