Wednesday Wisdom | “Without rain, nothing grows. Learn to embrace the storms of your life.”
The weather hear has been dismal lately. Scary, almost apocalyptic-looking storms every day for the last three days. My desk faces a wall of windows which provides a front row seat to whatever is going on outside. You can usually find me sitting crisscross in my desk chair occasionally stretching my neck to see over my low cubicle wall to see what’s happening weather-wise. Summer is the season I always want to be outside. If the office wifi reached the park next door, I’d always be there when the weather was right. I was made to love summer + withstand a Midwest winter (without liking it, that’s for sure). I know this quote has nothing to do with real weather, just trying to paint a picture as to why it spoke to me. Sidebar: All of these quotes so far have come from my Sweet Nothings board on Pinterest if you’re looking for inspiration.
I have many reasons for wanting to start this website: I missed writing, I no longer feel inspired by my old blog, the goal is to turn this into a hobby job… The list really goes on but I wont bore you with it. Another reason for FINALLY starting it after dreaming about it for so long is that a relationship with someone I really care about ended. It would be easy to sit in a funk + cry about it but I already cry at least once a day. I didn’t need to add more to that. (This is why I relate so much to Ashley I. from The Bachelor franchise. We’re both strong women, we just have far too much emotion than can ever be contained.) So I decided that rather than being in a position where I’d need to be picked up off the floor, I put my big girl pants on + got to brainstorming.
I’d forgotten I love to write. I’d forgotten I’ve started several books I’ve abandoned a few chapters in. I’d forgotten I wanted to write a New York Times bestseller by the time I’m 30. Moreover, I’d forgotten I’m pretty decent when it comes to writing + I didn’t even know until college. A professor once told me how much she loves my writing because I write like I talk + it feels like a conversation. I wish I could tell you what caused my “Aha!” moment that brought all of this back to me, but I can’t. Regardless, I remembered + felt inspired. I remembered + channeled all my sadness into fuel for wanting to make this great.
I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with feeling sad. I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with crying when you need to. I’m not in the business of being hypocritical. I’m just lucky I was in a position that I could “choose my own adventure” as it were. Believe me, I’m still sad. This wasn’t what I wanted, but at least its fueling something positive with an inspiration I haven’t felt in a very long time + for that, I am so grateful. I hope you find ways to turn challenge into focus. You got this!
xo.
