complaining and excuses won’t get you anywhere.
I went to school in Fargo for two years, and it was fine. I had no reasons to dislike Fargo, but I still had overwhelming feelings of discomfort and dislike. For months and weeks I thought about why I was in such a funk, and began to realize that I simply wasn’t treating myself to the life I wanted. The choices I had been making weren’t in union with the life I wanted to be living. No wonder I wasn’t happy!
So I began to find change.
I started choosing adventures that I wanted, spending my time the ways that I felt most worthwhile. I have so much room for improvement and growth but I believe that I will find that in this life where I am living my dreams. Spending my time doing the things that I that I believe in, I am so much more content and feel much more like myself.
Of course, there’s always room for me to grow, it’s all part of my endless quest.
Check out this article: http://www.positivelypositive.com/2013/05/14/we-are-what-we-do-not-what-we-say/
Ever try using a rubber scraper with a handle that flexes as much as the scraper part? Well I did, and then I made myself a new handle.
Self-harvested white pine bough.
(I’m aware that NONE of these are in focus, I wasn’t planning on taking any pictures at night but once I got to the beach I HAD to get my camera out and capture some of the magic.)
Smelt fishing happens once a year and the whole city gets out their waders and ventures to the beaches once the sun goes down. Last night they really weren’t running, but people were still out in 40 degree weather (it’s May, come on warm temps!) with their families and friends standing in 35 degree water. It’s pretty exceptional to see a happy bunch of strangers gathering on the pebble beaches in the middle of the night ☺
Rain, snow, hail, wind, sun.
Lest River and Lake Superior.
Fly fishing, family, fish sandwiches.
(And poorly focused selfies.)
First real day of spring, bright blue skies and warm temps. We attempted a focus group at the library in Ely, MN. (It failed and we were stuck with 3 dozen donuts.)
where it feels like everything is in the right place. You feel free, you feel whole. Nothing can shake you, you’ve never felt so true, so alive.
Biking, sunshine, coffee, walks, a great lake, fish sandwiches, people watching, yoga, breathing, free food, live music. (And all, somehow, on a school day.)
Fly, baby, fly, until nothing can get you down.
Sing, baby, sing, until it all comes out.
You are the wind, the flood and the flame.
Nothing here can get in your way.
You’ve come too far to care what they say.
Now You’re the only thing in your way.
