Something Different

After writing here for 3 1/2 years I think it's time for me to move on from this blog. Over the course of the past few years I've needed to use the blog mostly as a way to get some negativity out of me. I feel like my life is heading in a different direction now and that this blog no longer serves much of a purpose for me. I'm finding other outlets and other ways of communicating with the world and so this blog seems to fairly unnecessary at this point. It's been quite the ride though. And I appreciate all the people who I've communicated with over the years through this blog. It's just time for something different now.

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

-indah fitriany

I'm not all that interested in making any resolutions for the coming year. It seems to me that I'm the same person I was yesterday and that if I'm going to make a decision to do something, the change in date isn't much of a true motivator. I enjoy the idea that a new year brings new beginnings but the timing of the new year feels forced to me. I really start to feel deeply about the idea of new beginnings in the Spring during a time that feels like new life if jumping up all around me. The snow melts, the grass turns green, and the leaves return to the trees. That's when I feel the most motivated about anything in life.

If I were to make any sort of resolutions for the new year though, I would resolve to go with the flow and to trust my own intuition. 2010 showed me that life rarely ever goes according to some plan you make for it so don't bother wasting precious time planning everything. Last year also taught me that if I listen to myself and trust my instincts things work out better than if I try to use other's ideas as logic to tell myself why I'm wrong.

I wish everyone a healthy and happy 2011!