Life comes at you pretty fast.

One day, you can be sick of your ordinary life and getting prepared to start making some major changes. The next day you can have everything shut down and get hit with every notification in the world talking about what you should do with all the time you’ll have at home now that mostly everything is forced to be closed. The universe has a funny way of making things happen FOR you, not TO you.

Can you think back to what you were interested in before all of this?

I seriously have a tough time thinking about it. I’ve started doing more of the things I’ve always wanted to do which was write, but I haven’t made the conscious effort to read consistently. I’ve done better at eating, but I’ve slacked on waking up to hit a hard exercise. I’ve budgeted pretty well, but the first thing I’m doing when this is over is taking a solo trip somewhere I can walk around and get lost.

I’m no longer interested in making sure that everyone else is okay before I am. I’m no longer interested in playing it safe because I might hurt feelings. I’m no longer interested in explanations for what doesn’t need to be explained. This is the moment I’ve prayed so much for over the past few years, the moment where I’ve asked to receive the strength and patience to understand what it is that I want and what I want is to accomplish a lot more of those dreams I’ve always had while I can because I can. Going forward, that’s all that I want to surround myself with.

Good luck reaching that point!