An Intentional Thought: Addicted to Hurry

My home church has started a whole new small group program where we're studying a phenomenal book, Addicted to Hurry, on how to slow our lives down, and intentionally live at a spiritual pace.  I, of course, joined the only all women group, which happily involves lots of wine drinking.  Obviously, it's been amazing.  This week our topic was seeing more clearly, and taking the time to notice the little things.  I must have really needed to hear this, because I have SO taken it to heart, and now all I can do is see the many awesome things my life is filled with!


My way too cute cat, Narnia, who hates snuggling just as much as I love it.


New Halloween decorations (I'm a sucker for anything with glitter).


Really really ridiculously good food.  Like from Chef Chu's.

I am very blessed!  And sometimes I forget to be thankful for they everyday things that make my life so wonderful.


Sunday, October 14, 2012 Comments

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A Literary Thought: The Defining Decade

I moved home a little over a year ago, and have had the best adventures of my life thus far.  I've come back to a community at LAUMC that I so dearly love, have fostered my passion for social justice and women's rights, and started dating the best man I know.  But at the same time, I've been shaken to the core by pressure and expectation, and my stress level has rocked higher that I thought it could ever go.  

I have grown up with the notion that my twenties are supposed to be the best years of my life.  I'm supposed to explore, travel, find myself, and channel my inner creativity, while at the same time work my ass off and begin an intense and highly successful career path.  

I think I've done the first part of this well.  I look at people who jumped immediately into their careers right out of college, and I feel sorry for them.  But at the same time, I now feel like I've been procrastinating, and putting my future on hold, so I can have the adventure that I'm supposed to be experiencing.  Couple that with over scheduled weeks filled doing too many things I love and unavoidable family drama with people I love, and life gets hard! Fast!

As I've been struggling with how to get a better grip on my life, my friend Julia told me about this book she just read - The Defining Decade.


Just a few chapters in, this book addresses everything about my life that I'm worrying about.  I'm not a huge "self-help" book advocate, because I firmly believe that acting to change my life is better than thinking about changing my life, but sometimes it's nice to see in writing what I'm struggling to put in words.  It's really lovely to have someone tell me not only that I'm not alone in my internal struggle, but that it's ok that I'm feeling a little lost right now!  


Tuesday, August 21, 2012 Comments

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