A New Beginning
The very first post I wrote for my blog, I wrote while sitting in my car, pulled off the side of some canyon road. It was towards the beginning of summer, and I was a little dehydrated but very happy.
It’s only been a little over a year, but here I am again. Sitting in my car (a different car, but same make and model), computer on my lap, and empty water bottle beside me. It’s nearing the end of summer, and so much has changed in the last year or so. One of the things that has changed, is my blog name. When I first posted, I posted on Basket of Books. Now I’m posting on Lucy’s Pages. It’s still the same blog (I still have all my old content here), but… in a way… it’s completely different.
I’ve been thinking about changing this blog (and my life??) up for a while. I felt trapped with Basket of Books—like I had to be a book blogger and could be nothing else. It got to the point where I just didn’t have the energy to post anymore. I had so many big plans, so many things I wanted to do when I started this blog, but they didn’t fit with the aesthetic of being a ‘Book Blogger.’
Hence, the change.
I came to the realization, just a couple weeks back, that I should take hold of the things I want and let go of the things that are holding me back. For example, I want to post about music, cars, life, art, food, dreams, etc. I am still a writer, first and foremost, and a book dragon in every sense of the word (aka, I hoard books). But I am also so much more. So, I’m letting myself be more.
I still need to organize all my old posts, and figure out where certain content goes, but here it is. Here is Lucy’s Pages, where I write about anything and all things Lucy.
Maybe it’s a little ridiculous that I needed to change my blog name to let myself write about the things I want, but I don’t care.
I’m trying to adopt this idea that I should do the things I want to do (and get rid of the things that are in my way) into every aspect of my life that I can. I’m taking chances and teaching myself that it’s okay to throw myself into uncharted territories. If nothing comes of any of this, it won’t matter because I’ll have at least tried. I don’t want to look back and regret the decisions I made because I thought they would be safer, or less hassle, or more on par with the status quo.
I’m done with all of that, and I challenge you to be too.
Please take some time, if you’ve read this far, to answer these three questions in the comments or even an email or private message:
- What is in the way of your happiness and growth right now?
- Why are you holding onto it?
- What do you think would happen if you let go?
It’s never too late to look at your life and decide to do what will make you truly happy. We are all learning. We are all growing. We will all become something more than what we are right now.
I hope you’re having a lovely day.