It's been a long time since I last bothered to post.
I am making a promise to myself that I will begin to use my blog again, as an outlet for my thoughts and experiences.
It was actually shocking to me when I mentioned to several friends that I had given up blogging, how many of them were actually reading what I was writing. I was under the assumption that I was just exhausting my own feelings and thoughts to no one but myself. Apparently I was wrong.
As everyone in my life knows I have been through a lot in the last year. I moved from Niagara, where I was born and raised, to Toronto. I courageously ended a 7.5 year relationship with someone that I discovered long ago was not the right person for me. I lost my job, and through determination to persevere in the city I found myself a new one only 2 short months later. I had an unexpected makeover that I have learned to embrace (or maybe it's more accurate to say I'm still learning to embrace). I have to admit that 2011 challenged me like no year prior. My character has been tested repeatedly. And I have discovered that I am strong.
I have spent the last 12 months soul searching. Digging deep down and figuring out who I am as an individual. Understanding what I'm passionate about, what lights my fire. Spending quality me time has allowed me to be free. Do what I want, when I want to do it.
I always thought I was happy then, and truth be told, I was. But I can honestly tell you that I am far happier now. Getting to know me, as an adult, has been very interesting. I have a plan now, a rough idea of how I want to better myself, the type of person that I want to be. A rough plan of the life I want, and what I want to get out of that life.
So here I go!
xo
-Lu
