Hey everybody! I have been traveling back to back and haven’t really sat down to finish any of the posts I started. Last night on the plane back from Las Vegas, I finished 3 posts 😆. I will be publishing them over the next week. I had to share this first. So here it is.
I am officially going to be published in a magazine!!! I am so excited and I cannot wait for y’all to read my articles. I will still continue to post on this here blog because this is my baby and I can cuss here 😆. My articles in Vivyd Magazine will be a little toned down but absolutely equal to the quality of my posts here. Thank you all for your support and encouragement over the years. Stay well and whole. Much love 🧡 💚
Ebony, in her early twenties, was definitely not prepare for this life. She had no clue what she wanted or what laid ahead.
In Money Mind Academy, a course I took last year with Sean Croxton, we were given an exercise to write a letter to ourselves thirty years in the future. It was a slightly challenging exercise because I still didn’t (still dont’t) know what I wanted to be when I grow up. I do know how I want to live and that was the perspective I used when I wrote my letter. I was going through my notebook the other day and came across the letter. It was a pick me up. I have felt a little better since reading it. Yes, of course I’m going to share it. Y’all so nosy 😆. Here it is.
Dear Ebony,
I am not sure if you are at home sitting on the patio listening to the waves or traveling right now. I hope if you are crocheting, you aren’t working on too many projects at once. How many blankets have you made at this point? Hope you have continued to take pictures of them all. I am so jealous of your yarn room.
I envisioned this future. I designed that house, study/yarn room and all. Every time I did my visualization, I saw that view of the ocean. The moon at night. The wonderful husband that cooks. The love, respect, care and consideration between you and him. Though I was single and just opening my heart to love, I knew it was possible. I read relationship books. Learned things about myself . The things I needed to work on, the things that I loved. I grew to love myself with each new discovery and change that I made to be a better me. I watched seminars and attended courses to learn how to let abundance into my life. To get rid of my limiting beliefs. Based on a book I read in book club, I started to diligently set aside 10% of my income. I even gathered as many loose $1 as I could spare and put them in my house fund along with coins in my piggy bank.
I prayed for you. I prayed you would find your purpose. That you would be fulfilled and at the same time, serve others. That one of the main thoughts in your head would be the flame to spark the life that I wanted for you. I am so happy my prayers were answered. To see you now brings me so much joy. I am glad that I pushed through. That I made the necessary changes. That I believed in myself. That I stopped letting other’s thoughts and opinions matter. That I got rid of limiting beliefs.
The journey I purposefully started at 42 years old was meant to get you where you are at 72 years old. We did it!
When I first read it, I thought I wouldn’t change a thing. Now, after typing it out in this post, I feel like so much is missing. I didn’t include the places I would traveling. I left out the activities my husband and I would experience together. I said nothing about the book I am writing and how it was received. No mention of the dogs I plan to have. Though the letter is beautifully written, I think I left it a little too generic. It makes sense why I wrote the letter that way. I was just getting to know myself a little better. Knowing myself even more, I want to write a new letter and date it for 5 years from now. Put it more into a short term perspective and I won’t have to wait 30 years to read it 😆.
Have you ever written a letter to your future self? If so, have you gone back and read it? I encourage you to do this exercise. It can get you to thinking about what you want to be true for your future. And hopefully set you on a plan of action to get there (more on this in the next post). Also, it will be great to read 10, 20 or thirty years later. To see what happened, what didn’t and what changed in your vision for your future self. No matter what you envision for future you, I hope that it includes being well and whole. Much love 🧡 💚.
This past Sunday I went to my favorite sunrise spot to write. Yet here I was taking an unhealthy amount of pictures of the sun rising, birds and flowers. If I am going to take them, I guess I should share them.
A peaceful moment before the sun began to rise. I love to watch this bird in flight. There is also grayish brown ones but I can never get a good picture.Looking at this picture and knowing it would have been better if I had an actual camera. My phone takes great pics but it never catches the colors as seen through my eyes.This looks so cool but with my balance I would know what Lake Erie taste like 🤢😆.I was leaning against this fence watching the geese and other birds. I was confused as to why the bees kept coming around. There wasn’t any flowers and I don’t wear smell goods. I was standing right by their home 🤦🏾♀️.A painted rock next to the bench I sat on. I wanted to walk around to see if there were any others.I had to damn near sit in the grass to get this picture. It was under this weed looking plant and I wanted a clear shot.I seen this beautiful white bird while I was sitting in my car trying to write. I was too far to tell what it was. This white goose distracted me and I had to get out of my car and go see her up close.Here she is catching my eye again. I want to be like this goose. Confident in my uniqueness and catching everyone’s eye. This is my spirit animal.
Take some time for yourself. Enjoy a beautiful sunrise, a walk along the water. Sit in the park on a bench and read a book. Connect with nature. It can help you stay well and whole. Much love 🧡💚
