Sell Yourself In 10 Words

I am choosing to do this with 10 separate words that I feel describe me instead of one sentence. Ok, here we gooo.

1. Quiet
2. adventurer
3. emotional (like i feel things deeply, not necessarily a basket case)
4. compassionate
5. loved
6. clean
7. spontaneous
8. thinker
9. fun lover
10. traveler


Your turn!

The next question is what is your most embarrassing moment. I have to be honest, I can't think of one big moment that will forever scar me...you see the thing is, for most of my life I have played it safe, kept quiet and tried to be invisible and when you live like that there aren't a lot of opportunities to be embarrassed at least not enough to warrant a blog post about it. Unless anyone who reads this blog can think of one. If so PLEASE share it in the comments section, that would be fun...

Sorry to disappoint on this question..

Advice

I kind of fell behind on the "blog every day in May" thing, but I still plan on answering all of the questions.

Question 8: A piece of advice you have for others (anything at all)

I would say, do things that scare you. Move to a new city, start your own business, say yes to the date, trust your heart.

I can say that the best things in my life have come from saying yes to things that terrified me. I moved to Nashville all alone, I joined a small group where I new no one, I took a leap and trusted my heart and said yes to a boy who changed everything I thought about love. It's so easy to stay comfortable, to do the things that are safe and expected, but there is no adventure in that. You have to choose to live in adventure, and I can tell you that from what I've experienced so far, adventure is far better than safety. It's not easier, but it is so much better.

Take a chance.

Day 7: What Are You Afraid Of

Day 7: What am I afraid of? There are the typical answers like:
Wasps (I have panic attacks)
Car crashes
Heights

Then there are the deep, real answers like:

Being rejected. To the point where it is beyond difficult to ever put myself out there. Whether it be in relationships or activities.

Losing someone I love. When I think about all of the people who have experienced this, my chest gest tight, my heart starts to pound and I start to panic. I cannot imagine losing someone that I love so much. Someone in my family, or Steve, or one of my friends. I just can’t imagine how I would handle something like that.

Failing. I often quit things because it’s easier to not try than to fail.

The challenge is not to not be afraid, but to not let the fear rule your life.


" For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." - 2 Timothy 1:7

Day 6 - What Do You Do?

I'm skipping day 5 but I'll come back to it...

Day 6: What do you do (you cannot answer with your job)

One lesson I have learned since I moved to Nashville, is that you are not your job. Your job does not define your worth or what you are about. Your job is just that, your job. It is a necessary thing to have and sometimes you can be very lucky and it can be something that you love, that you are very passionate about and sometimes you can be like the majority of people and it is just a job. I have grown to cringe at the question “so what do you do?” as one of the very first things you ask someone. As if what their job is, is the first and most important part of them. We are so much more that our jobs. (stepping off soap box now.)

SO, what do I do?

I laugh. I laugh at my boyfriend (all. The. Time) I laugh at tv shows, I laugh at awkward moments, I laugh at myself, I laugh the ridiculous things that happen in life.

I cry. I cry at nothing. I cry at movies. I cry when I feel let down or disappointed. I cry when I feel I have disappointed or let someone down. I cry at the pain in this world. I cry when I miss those who are far from me.

I run. I run towards adventure. I run away from fear. I run wildly toward love.

 I love. I love my boyfriend. I love (and miss) my family more than I can stand sometimes. I love my friends, near and far. I do my best to love those around me every day. I love my Savior.

I try. I try to live the life I have been called to. I try not to let lies sink in and I try not to start believing them. I try to do the best I can do where I have been blessed with a job. I try to be kind and full of grace to those in my life.

I live. I’m messy and complicated and confused and happy and joyful and struggling all at once.

These are the things I do.

Day 4 - Your Favorite Quote and Why You Love It.

Day 4 is your favorite quote and why you love it. Well that is just impossible.There are just too many good quotes out there for me to pick just one that is my all time favorite. Instead, I'll just pick the first one that came to my mind:

"Where you invest your love, you invest your life" - Mumford and Sons

I love that lyric. There is so much truth there. We tend to invest our love into things that don’t matter. The typical things like money and jobs and beauty and stuff. People so often times come last on our list. We must learn to invest our lives in the right things, in order to do this, we must give our love to the right things. We have to let go of the stuff, and reach for those around us. We must choose wisely.

Day 3: Things That Make You Uncomfortable

Day 3: Things that make you uncomfortable. Oh, there are so many. Let’s make a list shall we?

- Talking about myself
- public speaking
- high heels
- people making fools of themselves
- Weather below 75 degrees
- Argumentative people
- Unnecessary swearing
- Jokes that aren’t funny
- Touchy feely people
- People my own age who call me things like: honey, darling, dear etc.

What makes you uncomfortable?

Day 2

Something I'm good at:

I'm really good getting entirely too invested in a tv show. I can't help it. I get totally sucked in and all of a sudden I feel like I know the characters and can't wait to see what happens to them next and when it's over, I mourn the fact that I no longer have those "people" to learn about any more (am I sounding like a crazy person yet?)

Here is my step by step tutorial on how to get too addicted to a show:

1. Carefully pick out your new obsession (LOST, Friday Night Lights, New Girl, Alias, Pysch, Once Upon A Time are a few examples)

2. Watch the pilot episode and get completely sucked in.

3. Continue to watch episode after episode until you forget you actually live in the real world.

4. Become extremely invested in the characters. Laugh with them, cry with them, yell at them etc.

5. Cancel all plans because you have your tv friends to hang out with that night.

6. Stop before the final episode because you're just not emotionally ready to say goodbye yet.

7. Finally settle in to watch that last, emotionally taxing episode and cry when the credits roll.

8. Mourn over the loss of your close friends, wonder what they are doing now and wish you could see them again.

9. Walk back into society and pretend that you are just a normal person.


And that's it folks! Enjoy your new skill!!!

Blog Everyday in May: Day 1

I am going to try and do this "blog every day in May" challenge. I'm a few days behind so bare with me while I catch up. Day one is to tell my story in 250 words or less, so here we go....

I was born in Albuquerque, NM but we moved to McAlester, OK when I was 11, that is what I consider home. Growing up in a small town had it's ups and downs but looking back, I wouldn't trade it for anything. I lived in the country, went to a small Christian high school where everyone was like family, I could never go to Wal Mart without seeing someone I know, I was involved in everything possible at our church and I loved every second of it.

After I graduated high school I went to school at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, AR. I majored in Public Relations and was really involved in a group called BLUE which was responsible for bringing all the concerts to campus, my senior year I ended up being the director. College was a time of discovery for me. I found friends, I found my love for music and live shows, I found heartbreak and healing. I found my faith, I found me. 

After college I moved to Nashville in hopes of being in the music industry. After a couple years of things not turing out how I planned I finally ended up back in the industry, in the most unlikely of ways. I've had my ups and downs with Nashville, but in the end it has given me so much. It has brought me the most wonderful man I have ever met, and a life with him. I can't wait to see what else it brings.