Embark...

We are about to embark on yet another year, 2017.

Wow, okay I am a couple months too soon, however once the holidays come it feels like

BOOM, BOOM, BOOM,

Then it's New years day and we've just started the next year!

In the past several years I have really struggled to find me. That's what this blog, to me, is all about.

Being free to be ones self.

Step 1: You must find ones self
Step 2: Be completely free (Own it!)
Step 3: Never let go of you.

The third step is tricky and occasional refocusing is necessary.

Step 4: BREATH

Step 4 is also very tricky...seems easy.

Step 5: Enjoy. Create Adventures. Love yourself. - If you find that special someone...and you choose them (not the other way around. You must choose them,..) then, of course, Love with all your heart.

I think now, I finally am at peace with who I am. Sometimes parents or society puts stress on that peace but, all in all, the work I have done to be happy shines through.

Today, it is 65 degrees, on November 6th in Colorado. That's Crazy.  Last year I bet it was snowing. I will however, take that crazy and sit on my porch in shorts and a t-shirt and bask in the sunlight.

next step........



........find passion


:)

Nothing’s Permanent...

Nothing’s Permanent

My dad used to say to me …nothing’s permanent Sarah except death and taxes. When he said it to me I would always laugh to myself, I always thought he was joking. When I grew up and fell in love, this man said, nothing's permanent Sarah. I realized, no longer was that statement funny. Now, 3O years old and I would have to agree with my father, 

nothing is permanent.

Every single thing can be changed, altered, fixed, removed, or taken away by you or another. 

Life is simply yours, it is what you decide to do with it. 

Amazing!

9/2015 

So....anyone who says that therapy is a waste of time....is lying, because they probably haven't actually attempted it. Therapy is just talking to another person who actually is paid to listen to you. Now, if you get a good therapist they will actually talk back and help you. :) That is key.

You must find the right one...I did. I am a better person for it. And put the hard work in!

5 months ago I felt lost. Now, I can't believe I didn't take the time to get to know who I am sooner.  I'm amazing.

I told my therapist that I have been told I was amazing a couple times before. She told me, I don't want you to hear it from others, I want you to believe it.

I finally do.

I completely changed my life.

I've allowed myself to actually care about me. I am officially free to be me.

And, it is an amazing feeling.

Maintaining.....

This blog was created when I was single hence the "free to be me" but it seems as soon as I get into a relationship I am no longer free to be me, and I end up being okay with that. Which as soon as I am single again I realize that, That is NOT okay! So I must take this new found knowledge into my next relationships and continue to be ME.

Life isn't solely about maintaining a relationship with other people. It is about maintaining a relationship with your self and others. However, I truly think that having a strong relationship with yourself is very important. 

The real adventure begins

I realized something was not right with me about 10 years ago, but 5 months ago was when I truly started to work on it. My best friend Ally basically gave me a GIANT kick in the face. And it worked. Note: She attempted this many many times throughout the course of our friendship (kinder-garden to current) 

 I think relationships and friendships are for us to learn who we are and to grow as a person. In healthy relationships people can grow together.

 I went on what my friend Jodi would call a "Grand Adventure" this summer. I went on a road trip to so many amazing places.

Right after my trip I decided to visit my parents in Honolulu, Hawaii.  It was by far the greatest decision I ever made. I learned so much about myself and I got to be in the healing ocean waters. I doubted it in the beginning. But floating in the warm salty ocean waters is the greatest experience I've ever had. Very freeing. 

Here I come 2015!

When you start to realize doing the same thing every day can't make you happy, it's time to fix it. Change it; make life the life you've dreamt of living.

I could decide to listen to negative people in my life that believe only negative things will happen. But listening to that will decrease my chances of believing in me and knowing that I have the potential to be amazing.

On that note, I have made a choice. I choose to be happy.

I live in the most beautiful of places in the United States and I have yet to experience the true beauty of it all. The time is now. Woot... here I come 2015!

It's crazy....

Isn't it crazy how life can change in an instant with just one thought, just one action, everything will be different.