I mean who wouldn't want life-changing magic, no matter where you are in your life!
Hello readers! I've been considering writing in a blog for a while now. Many of you know that a couple of years ago I had a blog that had over 18k views while I was in medical school. I found it not only therapeutic but satisfying to be able to share my life with friends, family and really anyone interested by writing and sharing photos. Granted I was in the Caribbean and life was much more interesting then but it wasn't something super artistic or life-altering but it was me and those were my words. I would spend but a moment to simply dump experiences and feelings of what was floating around in my head and heart. <3 Considering it was one of my most stressful and life changing time periods in my life thus far, I am grateful to have those words and feelings written somewhere. Journaling or sharing information any other way would have either taken too much time or never have happened.
Although the blog is down now, and I'm no longer enrolled in medical school, I find myself in a situation where I want to share my life again in a way I haven't been doing in a long time. Social media isn't the platform for me :) I simply don't have the
energy to supply the razzle dazzle that is posting something there. Simply, I can't deny that I'm seeking that same therapeutic escape that is just being open about me and my life. Since I left medical school, I've basically have felt sort of confused about where I was headed, upset my life was no longer headed in the direction it was surely supposed to go and essentially I've been a little lost. Please let this be my one and only mid-life crisis **crosses fingers**
So here we are. Me the writer and you the reader. Hola :)
There are a couple of different reasons I've decided start this. They vary, and some really don't seem like a reason, but more of a push in this direction I guess.
First, I've needed to write. I'm no writer, and I've never claimed to be, but I just want to share the things that are important to me. The things I'm learning, the things that are changing me. The road that is self discovery.
Second, I have a close family member who has been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. Now, this isn't necessarily a life-threatening disease in respect to mortality, but it is a somewhat painful life-altering disease that currently has no cure and up to recently has had no official medicinal treatment. Many holistic approaches exist to helping manage and possibly eradicate this disease, and the one most practiced and with the most acclaim is that of adjusting the diet. This family member is now on a Paleolithic (Paleo) diet and so far it has changed their life. The reason I'm sharing all of this is that I am about 95% sure I also have this autoimmune disease. (You know how us medical students self-diagnose ;) My motivation for this blog has largely been to have a platform to write out my feelings about this, my approach to the Paleo diet, my research in to eating clean and to create a sort of self-motivating platform for me. I plan on reading up on food, watchign documentaries and essentially sharing why and how I'm incorporating this into my life. It won't be pretty, but I'll do my best to put a bow on it :P
Lastly, I've just started reading the book by Marie Kondo called "the life-changing magic of tidying up: the Japanese art of decluttering and organizing" (the title makes sense now, huh?) I'm sure close family members will likely be laughing at this because it's been fairly clear to them that I am definitely not organized or un-cluttered. However, I'm determined to work through it and have it not only affect the tangible things in my life, but perhaps on this road I can find ways to declutter and organize other aspects of myself. This may be the only book I review, this may just one of my reviews. We'll see.
Essentially, I'm hoping to discover some life-changing magic in a lot ways. Thank you so much for joining me.
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