By What now? That question has been recurring an echoing in my mind for the last several weeks. I needed to process where we all go from here. The more I processed, thought, and prayed it became clear to me I needed to write. Necessarily for any purpose, but for me. I needed to process my grief over my friend’s death, my confusion, all my fears, and everything else I was feeling. I needed to go back to journaling. What conclusions did journaling lead me to?
There were/are several conclusions journaling led me to. I thought I would share some of them with you all in case they help someone or lots of people. These are in no order. The list follows below. The most overarching of my conclusions was what it always is/was: together. If my chosen family and I, and really all of us in the collective family of humanity, put together into practice there is not anything we cannot accomplish. If we approach life going forward with the mindset of together, we will not just be okay… we will be much better than okay.
- If together was my mindset, I needed to talk to my chosen family. I did. We did. We have not stopped talking. The constant talking and checking in on each other has helped more than I can express. I have so many blog post and content ideas thanks to those conversations
- My gifts matter and they are how I make the world better
- Writing blog posts and creating content are how I put my gifts to use and impact the world
- I needed to make sure my apartment is where I am constantly immersed and surrounded by things that nurture and spark my gifts
- I need to make my apartment as cheery, cozy, and inviting for myself as I can
- To help myself make number 5 happen: I need to declutter as much as possible whenever I am inspired to which I am working on and it will be an ongoing process
- In order to help myself make number 5 happen as well: I need to decorate my apartment for Christmas, which I am working on
- I need to give to others in every way I am able all year long, every year
- I need to have more fun and relax more
