A Little Lost

Happy New Year!

It’s hard to believe another year has already passed. Now that the holidays are over and the Christmas decorations are put away, I’m feeling a bit unsettled. For the longest time my life has been prescribed – I always knew what was coming next. For the last 20 years our lives were oriented around our son’s school schedule. The next grade, the next vacation, the next graduation, etc.

But now that he has graduated from college and is working full-time, there is no longer that external framework upon which to organize my life. Initially, I thought it would feel liberating. But now that he has been working for several months, and the excitement of the holidays is over, I’m feeling a little lost. It's like my compass needle is spinning in circles, never sure of which way is North. How can I orient my life in the midst of that?

I'm hoping that slowly there will be some clarity in the coming weeks. It doesn't all make sense at the moment, I'm still in the midst of figuring it out. But I thought I would share where I'm currently at.... still a work in progress.