To say 2020 was an odd year is nothing but an understatement. I won't say it was a bad year, but I won't say it was a great one either. What I will say however is that I know far more people who left the dreaded 2020 with great memories, learnings, moments and milestones in their pockets than people with lots of sadness and sorrows. I like to position myself with the first group, after all, you know I am a glass-half-filled kind of girl.
If there has ever been a real feeling of the classical cliché new year new you, or new year new beginnings for me, 2021 is definitely it. I start the year as a newly graduate student, with two entrepreneurial projects, and my first big girl full time job. Hey! I've got to admit I started applying to a few positions just to calm the nerves that being out of school with no real responsibilities for the first time brought, always with an open mind, and the knowledge that it was long shot finding something worth it right away ... given the situation and all the terrible things going on globally, personally I stood with a plan of focusing more on the growth of Penpal and Kubuni (which is still pending a proper introduction here) if nothing popped up, but life worked it's magic and I was lucky enough and got accepted in my top-of-the-list application ... sure not the field I see myself developing forever on, but a great starting point that matched with my last internship just like the slipper did on Cinderella's foot.
Now, please don't get me wrong, the fact that I've got a job won't get in the way of my plan to become an active writer and creator in here, with no school, pressure or homework to prioritize beyond my day job, and thanks to the unfortunate pandemic, no commuting time lost, my proper owl-girl duty to stay up late and personal resolution for the year is to start paying more attention to cultivating my creative side, and well, for me that's Penpal isn't it?
I know what I write here matters only to a handful of people, but isn't that how everyone who's ever turned into anyone starts? ... well, to be completely honest with you, my dearest handful of readers, I don't even know if I'll ever do succeed at becoming someone important through here, maybe my shining outlet, my spark, is hidden somewhere I haven't found yet, but taking care of this little corner of the internet fills me with happiness and feels right, and just as Pixar's new Soul taught us, life is for precisely that, the enjoyment of the little moments that make living worthwhile.
Writing, reading, illustrating, creating ... staring out the window, smelling a new candle, the smell of the sea when you first arrive to the beach, starting a journal or notebook and always ruining the first page ... this are a few of my favorite things. No seriously, they are and have been things I've always found joy in. I invite you to reflect on those you love and try and experience them as often as you can this year, and also create new ones. If something unexpectedly good happened to me the last year it was definitely discovering the joy of running and adding my first race ever which yes, I'll brag about was a half marathon to my accomplishment list. So cheers to new beginnings, new hobbies, new ideas and a new vision that allows us to take in the world, appreciate the details, and live more.
As to my main resolution, well it is to be my most authentic self with well, myself aaand other people more, and to stop the damn perfectionism for pausing all of my personal projects, I hope this time for real, seriously. So what if the feed isn't perfectly color coordinated? Or the post I had in mind turned into something else entirely? ... So what if I feel like writing a detailed and personal review of the folklore-evermore era as if it were some IB level essay even though I'm no English major nor music critic myself (yes, that's coming and it's coming strong); So what if no body cares about what I write or what I do? ... So What Your Life with me, it's a challenge, just care for those you love and love what you do, once you start you'll realize, doing so is freedom, and freedom, well, it's sort of addictive.
Mini story time, before we part ways until next time, let me tell you just because that ironically my iPhone decided to have a terrible heart attack on the very last days of the year, taking away form me every picture stored in it. Luckily, I had a computer backup; unluckily, it had only pictures shot before September. But now, as I looked upon a good cover picture to add (that was not the picture of Leo DiCaprio as The Great Gatsby with fireworks and a glass of champagne which is all I can connect the New Year to visually as of the moment), to this very inspirational late night writing that tomorrow I'll kinda cringe about reading once it's already posted, (it doesn't have to be perfect, remember?) I unlocked my phone with little hopes to find just the ideal shot, and stumbled upon the very first picture I now have, which is the very last sunset of the year, well it fits with the inspirational theme and is a nice old to a ton of new, and now, I think I just talked none-sense to you here on this paragraph, but the idea was to share that life has curious ways of leading you into starting new, starting fresh, and taking the leap. Oh, and also, a friendly reminder for a picture backup my friends, you just never know.
So as of now, I'll just keep my posts coming, in the hopes of inspiring you a little, or in the very least, stealing a tiny smile from your faces. This new year also I'll start to add new products and designs through, stickers, more freebies, vinyls, notebooks and more are in the works for 2021 you'll see; After all, if I never try I'll never succeed, and as I've been saying, it's time to try all the new things. There is something about being graduated that makes me feel adult-ish and in much more control of my life than ever before, and I'm here for it. I hope you like what is to come, hope you're just as hopeful as I am, and hope you stick along, since we've got a nice journey ahead of us.
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