INTRO.
Before I bust into some witty yet deep "about me" post I need to just start by saying: I have no idea what I'm doing. I have never been great with words, or writing in general. My sentence structure is not the best (as you will see) and I am a huge fan of run-on- sentences. I did win an essay writing contest in high school but I also went to a high school with 18 kids in my graduating class, so go ahead and take that with a grain of salt.
I know what you may be thinking: "If you can't write, what the h**l are you doing here?" (Please refer to the first sentence of this post.) In all reality, I am in what I'd guess you could call "a rut" and am looking for a way to pull myself out. Don't get me wrong, I have it pretty good: I have a great partner, good friends, and a job that (mostly) pays the bills but something is definitely missing. Call it creative block or just exhaustion but I'm just not getting the same joy out of activities that I used to and it’s getting a little hard to get out of bed anymore. In my opinion, thirty is a little too early to be this burnt out already so I think it's time to make some changes in life.
What kind of changes am I talking about? Great question because I'm a little foggy on an answer. I mean I know what I want to do, I want to break out of my daily cycle and try new things and tell a new story. I want to do everything that I tell myself I don't have time for or I'm too exhausted for. I want to get back into some of my passions and discover new ones. I want to cook new meals and watch movies I've never seen and take that niche class at the rec center taught by an old lady named Sharon called Sharon's Square-ins where you learn how to crochet granny squares with a handful of divorcees in their early 50s to late 60s. Ok, that last one was oddly specific but you get my drift. I just want to "do" and document along the way for myself to make some new memories and what better way to do that then acting like it's the mid 2000's and starting a blog? (I may or may not be drawing my inspiration from Julie and Julia. The movie, not the book.)
One of my goals is to try one new thing a week. Whether it be a movie/TV show, a recipe, an event, activity, hobby, etc. You know how you see a Tik Tok about this cool new trend or recipe or craft you want to try and then you send it to your group chat and say “We should do this!” and you literally never think about it again? Yeah, I want to remember to do all of that stuff. I also want to get myself out of my comfort zone and try things I would never think about doing.
My other goal is to learn how to live a healthier life and romanticize it a bit so I can enjoy myself and have fun while trying to lose weight. I have never had the best relationship with food or diets or my body and I really want to fix that and get things on track so I don’t look at dieting at this terribly strict plan I’m forced to endure because I’ve let myself go. I want to be able to try new things and find what works for me so I can get enjoyment out of it and stick with it.
In summation: This blog is going to be a mashup of a lot of things but the main goal is going to be to try new things and live a healthier life while doing so. It may take some time to find my voice or structure but I know I will get there at some point. So, to anyone who has made it this far: thank you (you’re a saint), and feel free to follow along to hear about what happens next.
-Roy