100 Days to Brave: Day One

What is "brave?"

“Courage is doing things even when you’re scared.”

Growing up I was scared all the time… but my biggest test of fear came in February of 2017. After two whole weeks of unemployment post-grad, I landed a job… 1,900 miles on the other side of the country.

I did not want to go. Every fiber of my being wanted to stay home, dig my heals in stay in my parent’s Andover home forever.

But I went. I cried. Not all the way there, but some of the way there. I was terrified. And it was probably the most terrifying year of my life.

I’ll probably be referencing the “Most terrifying year of my life” in these posts a lot… the truth is that it truly was the bravest year of my life. To this day, I’m not sure I’ve done a braver thing than pack up my 2007 Toyota Corolla with all it could carry and move to the middle-of-nowhere Washington state (sorry to my friends out there… ya gotta admit, it’s in the middle of a desert.)

These posts are just meant to be my public journal, if you will as I go on another “100 Days to Brave Journey.”

I would love it if you came along.

Chapter prompt: Tell someone you are going on this 100 Days to Brave journey…

Well, I know at least my mom will read this. Check.

Stuff pictured:

100 Days to Brave by queen Annie F. Downs

The most gorgeous journal I've ever owned