Sometimes I get so down in the dumps about it all that the only thing I think I can do is re-invent myself. I'll start a new blog somewhere, writing about my life! I'll get it all together THIS TIME, and I'll keep it anonymous until I have it all together, then I'll re-emerge like a glorious phoenix out of the ashes of my current miserable, decrepit existence!
This time the 'new' blog was going to be called "Small House, Big Life" and was going to be all about my BIG struggles and BIG dreams locked away in a tiny space, fighting to get free. That doesn't sound familiar at all, does it?? And I might have even started it too if someone hadn't already claimed the name on blogger.
As I was sitting there staring at my Google search results and thinking of similar alternate names for the 'new me', I realized that my OLD blog is still me too. That just because a bunch of people know about this blog, doesn't make me any less able to make the changes I want. It doesn't mean I will, and it doesn't mean I won't. That's up to me. It's NOT up to whether I blog about it or not. And if I blog about it and people read it and it takes a long time to happen, it doesn't make me a failure. As long as I persevere I will get there eventually.
Sometimes I just get so ashamed of everyone watching me go in circles again and again.
But like the old adage says, 'wherever you go, there you are'. Hiding in a different corner of the internet won't make me change any faster.
And as long as I keep trying and keep fighting, I shouldn't be ashamed.
I was feeling the same way with SparkPeople. I just had to delete my old one, start fresh because I couldn't stand the reminders of my old failures. Maybe it's less about people watching you go around in circles than the reminders being there for YOU to see. I can dig that.
ReplyDeleteBut you're right. Regardless of where we track the ups and downs of our lives, our failures or successes, we're still responsible... It sucks. lol It's okay to call in help sometimes, too, though. :) Don't forget that.