What Two Things do I Want to See in 2022?

When change sparks your way forward

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This year is still so fresh and yet already my life has changed completely. I started the year off with a trial separation from my husband of 8 years. Barely over halfway to our forty day mark, and it already feels as though the fat lady is preparing for her big solo. Painful as it may be, I know that this change is a catalyst for growth on a level I can’t even imagine. And it is from this place of creation energy that I call forth these two events that I desire with all of my heart.

First, I want to go on a journey. One thing about contemplating divorce is that it has opened up a whole new world of possibilities that were previously closed to me because there was another person with opinions I had to consider. Now that it’s just me I figured, “Hey, why not be a little crazy?” The nomadic lifestyle has long called to me like a siren from the safety and security of my mother-in-law’s home for the past five years. And even before that, as a college student dreaming of traveling around Africa instead of learning accounting. I don’t know how I’ll do it, whether in a bus, van, or a series of hostels, but I will be roaming wild this year. Teaching myself that I can be alone, travel alone, stand on my own two feet.

And, in this journey, comes my second event. This will be the year of spiraling…