Hipsy in the City

We have officially moved to the city! Every night I walk the streets back from our new gym I can’t believe that we actually did it.

Since we’ve moved to Houston, we loved this little part of the city and would frequent often on weekends. As we ate at the different restaurants we wondered what the windows above us were, all the while wishing and saying “wouldn’t it be so cool to live in this part of the city”.

Maybe it was all the energy that we put out there that drew us here and we manifested what we wanted into our lives or maybe it was just coincidence that we found this place…either way moving here has been the beginning of a new a dream coming true.

For awhile I wondered if perhaps something was wrong, I seemed to have it all and yet I couldn’t find the stillness and serenity inside. This move has made me realize that what was missing was that I was not in congruency with myself and I had become comfortable in a dream that no longer served me.

For so long I had a dream, to live in the suburbs and have the “white picket fence” life…the American dream in all it’s glory. But was it truly me? Or perhaps it was just a version of me that I needed to let go of to truly embrace who I wanted to be.

It hasn’t been easy, and sometimes I questioned myself and our choices . But one of the intentions that I set for this year was to trust my instinct. I have found that the more I trust myself and push through the “sucky stuff”, face my fears and go with my intuition and first instinct, it always worked out for the best and been exactly what I wanted and needed.

Today I feel more me than I’ve felt in awhile. My dreams are for me and they are built around who I really am in this moment and what I really want. Not someone else’s story of a dream that I should be dreaming,

This move hasn’t been easy and as we speak we are still in the thick of it. 3 days into being landlords our AC at the house broke and now we are stuck trying to figure out fixing it. Our poor renters, but such is life.

I keep telling my life partner that we’re going to be okay, and that once the dust settles everything will be better. With every monkey wrench that gets thrown our way, I quietly tell myself that we will handle it like we have any other.

We may fail, but were learning and were #failingforward

We are slowly getting furniture and half our stuff is still in boxes, but the challenges have been worth it, and the character building days, well, they are just that…days I learn a little bit more of what I’m made of.

My morning schedule, my habits, they are all out of wack because of this move, but the changes have been good and I am more aware and present than I’ve ever been.

Life has been hectic, but it’s just for a season so I’m facing it head on and loving every second…yes, the good, the bad, and the ugly.

No one said it would be easy, but it will definitely be worth it. Today I’ll embrace the suckiness so that I can celebrate tomorrow’s wins.

Tomorrow is a new day; a new day to write a new chapter….

A.A.