A Lesson I Never Seem To Learn.

The last time I actually wrote anything for my blog was over a month ago. My 2019 goal of keeping up with publishing three posts a month has clearly been a smashing success.

I'm not even sure what to write. I had much more inspiration when I was in school or in Montréal. But so many things have changed in 2019 that maybe a little bit of a blog change is in order. Not so much of a change that my blog is unrecognizable from how it used to be, but enough of a change that I can still consistently post and be happy with the content I'm putting out.

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I'm a selective perfectionist. I'm not perfectionistic about all things in my life, rather I strive for perfection when it comes to things I'm passionate about. Dental hygiene? Yes. The organizational status of my bookshelf? Not so much. Work-related music stuff? Yes. My blog? Yes.

In my life, perfectionism can be beneficial when it's motivating me to do my best and strive for excellence. But perfectionism can greatly hinder me when I'm so focused on something being the absolute best it can be that I end up not doing anything at all because I simply can't allow for it to be less than perfect.

That's how it's been with the blog. My inspiration was at an all time high when I was busy with school or on a cross-cultural mission trip in another province. But now, life is weird and different and I'm not in school anymore, and I struggle to blog when my posts aren't completely fuelled by inspirational epiphanies and thoughts.

Clearly I paid little to no attention to the blog post I uploaded the other month where I wrote about being real, and how unnecessarily important it is to people to display the most perfect version of themselves online.

I need to learn this lesson over and over and over again, apparently.

So I'm back to blogging. Hello everyone. 👋🏼

I've always wanted my blog to be about things that I'm learning, but I also want it to be an outlet for things that I want to remember about things that happen in my life. Like when I graduated, when I go to Manitoulin Island, my adventures in Montréal, my new worship leading job.

I also want it to be a place where I can say, hey y'all I chopped my hair off a couple weeks ago because for once I decided to be spontaneous and not attached to my hair because after all it's hair and it will grow back - pretty quickly if you're me... which I am. 🤪

before n after

 Here's to being real, and posting content that's real and that I feel good about - not content that's "perfect".