Traveling Shoes
Y’all my vacation to Europe, particularly Spain and Portugal was awesome. Cheers to two weeks off from work - like a minimum of two weeks off are needed going forward. Of course, while traveling there are so many observations made. It’s typical to compare your known home country to other places. Also, side note: Just in case y’all wanted to know I loved Portugal more than Madrid. Here are some of my top 10 things I loved:
- The architecture and history. The buildings were colorful and massive.
- Pasteis de natas - delicious dessert in Portugal.
- Castles 😍 - need I say more?
- The fresh food and veggies, even the McDonald’s was amazing.
- The weather in Portugal. 70-75 degrees.
- Walking around and feeling safe.
- Meeting amazing people and experiencing their culture.
- Cooking classes - so many awesome recipes.
- The easiness of travel to other countries. Spain was less than a 2 hr flight.
- Most importantly, the travel crew. We laughed so much and had so many inside jokes.
The trip was a 10 out of 10. Cheers to more vacations!
Obrigada. Ciao!
Living within Boundaries
What if living within boundaries was freedom? This was a statement I heard in a message last year. I thought about this based on my own life and I agree.
One of my current goals is to have financial freedom; however, to obtain this it required me to live within a budget, set boundaries, and follow them.
While the idea of setting boundaries in life sounds easy to write it out - actually following and or implementing the boundaries is a completely different thing. Once, l set financial boundaries I was able to pay off all of my debt besides Joe Biden's loans - which led to more financial freedom. 😩😂😂 Was it easy? Not at all- especially because I love to travel, but it was worth the sacrifice.
I've learned that setting boundaries can truly lead to freedom for you in several areas of your life.
Broken Windshields
My friend recently shared a story with me about their car. In the story, they shared they had a crack in their window shield, which they recently repaired. After the repair to the windshield was completed they realized they would still look for the crack in the windshield when they drove around because they were so familiar with it. This story stuck out to me because this is a situation we can often find ourselves in. We leave a broken situation for a little while and on our road to healing or doing something different we miss the old and familiar situation and start looking for the cracks again. Remember, forget the old cracked and broken things and stay on the road to healing.
“He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds.” Psalms 147:3 NASB2020
Writer’s Block
Storytime: So usually I prep my blogs on Sunday night or they are written weeks in advance, but last night I could not write. I was tired and every time I started writing about a topic I would get a few sentences in and delete it. I hit writers' block hard for the first time in almost four years. I’m like what if I have nothing new to post? #soundscaryright But it really isn’t! ?
So one thing about me, is I never force myself to write - whether I’m writing a book or a blog. I want the flow to be natural or authentic and if it isn’t, I guess I won't have anything to say. Sounds simple right?!!!
But then, on the flip side, I’m like I said I would write every Monday, but I’m like what will happen if I don’t post?
As always, life will go on. It won’t be as bad as it seemed. I’ll miss a week and I’ll be back the following week or whenever my flow of writing return.
I’m saying all of that to say, we don’t have to be perfect, sometimes you will miss a blog post, forget to schedule content, miss an important event you wanted to attend, etc. Guess what - it’s call life!Things happen, things change, we are all human - keep breathing, be encouraged, because God will still always be with you.
Life will go on even when you hit writer's block!
“When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.” Isaiah 43:2 KJV