Happy August 1st

I feel like I've been waaay too busy lately. But that's usually the way I like it. I love when new things come my way and usually get bored doing the same old thing for too long. Life is full of unique opportunities and there are so many things to learn, do, and experience. There are lots of things, of course, that don't interest me at all, but I don't want to ever have to say that I never took an opportunity I wish I had taken, just because I didn't want to step out of my comfort zone.

My last apartment contract ended officially as of yesterday, July 31st. At this point in my life, where you live really affects so much. So when the calender turned from June to July, and I realized I needed to make another decision soon, I really had to evaluate so many different parts of my life, which I let become entirely too stressful. I think I tend to be more of a go-with-the-flow type, but when I feel tied to a decision—and all of the other things that it affects—I analyze everything a bit too much....as most of you know who talk to me or read this blog regularly. Even though I might be fine and content where I am, I always want to weigh my other options and make sure I'm doing what I should be doing and am where I should be. Sometimes that's hard to entirely figure out. 

In short, the last month has been like my own episode from HGTV looking at dozens of apartments, weighing what I like against what I don't like, deciding if the area is a good fit for me...and on and on. But I am happy to report that I've found a new apartment I'm excited about. Unfortunately, I have only spent about a half hour there total so far. I ended up having to take Friday off work at the last minute, successfully moved all of my stuff and cleaned my old apartment, then took off on an hour and a half drive to my sister's house where we have a baby blessing this weekend. Add all that to my normal schedule with my job, the gym, my twinternship, plus some new freelance jobs, etc. It's been busy but that's OK. :)

I wanted to write today because well, it's August 1st, and though this date definitely snuck up on me, I've been thinking of trying an experiment of posting a blog every day for a month—inspired by my friend David Garcia's same tactic in June. He did great! (FYI, we both worked for the Marriott School at BYU at the same time, although on different floors.) I tried to post three times a week for a while...but haven't done so well. I'm not committing myself to doing this for August as of yet (I will definitely try another month for sure), but wanted to start off on the right foot just in case. I've been brainstorming dozens of posts that I want to write so I'm excited about building content. I just need to dedicate myself on the weekends to write several posts to get ahead for the week. (I never seem to have enough time to write a hour post in the evenings—I get distracted so easily. :P) 

So stay tuned, and we'll see what happens.