The Beginning

There's no time to start quite like right now.  So here I am, giving it a go in the middle of a hectic cross roads.  But then again, why not?

To explain: I believe in simple changes for improving life.  A better life doesn't have to come from a total
overhaul of the way we do things.  In my experience, and I believe that it holds true for most people, trying to change too much or too boldly is unsustainable and is ultimately discouraging.

 After two years of adjustment to life in Honduras--I finally felt normal walking everywhere, shopping for food in the short term because all the food was fresh, seeing people around town all the time (and therefore chatting, and always being late to my destination, just like everyone else), waking up before dawn, eating breakfast, and many other things that I had never done regularly before I moved away.

When I moved back, I found that it is the simple things that I miss most from my life abroad.  Some of these simple changes are easier to replicate in my life here than others.  I miss watching the sunrise over the town nestled in the valley below my balcony while drinking coffee--it was a phenomenal way to start the day. 
Here, I have no balcony over a valley even if I wake up before dawn (though I can dream of moving to the mountains again some day in the future). 


There are aspects of my life in Honduras that I try to intigrate into my current day to day life.  For not, I plan to dedicate myself to finding more simple changes to improve my life.  I don't believe in settling.  A healthy, happy life depends on what we eat, how much we sleep, and how we find balance.

Improving life is not ever a finished task.  As life is constantly changing, adjustments must be made to find a new balance to fit the shifting mold.  My aim is to continually improve myself: in health, my work, and my
personal relationships.  So much in this world is out of our control, the only thing truly in our power is ourselves.  We make our decisions and control our behavior.  When we are not happy with ourselves, the only logical course of action is to change how we handle similar situations in the future.  And when we mess up, take note of it and do better next time.

The best thing we can do is pay attention.  Life is interesting and we deserve to notice the little things that make life so interesting and we can assess what makes us happy, and what doesn't.  When we know what drives us, we can do better for ourselves.