Now that my site is live, I have found myself asking “what’s next”? I am constantly thinking of what else I can do, what’s the next post I should create, or what can I do to make this work? – and I am sure you all have been guilty of that as well. Instead of celebrating the fact that something I worked on for a long time is now live, celebrating the love and support that I received from family and friends, or celebrating that I was able to do something my way and not let other people’s thoughts get in my head (like I usually do).
This year, I am working on living in the ‘right now’ and not letting the ‘what next’ take away from the moment. In today’s society, we are always thinking of what else we can do, how can we make things appear better than they are or comparing ourselves to others and I am determined to not let that get in my way. There may be a few sites/blogs tailored to us brown girls and they could be more experienced or have big things going on with them, but that has nothing to do with Love, Brown Girl. This is how I envisioned my site to be and what I wanted, so other blogs ideas, success, or events does not any impact on my vision and I am finally comfortable with that.
We are all guilty of not living in the moment (which isn’t hard to do with social media) and questioning ourselves about what else can we do next? But we should really just live in the moment, enjoy what we’ve been able to accomplish now, and be fine with that. Not the easiest thing to practice, but I am determined that life is too short to worry about ‘what else’ and focus on what I have done today and right now.
Love, Brown Girl
“Life is the moment we’re living right now” – Paulo Coelho