I am a writer. I have been since I started journaling as a young middle schooler. I would say that my English teacher had profound influence on me in this arena. As she did, I learned how to write and articulate with every class I had with her. It was a gift to be in her class.
On to today, here are the facts about me. I am single now after being in a marriage for 19 years. I learned and grew from that marriage and now as I sit and reflect on my life, I have lived most of my life for others. Whether it be for a husband or for the children I brought into this world, it was for others. So now comes the task or should I say challenge of figuring out how to be able to sit in my own skin and be comfortable. I have spent the last few days by myself and it has been challenging at best to figure a lot of things out about my life.
The last two years, I have been using my spare time to work on assignments for my bachelors degree completion program and it was my identity. Student first, studies first. I walked at the graduation and felt all the feels of a lot of hard work and time reading and studying and creating papers and all that goes into being a student. In the fall, I will take my last remaining class and earn my BA. But for now, I have this summer to get things in order or at least start to discover who I am now.
So I think about what I may like, what may make me uncomfortable and what may really push me a lot. I should probably make a list. Sign up for a lot of meetings on meetup and just go for it. Why not? I could make some really good friends in this season of my life.
Quiet Intensity 