Blog entry | 30 jun | 2022

18 months of blog darkness. Am I ready to pick up where I left off?

It has been 18 months since the last blog post sharing what was running through my head. There were a few reasons for my hiatus. The first reason being that literally a week after my last post dating back to December 2020, my family and I made the insane decision to uproot ourselves from Washington State in order to be closer to my family in Florida. Sound crazy? It was. But the more we thought about it, the more it felt like the right thing to do.

The uncertainty of what we were all facing at the time really shook us all to the core. We had no clue if we would ever get to experience a normal life back then. The only thing tying us down to Washington State at that point was our home. The home we loved very much. The home of our dreams. Nonetheless, we summoned the courage to sell our home, pack our things into a pod storage, and purchase a used school bus to use as our camper through our 3900 mile cross country journey, practically the farthest opposite corners within the continental US.

On May 31, 2021, my family and I were off to a 3 month road trip across the US. I still reflect back at what we managed to pull it all off. We learned to live in the moment, not lose our shit, and expect the unexpected. It completely stripped away my 20+ years of programmed ego my previous life as a designer bestowed upon me. By far, it was the most challenging, yet best thing that could have happened to us because we truly learned to live in the moment. We made the best out of every day + relished at everything we experienced, regardless of outcomes.

Blog entry | 30 jun | 2022

Last but not least, my other reason for not following up with my blog gaga – as life’s little ironies would have it, two days before our scheduled arrival to Miami, my mom + my rock, and one of our main reasons for moving across the country, passed away unexpectedly. Sometimes, I still want to believe she’s away somewhere on vacation or still across the country from me. It is so difficult not to feel numb about it every time I bring it up. I suppose it is one of those things that forever changes a human being. Now you may be able to understand my need for a period of darkness.

So it has now been about 10 months since my mom’s passing. What I can say is that my entire 2021 became a period of chrysalis for me. Even though I miss her physical presence, I know she’s around. And I know she would expect me to pick up where I left off with pursuing my new career path. Despite all odds, I can vouch that I feel I have learned + grown a whole lot since December 2020. What’s in store for me now? I will keep moving forward, one day at a time, in efforts of continuing to rediscover the old me – the open minded human being, curious about humanity + its propensity for self destruction.

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