Do What Inspires You and Don't Let Anyone Stop You!
Make a decision and go for it! Don’t let anything get in your way, especially people not on your side. There will always be naysayers. There will always be people who talk shit about what you do. Don’t let them hold you back!
This has been my mantra for a long time. But it had to be put to the test this year.
A month ago we packed up and moved 1200 miles across the country. Six months before that we made the biggest decision of our lives. To do this.
We talked about before. Nothing serious really. It seemed like a dream.
But each winter seemed harder and harder. My Seasonal Effective Disorder was a real drag! Not only that but I started to become totally uninspired where I was living.
I’d look out my window and couldn’t find the inspiration I craved. I drove around and there just was nothing that made my heart sing.
I knew I needed to be somewhere sunny, warm and near the ocean. Thankfully my husband was on the same page. Honestly, I don’t know what I would've done if we were on different pages.
I don’t know what the game changer was really. But after visiting our happy place in Florida last March we decided we would not do another Vermont winter. Everyone thought we were kidding. Nobody believed us. After all my husband lived on the same road that he grew up on, in a little town with one stop sign, near his very large family all within arms reach. Everyone said, he would never go. He was a Vermont boy.
The thing is, only YOU know what’s best for YOU. Not anyone else. He knew and I knew what was best for our family and our relationship.
We needed that inspiration we felt when we were near the ocean. We needed to trade in the gray days for sunny days. We needed a fresh start with new faces and new places.
So, we did the DAMN thing!
I haven’t felt this inspired in a very long time. I have a fire burning in me again that I thought was almost extinguished because I was being suffocated by the place and the people. All this changed because we made a decision to go after what we want.
Make the decision to do what you want to. Don't let others hold you back! Don't let your fear hold you back!
What is it you want to do?
