Summer-To-Do-List

Ah! How many times have I saw something AWESOME that I wanted to do, or had some insanely brilliant idea (ahem... i'm quite good for that!)... that i forgot about 10 minutes later because I didn't write it down? I lost count. With all this talk of new adventures, finding new hobbies, or just doing things to bring out my creative side... I lose focus after I come across idea # 637,924! 

Well... time to focus! If I am ever going to start crossing things off my list, I suppose I should have....um, a list. So, I decided to break it down.  While I have a bucket list a mile long of epic adventures I want to embark on throughout this crazy life... I also need short term goals (isn't that what they taught us in like elementary school?)  So it is my goal to make a physical list of goals, that i can cross off as I do them... and hopefully when the summer is over I will look back with the satisfaction of seeing all of my plans marked off.... and the amazing memories to go along with them!  

Thanks to a new favorite website, I found some inspiration for my to do lists!  Here's what I found, I hope they inspire you like they did me, and I can't wait to finish my own to share! (oh, I also included a few things that are on my list!)

Love this. What a great way to mark off things one by one! 

Make a bulletin board that you can tack things to as you come across them.  Include newspaper ads, restaurants, flyers, or just sticky notes that you make as you think of ideas.  Pull them off as you go, but be sure to save them all in a safe place so you can look back on all you have done! 

Definitely at the top of my to do list: paddle boarding. 

an area of mine that needs some improvement... but a goal by the end of summer! 

Well... I DO live in California. Wine tasting is a MUST!

Do I need to say more here? Who doesn't want to be a surfer girl? 

This is numero uno on my list. Buy an amazing camera. Take photography classes. Take amazing pictures.

Pics of my to do list... coming soon! 

peace&love

my oh my, how things have changed.

Well. I suppose it is time for a new blog, being as a LOT has changed since my first and only blog.  My location, my relationship status or lack there-of, but most importantly my state of mind.

In my last post I spoke of being happy and content with where you are and what you have.  Which I still do believe... to an extent.  I must confess that when I was writing that post, I felt like I was trying to convince myself more than anyone else that is what I truly believed.  In reality I was not being true to myself at all. So this post is about being true to yourself. Following your dreams. Not living your life based on what someone else thinks is the correct way, but on what you truly feel is the right path for your life.  Don't ever be CONTENT... with your life. Be HAPPY. LOVE your life.
Anyone who knows me knows that i'm well.... sort of a gypsy.  I haven't managed to stay in one place very long,  and I'm ok with that, but I was always looking for something else.  Since I was 16, I have always had this "gut feeling" that I belonged in California.  Corny, I know. My personality, and the things i enjoy doing are ABUNDANT in this state... why would i NOT love it here.  But I kept taking detours, ending up in different places, and ignoring said "gut feeling"... which we all know how those detours ended up.  It is sad that it took such a violent shove to get me to follow my dreams, but I finally am living my life for ME, and I am where I have wanted to be the whole time. The point I am trying to make is... listen to yourself.  Tap into that voice or instinct inside you that is telling you what you really love & where you really need to be. Never, ever lose yourself and what makes you, you. Be unique. Follow your passions.  Do things that scare you.  Do what people tell you you cannot do.

"No one can save us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path". 

So to update... I am in sunny, beautiful Southern California. The weather is perfect. EVERYTHING is beautiful. There are more things that i love to do here than I could have even dreamed.  Amazing, friendly people.... and this is just the first 2 weeks.  I am sure there will be many more exciting adventures to share with you in the near future.  But in the mean time I challenge you to ask yourself... am i happy or am i content? Am I doing what i LOVE? what are your dreams? what is something you have always wanted to do? What steps are you taking to make that happen?

oh, and i promise not all my blogs will be these deep, life lessons.  adventure. hobbies. and music all to come!
until then...

Peace&Love