Happy Monday, Y'all!
So the blog lives, clearly. I'm glad to see more posts being cranked out. I truly hope it sticks. Whether it's just a quick update, or a tearjerker like the one right below me, I like knowing that our thoughts are pegging the internet.
This blog won't truly have much substance today. Well, I can't say that, because knowing me, I'll say that and it'll gather substance. But don't keep your hopes up, I'll say that. We'll see what below takes us.
Tomorrow, I'll embark on my journey back to the East Coast, and I couldn't be any closer to excited than I am right now. I counted up the days, and tomorrow will mark exactly 12 weeks since I started my journey in California. 12 weeks ago, I sat down in the same room I'm sitting in right now, knowing that this summer would be drastically different than any summer I had experienced prior. I tried to keep a good outlook on it though, and with a few dips here and there, I think it's safe to say that I, well, survived Summer 2010.
In the corner of the guest bedroom / my temporary room, I have a large bag, from Kohl's, that's quickly accumulating a great deal of trash that was in or around my room. I didn't think I'd fill the bag up with anything other than the small bag of trash I had in my room. But slowly, the bag's being filled to an amount that I definitely didn't realize.
The amount of trash I have in my room is amazing. Mostly, it's stuff that I just put down and it stayed there, or things that I wanted to keep but probably never had the intentions of keeping. And then there's just simple trash. So you realize this, and simply trash it.
I guess the same thing applies to life, in a sense. If there's something in your life that's bringing you down or a bad omen to you, you simply toss it in the "trash", or in this case, exclude it from your life. Once all the "trash" is gone, you have a clean "room" essentially. Or at least one with a lot less clutter and mess.
In the past I've done a lot, in regards to clearing out the things that have brought me down. There's been a lot of people, in that sense, who I thought I could call my friend, someone I could trust. And then, further on down the line, I find out that, well, that person wasn't as reliable or trustworthy as thought. Sometimes you feel like you're stuck with it, but in most cases, you'll either get out of it or find the strength to end it, pronto.
With my summer, my life became the room I was in, and anything in my life that needed to go was put into a bag and tossed away. And that needed to happen, it was a long time coming. My life, as simple as I want it to be, has its way of injecting some serious complications into it. Given the point in my life where I want to be, I think that it was time for all that complication to just eradicate itself. A simple life is much easier to manage, and definitely more stable. And at the stage in my life where I am -- being in a stage where moving onto the next step, being truly on my own, is in the cards -- I can't afford to have a lot of situations come up that distract me from being who I am.
I'm happy with the person I am, and I believe that I will always take steps necessary to be a person that is someone people can look up to. That's my goal.
So I'm definitely packing my suitcase now, as it's taken me FOREVER to get to this point in this entry. I was going to post on my personal blog tonight, but that won't even BEGIN to start until after I get my big suitcase packed. And I still have to do the online check-in and print out my tickets. I also have my sheets in the dryer. I thought they were almost done at 8:30, but turns out it took a bit longer. Oh joy.
I'm excited to head back to the East Coast. I can't believe that in 9 hours, I'll be on a plane headed back to GA. It is extremely exciting for me : )
Well, this entry started out on Monday, and ended on Tuesday. NO harm no foul. : )
Next entry I'll post will come from Georgia!!
Much love....
.... and remember.....
One a day keeps the doctors away.
Peace out!
- Alfred
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