samhain reflections
Astrological Samhain is coming up in a few days (November 7th).
In appropriate ritualistic fashion, I would like to reflect on some endings and beginnings this year I have experienced.
This year, I turned 30 and I celebrated my first wedding anniversary (as you saw from the last post, both were just a few days ago!). My thesis is nearly complete...just a little bit of style editing to do, and I will be graduating from graduate school this December.
Alex and I also moved to Richmond at the end of July and oh what a wonderful change.
I feel so much less confined to the ridiculous social norms our society holds here.
I can walk outside with (gasp!) an arm covered in tattoos and a septum ring, in all black, and not get stared at like a freak.
It's such a small thing, and in 2018, I'm sure some of you are surprised that it was a thing at all, but I can't begin to explain the comfort level I've felt in Richmond.
Though I've struggled to find a job that pays me enough, I still feel as though a weight has been lifted.
No more thesis, not much more school, and no more weird people that I struggle to find some semblance of similarity with. I have been welcomed to this place by so many kind and fun people and it's made such a huge difference for my mental health.
I'm excited for the prospects Richmond has to offer and I think we'll thrive here for a few years at least.
Our time in Norfolk ended suddenly, with a sudden decision, and I was a little wary, but it was such a good decision. I could not be more pleased.
I'm also glad to have left behind my twenties.
Though there fun times and the lessons learned, friendships made and broken, my twenties were harsh and difficult and full of darkness.
I'm glad to be entering a new era and decade and I'm so excited to keep changing and working on being the best person I can be.
Turning 30 has had me reflecting on a lot of my past and the things that have bogged me down over the last decade.
Despite the heavy emotional weight, I can only use the past as a force to push me to grow, and that is what I intend on doing.
In appropriate ritualistic fashion, I would like to reflect on some endings and beginnings this year I have experienced.
This year, I turned 30 and I celebrated my first wedding anniversary (as you saw from the last post, both were just a few days ago!). My thesis is nearly complete...just a little bit of style editing to do, and I will be graduating from graduate school this December.
Alex and I also moved to Richmond at the end of July and oh what a wonderful change.
I feel so much less confined to the ridiculous social norms our society holds here.
I can walk outside with (gasp!) an arm covered in tattoos and a septum ring, in all black, and not get stared at like a freak.
It's such a small thing, and in 2018, I'm sure some of you are surprised that it was a thing at all, but I can't begin to explain the comfort level I've felt in Richmond.
Though I've struggled to find a job that pays me enough, I still feel as though a weight has been lifted.
No more thesis, not much more school, and no more weird people that I struggle to find some semblance of similarity with. I have been welcomed to this place by so many kind and fun people and it's made such a huge difference for my mental health.
I'm excited for the prospects Richmond has to offer and I think we'll thrive here for a few years at least.
Our time in Norfolk ended suddenly, with a sudden decision, and I was a little wary, but it was such a good decision. I could not be more pleased.
I'm also glad to have left behind my twenties.
Though there fun times and the lessons learned, friendships made and broken, my twenties were harsh and difficult and full of darkness.
I'm glad to be entering a new era and decade and I'm so excited to keep changing and working on being the best person I can be.
Turning 30 has had me reflecting on a lot of my past and the things that have bogged me down over the last decade.
Despite the heavy emotional weight, I can only use the past as a force to push me to grow, and that is what I intend on doing.
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