My Love For Blogging

Ever since Elementary school I've been hooked on writing. It all started with a poetry assignment. I realized how fun it was to create ideas and thoughts like that and put them into paper. From there I soon started writing short stories and pen palling along with journaling. Now I have a few blogs online and I love to add to them when I have time. One of the things I decided to do was join someone else in writing in my blog 365 days this year.

Hopefully, I can fill this blog with useful, interesting, and thought provoking content. I've been on a quest to find ways to be a calmer person and to just figure out how to relax. As a child, it was easy to relax and feel calm. I would lie down on my bed and just look up at the sky for a while thinking of nothing at all. These days it would be a miracle if I could sit still 5 minutes doing absolutely nothing. Now-a-days, people are always in a rush to get things done. I feel rushed all the time and then overwhelmed that I HAVE to get this and that done. Even at work, that whole rushed mindset has set in. Their motto? Speed Is Life. Even though they just mean that for work, it makes me feel as though it's meant for things outside of work also because of the word Life in that phrase.

I don't want to feel rushed like that anymore. I really want to learn to be calmer and just to be able to relax every once in a while without feeling the need to have to do something. I'm always worried about getting things done and that's really wearing me down. Because this month is a slow month at work, I got 3 days off this week and even though I've been trying to sleep well, I don't feel rested at all. Today I found myself taking some deep breaths in an attempt to just slow down and again I took my time in the shower.

Right now I'm thinking "one step at a time". I've written down my resolutions and written down a plan of action to follow through. I'm taking a deep breath now. I'm feeling calm.