Start With Where You Are

I finally bought a website. When I am prompted to think about it, I do believe that my writing is valuable. However, I spend a lot of time admiring other people’s blog posts. I also write many drafts that remain unpublished because I get caught up in attempting to craft every sentence perfectly. So, I am committing to paying a monthly fee for this website in hopes that I will write and post more consistently.

In order to post on here weekly, I acknowledge that I must be okay with publishing imperfect writing. Although I fear people may view me as less professional or put together as a result, I am more fearful of avoiding taking action in areas that ignite my passions. Truthfully, I am just beginning to round the bend from being in a very tough season, and the greatest cure to my anxiety has been my time spent on pursuing things that I enjoy.

For example, I enrolled in a life coaching certification program at the beginning of this year. I contemplated getting this certification for a year prior, and then my good friend called me and in that same day we signed up for the program together. At the start of training, I was afraid to get coached because I didn’t want my classmates to see how big of a mess my life was. However, I ended up feeling very comfortable around my online classmates, and in a few practice coaching sessions I was brought to tears because I gained clarity in some of the biggest struggles that were weighing on me. Fast forward to two months later, and I was questioning what I was supposed to do for work and whether I made the right decision to move to a new place. Then the week after I moved, I found a job that pays me to work on my life coaching business and I am getting mentored by a life coach.

Although I ultimately chose to pursue the opportunities that have come my way over the past few months, I whole-heartedly believe that God worked within each of these opportunities to restore different broken pieces of my heart. Rather than one defining moment, I believe that the accumulation of these experiences restored my inner peace.

In short, I am posting this blog as another small step towards feeling purposeful in where I am at. I appreciate you reading along, and I am hopeful that writing about a learning moment each week will allow me to value life a little more amidst the mundane.