Namaste

I'll begin with a simple explanation of why I have decided to both search out inner peace and to start this blog. I graduated from college a little over a year ago and spent much of the months following both lost and depressed. I turned down a job that I did not feel ready for because it was well out of my comfort zone and far away from my home. After a few months I started to find some of my old drive and ambition but I was in a very unhealthy relationship. Then this summer I had an opportunity to move away and live at a field station doing research and I decided to take it. After 3 months of getting to travel, make new friends, and learn new things I came home to the find the relationship I had left behind was over. Even though I knew I wasn't truly happy with him and I had tried to move on during the summer it still hurt very badly. It still hurts very badly. Now I am starting a new internship and hopefully a new chapter of my life but I don't want to do that while holding on to past pain. I have decided to take a journey to find what god's plan is for me, who I really am, and to heal myself.

I decided to make a blog about it for a few different reasons and kind of on a whim. One of the things that I have heard in the past and have read is that keeping a journal can help your mental health so this seems like an easy way to make one that I can type out quickly and access anywhere. It will also help me keep my thoughts and materials organized. I also wanted a chance to create a public place to put my feelings out because I am open to guidance and wisdom from others, as right now I'm just doing this by myself. I am by no means pretending that I have any great insights or that this blog is something anyone should emulate, I don't even really blog much at all. So please don't judge me too harshly :0)

Ok here we go!