updating....
i apologize in advance if this is horrible typing. it´s just that i´m working on an ANCIENT (older than time itself) keyboard that is on a mexican operating system, but has all the keys of an american system. it´s a weird thing....sorry in advance for hte sloppiness!
anyways....so not a whole lot to report. well, actually, just that everything about my life here has changed, i guess. i´m giving private english and spanish classes. so i´ve opened my own business, of sorts. that´s been interesting and fun. it´s quite an endeavor....but i´ll get the hang of it and really fly, or so i hope.
i´m making plans to move back to the states, although they won´t be taking place any time in the super near future....or so i don´t have it planned.
i´m working on really being content. like it´s been sort of a shift...i dunno of attitude or what...but i´ve moved from living temporarily in some place searching for the NExT thing...to really trying to solidly pursue life...and the things that everyday pass....rather than always looking so far ahead. i want to concentrate on being present and living. i´m doing that.
that translates for me into...living in mexico. embracing all that it is. frustrating sometimes....culture differences...loneliness....issues that arise for lack of normalcy according to my upbringing....but in the long run, i know that no matter what, it is what it is and this is what is right for me right now at this time. therefore living here means making it home. i´m taking painting classes. i´ll be running again after my foot heals. i seem to have strained a muscle from hiking in the mountain. i´m cooking normal meals. i´m living in a relationship....living in one. investing, learning, being cherished....it´s a cool process. and quite the learning experience. the ups and downs somehow seem normal and welcomed.....
but to focus really on being rather than searching. it´s a new chapter for me. i think it has something to do with my age and place in life. it also has a lot to do with my learning about me and trying to work on difficulties.
and so you have it. just living the dream. every day.
anyways....so not a whole lot to report. well, actually, just that everything about my life here has changed, i guess. i´m giving private english and spanish classes. so i´ve opened my own business, of sorts. that´s been interesting and fun. it´s quite an endeavor....but i´ll get the hang of it and really fly, or so i hope.
i´m making plans to move back to the states, although they won´t be taking place any time in the super near future....or so i don´t have it planned.
i´m working on really being content. like it´s been sort of a shift...i dunno of attitude or what...but i´ve moved from living temporarily in some place searching for the NExT thing...to really trying to solidly pursue life...and the things that everyday pass....rather than always looking so far ahead. i want to concentrate on being present and living. i´m doing that.
that translates for me into...living in mexico. embracing all that it is. frustrating sometimes....culture differences...loneliness....issues that arise for lack of normalcy according to my upbringing....but in the long run, i know that no matter what, it is what it is and this is what is right for me right now at this time. therefore living here means making it home. i´m taking painting classes. i´ll be running again after my foot heals. i seem to have strained a muscle from hiking in the mountain. i´m cooking normal meals. i´m living in a relationship....living in one. investing, learning, being cherished....it´s a cool process. and quite the learning experience. the ups and downs somehow seem normal and welcomed.....
but to focus really on being rather than searching. it´s a new chapter for me. i think it has something to do with my age and place in life. it also has a lot to do with my learning about me and trying to work on difficulties.
and so you have it. just living the dream. every day.
posted by Courtney @ 5:13 PM
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