"Birds flying high, you know I feel
Sun in the sky, you know I feel
Breeze drifting on by, you know how I feel
Its a new dawn, its a new day, its a new life for me...

And I'm feeling good.."

So in 5 weeks, I will be leaving for Mozambique. For the next two years of my life, I will be a Peace Corps Volunteer. I'm happy with that. I will maintain (much better than I did with this one) a new blog at digitalgirlanalogworld.blogspot.com

Follow it. Read it. Comment on it. Love it.


"Fish in the sea you know how I feel
River running free you know how I feel
Blossom on the tree you know how I feelIt's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling good"

I've spent this week (besides being inundated with paperwork) breaking the news to people. Most people are happy for me, but dont want me to go at the same time. Understandable. What isnt understandable is the amount of people who say "Oh! I wanted to do something like that, but..." or "Oh, I wish I could have done something like that, but..."

People. Listen to me. LIFE IS FULL OF CHOICES! YOU CHOOSE WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU! STOP MAKING EXCUSES! JUST DO IT!

Do I need to repeat this? Or do you get it?

No really...I'm serious. It may seem like I'm oversimplifying things, but I'm really not. Life is a series of choices. I chose to apply to Peace Corps, and see it through until I got an invite. I decided I didnt want to be stuck working for a nightclub in Chicago, I wanted more. And I made it happen. Nothing was holding me back. Sure, I could have said "Oh...but my family is here. I cant leave them" Or "Oh, but I have this job, and these friends, and I'd have to be crazy to leave right now.." blah blah blah. The only thing holding you back is you.

I have friends in Tennessee tell me all of the time "Oh, I should have left like you did". My response: Why dont you? Whats stopping you? "Oh, I dont have any money" "Oh, I need to find a job" etc etc. I didnt have any money when I left TN and moved to Chicago. I didnt have a job. But I made it happen. and you can too. Whatever you want to do...do it. Make it happen.

Decide what you want
Choose to focus on seeing it through to the end
DO IT
Make it happen

STOP making excuses
STOP letting outside forces get in the way
STOP limiting yourself

Live your life. Choose to be happy. Remember...this life is yours and yours alone. You can be happy with it. Or you can be miserable with it. Decide what you want to do. If life is pulling you in a certain direction...either change the direction, or shut up, sit down, and go with it.

Remember...you NEVER want to look back and think "I should have...."

Dont let "life" get in the way of living.

*drops mic*

"Oh, freedom is mine
I know how I feel
Its a new dawn, and a new day
and a new life for me...

And I'm feeling good.."

Feeling Good - Nina Simone