Searching for Direction & Purpose in Life's Sea of Opportunities
Back when I was dancing, my life was hyper-organized. It had to be. I was working full-time and between training with Kurt and practicing on my own, I was dancing twenty hours a week. During my dancing career, each weekend day I prepared double-batches for dinner, measuring and freezing up the leftovers. Quickly I ended… Continue reading Do What Works
As I was writing my "What I Learned from Dance" post, I came the meme of little girls at the ballet bar, most facing the correct direction, one hanging upside down off the barre. While being that rebel never appealed to my rule-loving heart, I did see myself in that picture. I was the one… Continue reading Hurting My Brain
When I wrote my post on the idea of building a whole new me, I had planned to write about daydreaming instead. It was another hijacked blog post! Throughout my life I've been a big daydreamer. My mind creates fabulous lives for me to live. Some are short-lived, fanciful adventures, and some go on for ages. Despite… Continue reading Daydream Believer
One of my all-time favorite ad slogans comes from IKEA (Can you believe I remember who the ad was for?). In the ad, a woman is assembling a dresser all by herself for her new place. The narrator, an older African American woman, said that someday the woman "would find a man ... or a… Continue reading I Don’t Judge
A few months ago I read a blog post over at About 100% that talked about a reverse bucket list. My first thought on reading that term was that it was a list of things I never wanted to do. That seemed so much better and easier than the traditional bucket list. I was on… Continue reading Reverse Bucket List
Growing up, whenever we were in the car, there was always music playing. Ma and I would sing along - her in perfect pitch and me all over the place. Thinking about that period in my life always makes me smile, as I do every time Kenny Rogers or Mama and Papas come on the… Continue reading Music and the Mirror
In my post about the 18/40/60 rule, I came to the realization that I had been perceiving my attempts to learn a new skill as making a fool of myself. I thought about that for a good while after writing the post. Turns out, that wasn’t the first time I’d made that realization. It was… Continue reading Flashback – Finding Inner Strength
This year has been filled with ups and downs, new directions, exciting dead-ends and coming full circle. When 2011 started, I was a ballroom dancer. That was a HUGE part of my identity, and it was a central part of my future vocational plans. Then injury stepped in and poor medical treatment and … and...… Continue reading Let Go or Hold On?
Grown Up, Now What? 