Hi all, thank you for joining me here on my blog. I’m excited to explore my personal creativity as a mom of two young ones–who constantly test my creativity with their pretend play and chaotic antics.
As long as I can remember, I’ve loved telling stories. Now, I get to share my passion for creating in a different environment. I used to blog as a teenager and into my college years, but it fell off when I started teaching and… lost myself. I lost myself in the chaos of working full-time for the first time. In going to graduate school. In getting married. In COVID. In becoming a mom. In not working for the first time in my adult life. I forgot who I was and what I wanted to be. I forgot my dreams, goals, and aspirations. I love my kids and family. But I wasn’t feeling fulfilled. I felt like I was failing everyone around me. Sure, a lot of my feelings stemmed from depression–something that I am still working through, but even after I started feeling better I was left with a void that nothing filled. Until I started writing again.
My husband had been encouraging me to get back into writing for years. Yes, I journaled and wrote little things here and there, but never anything consistent. So, I did some reflection and realized I do best with consistency. Great work Marcella *pats self on back* who doesn’t? But the main realization was I needed something to hold me accountable. My usual tricks weren’t working and I was falling deeper and deeper into my hole. It took a few weeks, but I decided to do my own version of 75 Hard (I called it 75 soft). I recruited friends and clients to do it with me. And you know what? I only lost around 3 pounds. But the biggest difference?
I started writing again. It wasn’t writing a novel. No, I started journaling every. single. day.
At first, the journaling was just mundane things like, “[my son] said this today,” or “I went for a walk.” But over the course of almost three months, I realized things about myself that I look forward to sharing here in future posts. The main realization being that I felt my best when I was exploring my creativity and used my preferred medium: writing.
My journaling became studying which turned into starting a novel. At this point, I’m still keeping it private, and it is definitely still a first draft. But none of that is the point. The point is, I started feeling like a better version of myself again. I started feeling excited about life and about all the possibilities. Tooth and nail, I started dragging myself out of my hole. I am by no means out yet, but I’m working my way and I hope you’ll join me as I rebrand my life as something I truly want and love.
I’ll be exploring many different topics here, including, but not limited to: wellness, creativity, family, self-care, and lifestyle. I’ll also be sharing some of my favorite book recommendations, how it is balancing my time when being pulled in a million different directions, and my latest fitness goals.
My goal is to post one blog post a week, so make sure to sign up for the newsletter and follow along on instagram for more content. On instagram, I’ll be sharing some of my DIY self-care hacks, day-in-the-life, what I eat in a day as a person who doesn’t love cooking, but does it, and maybe even some of my favorite history facts. Who knows, we’ll find out together.