Do more of what makes you happy.

I woke up feeling disoriented. A typical feeling I get whenever we make an overnight stop somewhere unfamiliar during a long road trip to our destination, yet, it is a curious sentiment to experience as we touchdown in this new year.

Justin and I decided to leave Vancouver a day earlier than planned to beat the winter storm that was making its way through the northwest.  So instead of welcoming the new year in my hometown, we spent the last day of 2016 on the road, and new years eve mid way between the 2 places I call home.

New years day, I woke up feeling disoriented.  A typical feeling I get whenever we make an overnight stop somewhere unfamiliar during a long road trip to our destination, yet, it is a curious sentiment to experience as we touchdown in this new year.

For the first time in a long time, or perhaps my entire life, I don't have map in front of me with the routes drawn.  I don't have a plan B if the path ahead leads a cliff edge.  I'm just gonna go with the flow.

I am excited about where this will take me, but also anxious.

The idea of a blog reboot came exactly out of this anxiety.  Doing things and writing things have always been the perfect dose of distraction that calms me.

"What do you plan to write about?" Justin asked after I enthusiastically announced the idea.

I had attempted blogging many times, somehow never able to keep up with it.  No matter how passionate I am about the subjects I blogged about, I ran out of ideas to share.  Our ordinary life pales in comparison to the stars and sparkles that light up the Blogosphere, and I simply am not ready take the detour and create a life that hasn't been mine so I can continue to share  or  or -worthy pictures online.

"I don't know, I'm not sure, it can be anything, I guess.  I don't have a direction, I just want it to be me.  True to myself.  It may just be about ordinary things, it can even be just simple, happy thoughts that happen to cross my mind." I answered.  "I know what I'm gonna call this one though. Robe and slippers."

He looked at me, cozy, comfortable and cheery in my favorite outfit, and chuckled.  "Well, I look forward to reading your first post and we'll just see how it goes."

It's moments like this, a few words of encouragement when I secretly doubt myself, that remind me how truly loved and extraordinarily blessed I am.

The view from my desk.