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Chief Cheerleader and Guide of the BOLD-Women Community.
Well, Reader, it's a big day. Today the movers came and collected my belongings to be shipped to France. As a backdrop, I moved out of a 2400 sf home and, via a 10 x 20 storage unit and then an 8 x 16 POD, what's left has been boxed up and placed into a 7 x 8 foot container. As much tossing, sorting, selling, donating, hair pulling, and crying that has been done, I'm shocked at the amount of stuff that's left. I'm sure when I start to unpack in in France my thoughts will be "What the hell was...
Hi, Reader. Endings are rough, even the endings you know are good for you. It can feel like a forest fire, consuming everything familiar and leaving us in the ashes of what used to be. My experiences in the first 5 months of this year have brought this truth into sharp focus. In just these few months, I've navigated the end of a marriage, mourned the loss of my best fur-boy, the Littlest Pablo, parted with my car and furniture, and sifted through photos, souvenirs, and memorabilia going back...
Surrender Surrendering for Joy & Fulfillment I'm sitting in the airport waiting for my flight back to Austin, the final ending to my intentional year in Charleston, SC. There are many lessons and experiences I'll carry with me, and most of them - if not - boil down to surrendering to what is. It's Not Giving Up Surrendering to what is doesn't mean you don't try or you don't care. You're not giving up your agency, your choice, or your responsibility. It's more that you accept life and what it...