This weekend my husband and I will celebrate our first wedding anniversary. I can hardly believe how quickly time flies! It feels like just yesterday we were posing like this:
Photo by Amaris Hames.
In honor of our very first wedding anniversary, we are enjoying a stay-cation this weekend. I’m SO THRILLED about it. We’re going to do as little as possible because we’ve been so busy in the past year.
The other day we confessed that we love each other more today than we did when that photo was taken. Isn’t that wild? Someone is willing to share a life with me, encourage my wild filmmaking dreams, and put up with my messes. And he loves me more today than he did when we had our first date?! The human mind can hardly comprehend such a thing.
As we approach our very first wedding anniversary stay-cation, I find myself thinking about my priorities a lot. Because I love Derek, enjoy spending time with my loved ones, and the past 12 months haven’t been a walk in the park. That’s an understatement. In reality, the past 12 months have been filled with some of the most challenging and most joyous moments in my life. Such a wild ride.
This anniversary makes me want to recalibrate. Reprioritize. Refocus.
Because life is fleeting. I don’t enjoy being stressed out. I miss my loved ones. And I desperately want to make a difference in this world with the amount of time I’m given.
That’s why I’m making some serious changes in my life. I’m changing my attitude, trying to sleep more, getting exercise, and decluttering. It’s good stuff.
You’ll see these changes unfold here a little bit. But you’ll really get the dirt in the monthly emails I’m sending out. The first monthly email went out on Monday; did you get it?
If you’re not on the list, be sure to sign up for the monthly emails in the yellow bar or the right side bar at the top of this page. It’s your invitation to my inner circle. Seriously. I’m going to be sharing some intimate stories and you don’t want to miss out. It’s getting real up in here and you want in.
What I’m really trying to say is this: life is short. Put down the camera, pick up the phone, and call your loved ones. Tell them how much they mean to you. Because time passes entirely too quickly.