There are so many things that I have wanted to say, but have not sat down and blogged about. I want to let all my followers know that I will be blogging more often going forward. I have been researching how to give you a better visual blog and I think it is starting to pay off. My muse has not shut up about all the ideas and things that I will be writing about. She is ready to SHARE!!! There have been a few big changes in the “youngest” Stevens household and I wanted to throw out a great big thanks to the universe and to my muse, Mrs. Feisty for being there for me. I am looking at this as a new beginning since its time for a change, regardless if I was ready for it or not. I no longer work for the company I was with for almost two years. I want to take it as a big sign from <insert religious belief here> that I was taking the wrong path.  Now, I can go on about all the amazing things I have learned while working there, or the wonderful people I met. All of that is true, and those posts will come in time. But this is where I say thanks! Thanks to my husband Ben for keeping us on a tight budget so that we have a small, but healthy savings fund, or as I like to call it, the “OH SHIT” fund.

Thanks to my friends for all making sure to contact me and spending time with me to make sure I am really ok.  I really love Courtnee, Savannah, Danielle and Jen for being there for me and just listening regardless of what we talked about. Thanks for my Ben and parents, from both sides, for making me feel that I was not a failure. Thanks to my brother in law for having my back and showing me  how much he loves me.  I want to say that regardless of how we feel during the day to day grind, family and friends really make a big difference. I am so grateful, that with therapy, I was able to move past some outstanding issues and come back to being this person who loves life again and is passionate instead of locked away.  I can’t say that if I hadn’t going through six months of therapy that I would be handling the changes as well as I am today. I am so grateful that I made a conscious choice, with help, to not let my work define me and to start trying to find out what I enjoyed outside of work and what I was passionate about. This is what brought me to blog!  We should not let work define us, but instead let work be part of the building blocks that make us who we are.

Never let anything takes away your strength and understanding of who and what you want to become. Being true to what you are is not just a saying on Pinterest. But it is something that we should practice more often.  By denying yourself, your values and your inner muse, you are only partially alive. This never ends well and sometimes can be very painful to undo It can have lasting scars that most of the time were not worth being put there in the first place. Be grateful and show it to your friends and family who are standing next to you regardless of what’s going on in life. They are what are more important than a missed meeting or a bad day at work. It sometimes takes a big kick in the ass to realize that.