Design Your Life!
I know, I know, I prepped you all to not see me for another week and a half, but when Jess Constable of Makeunder My Life (& a drool-inducing jewelry line) asked me on Tuesday night if I could send along the intentions I live by for today’s version of Design Your Life, I couldn’t not say “Duh!”
The post is up now, & I have to say that it was a fulfilling, soul-searching, grounding exercise in finding & explaining my commandments. The intentions I wrote about have been the lessons I’ve learned from my past & what I live by today. Please swing on by & read ‘em, & join in the conversation by commenting on our own intentions. Better yet, do this exercise on your own & put it somewhere you can see it every day, or share it on your own blog. If you need a kick-start, you can see all of the Design Your Life features by clicking here.
So kick-ass!
November 5th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Thanks for sharing, Michelle! And your turnaround is incredible! So nice of you to be so thoughtful.
November 6th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Michelle, you’re truly an inspiration! All of your intentions resonate with me.
I love how you talked about purging your toxic frenemies. I think that's so incredibly important for all of us to do -purge all toxic relationships in general. I realized this as I was leaving high school. No drama necessary!
I checked out your website and I absolutely agree with the idea that it’s okay to change your dream(s), your direction. Sometimes we hold on so strongly to something and forget to check once in awhile to see if it still fits what we want. I think especially when we’re young, its easy to be allured by the glamorized version of certain jobs, lifestyles, etc. The thing is that you never really know if something will truly fit unless you give it a try it and its okay to change direction if once you try you realize its not what you want.
I will certainly be following your blog!
November 7th, 2009 at 4:15 am
Aw, thanks Arianna! I checked out your blog as well & love love love it. It'll be so helpful for me when we move in to our new apartment next week! And Little Foot is the super cutest.
I find it so impressive that your learned the Purge Your Frenemies commandment back when you were still a teenager. I'm such a people pleaser that I would let anyone that wanted to spend time with me spend time with me, even if I had no interest/hated (!) spending time with them. I was 30 before I came to terms with how toxic that actually was! And yes, changing direction is so tough & scary, but I can't imagine my life if I was still pounding the pavement to make ends meet! I would have missed out on so many blessings in my life, & I don't use words like that often. It's all about listening to your gut & your heart & then figuring out how it's best to change course for you.