Friday, Friday

I’ve had this post brewing in my head all week, and in keeping with my recent trend of posting my random thoughts on Friday, I thought I’d save it for today! (Hope you don’t mind listening/reading my musings…) Earlier this week, I saw the above photo posted on Victoire de Samothrace and it immediately resonated with me. Then, I thought about the title of this post over on Tobe’s blog Because It’s Awesome. Another One Bites the Dust. She had written this in reference to how quickly last week had gone by, and for some reason, it made me panic.

Each week is another seven days filled with countless opportunities. As someone who is still struggling to figure out where I’m going and how to direct my interests and passions, I found myself wondering — am I doing enough? Am I putting enough time and energy into my future and what I want? I certainly think about it all the freaking time. But it can be tough for me to decide upon next steps. I get so paralyzed by fear and uncertainty! Does this happen to any of you?

Along with that, I’m absolutely my own worst critic. I am SO hard on myself. I end up pressuring myself into believing that I’m not moving fast enough. That I’m not making things happen. And then I make myself feel guilty because I AM grateful for all the things I do have in my life. Make sense? Anyway, I’ve had to work really hard to silence that panicked, chastising section of my brain that wants things to happen NOW, and enjoy the ride and take things as they come. In the meantime, I’ve also been trying to remember this:

Deep breaths. Everything will work out!

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