Hi friends! It’s been a while…. As much as I always want to be active on here and post more blogposts, life just happens and I get so busy with everything I have to do in the day. I thrive whenever I’m busy and love a daily routine. I’m used to getting things done in the morning, spending time with my toddler, and doing everything I need to accomplish before I have to head to work in the afternoon to go teach dance. This is what I know and what I’ve been doing for the past couple of years. I also don’t like change. I’m a creature of habit and love a familiar setting.
Lately, there’s been a lot of changes happening. We moved to a new house which was very exciting but it’s 30 minutes away from everything we know and are used to. There was a possibility that we were going to move cities and leave everything and everyone behind. That was terrifying to me. Thank goodness that is no longer happening. My husband recently changed jobs which was both exciting and nerve-wracking for us. I’m stepping back from work a little to focus more on our family. That was the scariest change for me. Ever since graduating college, I’ve been teaching dance every day and I absolutely loved it. When I got pregnant, I was nervous that I wouldn’t be able to keep up with teaching and being a mom and a wife but I did and I was grateful for that. That doesn’t mean it came without it’s challenges though. My husband and I barely saw each other because we had opposite schedules and only saw each other when we switched off taking care of our son. I was always late to work and I hate being late to anything. But we made it work and I was able to do what I loved.
This past year was really stressful for both my husband and I. He wasn’t focusing well at work because he had to hurry back home during rush hour to get to me so that I could leave to get to my classes. That put a toll on both of us. I didn’t want him to fall back in his work but at the same time, I didn’t want to give up teaching because it made me happy and gave me purpose. It was really difficult. We stuck it out until the end of the dance season but we both knew we couldn’t keep going like this.
I made the hard decision to take a step back little from teaching this year. I didn’t give it up completely. I will still teach on Thursdays but that’s all I can do for now and maybe I’ll find a local studio and add another day of teaching soon. I know it will be strange and hard to have more free time during my day but I will see it as a blessing for now and take all the time I can get with my toddler as he won’t be this amusing age for long. I will enjoy our dinners together as a family. I will cherish being home when my husband comes back from work and spending our evenings together. I will also hold myself accountable to create more content and post more because that truly makes me happy. I will embrace this change.
I guess what I’m trying to say and tell myself mainly is that God always has a plan and I should be grateful for all stages of life because everything has it’s positives and negatives and we should enjoy life as we go. I’m sure I’ll have some days in the near future where I feel like I don’t have a purpose and won’t feel accomplished but I just have to remind myself that this feeling won’t last and I will never get this time back so I should enjoy it while it lasts. If anyone reading this is going through some sort of change in their lives, I just want you to remember this post and remind yourself to enjoy every stage of life no matter what it is.
Thanks for following along!
