Life Update: Moving, Self- Discovery, & Freelancing

During the month of September a lot has been going on for me. I haven't really blogged, expect for helping promote giveaways. In August I wrote a post about change and I talked about a huge change I was facing in my life. With that being said, I've moved. I still live in the same city, but it's farther away from my old home. I felt a lot of emotions; I was sad, happy, and when moving day finally happened, reality set in for me. I cried. I've live in that house since I was seven years old, so many memories I have. Sixteen years worth of memories and it hit me all at once. Don't get me wrong I'm excited that I am starting fresh, but it takes time. I've only been here for about two weeks, but I'm fine now. While packing and moving I decided to re-evaluate my life. I am on a journey of self- discovery, which is normal. This move has motivated me to have a positive outlook on life and I'm so grateful.

Over the past couple of months, while packing up and moving I decided what I wanted to be. If you know me from my blog or twitter, you would realize that I'm a dreamer. I have so many dreams that I want to accomplish. So I decided to get out of my comfort zone and I am now a freelancer. This isn't a random thing that I decided overnight, I've been thinking about this for a while. I love blogging, writing posts made me realize that I want to add freelancing to my list of things I want to do. I didn't think I would ever go this direction in my life, but life is all about experiencing new things. I also want to create my own nail polish line and eventually write a book. There are so many things that I've learned about myself during this move. I know I'm probably all over the place, but this year has taught me a lot.

As far as my blog goes, in October I will start posting regularly again. I have so many blog post ideas and I can't wait to start working on them. I want my blog to be a serious hobby for me and maybe even a part time job later on. If you stopped by my blog before, you will have noticed that during this year I have changed my blog design about five times. I am an indecisive person, so it was frustrating to me when I didn't like my design after a few weeks. But I finally purchased this new design and I really love it! I have so many goals for my blog. I want my readers, which are you guys to feel comfortable reading my blog as if we're having a real conversation or just hanging out! I can't wait to start posting again.

Thanks for reading my blog and I hope you enjoyed this post!

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