A Long Date With Myself

I did me this week...

It's a busy world, life always gets in the way of life... Work, family, friends, commitments.  Too often this always been a really great excuse for avoiding me, my life. My basic needs.

There is always something in my mind that I just haven't had the chance to sit and process. Sometimes because I'm not ready to, sometimes because I don't want to face it. You name the reason... The reality is burying and avoiding things is not the same as letting them go.

I took this past week off.  The first full week of my single life that wasn't filled with a thousand commitments better known as distractions. For the first time in my life, I took complete enjoyment in the lack of responsibility to anyone or anything but myself.  I slept in, worked out, blogged, tweeted, deactivated Facebook... I cancelled all of the ideas I had in my head about how I would spend my week and just went with the flow. For many this might seem logical, for me, this would normally have been an impossible feat! I literally did not respond to one work email, and finally spent more time alone then with people.

Every day was a clean slate.  A year ago this would have terrified me.  All that time alone? For the first time in my life, I just did me. I feel like I was meeting the real me for the first time... I had the space and quiet to listen, to feel, to follow my flow.  From sleeping in late, breakfast in bed, lunch dates, gym dates, random coffee dates, a visit to an art studio, spontaneous and exceptionally late nights out in the city, to killing a hangover by the swimming pool, meeting a pile of new friends, and even a couple of new crushes. I feel like I got way more out of the week then I could have either imagined or planned.  And the best part, I loved every minute... Time to clear my thoughts, my heart, my agenda... 

Incredible things happened.  New friends, new interests, renewed perspective, peace, business opportunities, keys to new places in this city. I even found peace in my heart for a person I had been so angry with and hurt by. There really is something to be said for letting go... For me, it was the chance to fall in love with myself and my life, just as it is today ❤

"You don't always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go and see what happens" ~Mandy Hale