Finding myself through the darkness

 



I have to admit that I've been hiding from you. 

Yep--you, with the face and the eyes and whatnot.

A week ago, I came home from a dreamy, long-anticipated week-long beach vacation with my family.  In the midst of my pre-vacay cleaning/prepping/packing frenzy, I {intended} to schedule three blog posts to release during the week I would be gone.  My vacation to-do lists are usually endless, and of course I did not get to do any blogging before our trip.  Heck--I didn't even bother to shave my legs.

It's okay--I thought.  I can always take a week off and get right back to it. No harm, no foul.

We had such a great time on vacation that we extended it by a day, and then we went to a birthday party the day after we returned.  I was exhausted, and a week away from the blog quickly became two.

{Insert neurotic inner dialogue about why I was suddenly quitting the blog.}

Book Club for One: Women, Food, & God

I grew up loving books.  I could spend hours lost inside my imagination, deep inside of the worlds created by my favorite authors and characters.  

Then I went to college, and I fell out of love with reading.  Womp, womp.

Fast forward 11 years, and here we are.  These days, I read mostly psychology-based, self help, and how-to books.  My college major was psychology.  I have an undying fascination with the way the mind works, as well as how it affects our personalities and interactions. Also, I'm always looking for ways to improve myself and my quality of life, so that I can contribute more to the world around me.  Can't really do that when I'm stuck in my head. 


I feel like my life is one big RPG.  I'm on this massive quest, you know, going on adventures, and I'm constantly learning and improving my skills and leveling up--basically kicking epic amounts of bootay.  On my way, I've met many wise people who have totally shaped the course of my quest, showing up in my corner and getting me feeling all hyped and positive.  One of those people is a counselor I met while working at my last job.