So here it begins, my first post.
What better way to get things started than with a reflection on the year that was.
I like looking back to where I was at the exact same time last year and wonder, am I better off now than I was back then? It's a simple reality check that can either be a great ego boost or an instant downer.
Either way, it is a healthy habit to have. Self-talk, i hear, is also healthy. I used to do this a lot while at work. But that's another conversation to have.
Now--back to last year.
A year ago I was barely starting my masters degree. Two friends from back home had already visited me in Los Angeles. I was focused on school, getting over my ex-boyfriend (Read: 1 month since sad but inevitable breakup), and having fun.
Today, reality dawns on me, and I find myself thinking about the future so much that even my dreams are filled with symbols of anxiety.
I've found solace and inner peace in re-establishing nightly prayer time, and now this. This will be my happy place, a place I can vent out all my inner thoughts and ideas without risk of humiliation, ridicule, and of course, being forgotten.
This chronicles the adventures of my mind, and body too.
But mostly my mind.
Welcome.
This is where the magic happens.
M
