Posts • About Me • Contact Me • PagesDid you bring champagne? I sure hope so! Because this is the christening post of this new blog - the Stoic Angel. Here, let me help:
There! We did it! Bravo!
So why are we here and what is this blog all about? Well, you see, I’ve been on a long journey that started about 15 years ago at the tender age of 30 (yep, do the math). Long story short, I didn’t like who I was and I was tired of being fat, depressed, and unhappy so I decided to change. Many years later I am not only healthier and happier, but my life really took off. I joined the military, had a few successful businesses, and now work for a global fortune 500 company as a manager. Other than a mortgage and car loans, the hubby and I are also now debt free, including student loans. I also obtained a bachelor and master’s degree and am working on a second master’s degree now.
Now, onto why we’re actually here - since I began on this journey I have felt like something was pushing me forwards towards some kind of ultimate life purpose. It feels close now, very close. It’s on the tip of my tongue! Yet I can’t quite work out what it is. So I am on another journey - one that seeks to uncover the true purpose for my being and the contribution I will make to society.
Recently I have discovered a few very interesting items. One is the Antinet Zettelkasten by Scott P. Scheper. More than anything, this is what has encouraged me to write again. The other is morning routines through the Good Morning, Good Life system by Amy Landino. I like the simplicity and freedom of simply needing to meet three main tasks in the morning: Movement, Mindfulness, and Mastery. I like the idea of taking care of myself before I’m expected to take care of others - self love. This gave me the idea to blog in the mornings as opposed to doing morning pages, which didn’t seem very appealing to me.
I grew up with the internet and have always been on the forefront of technology. I taught myself HTML in 1997 so I could “design” websites (I use the word “design” loosely here since anyone who has ever seen a 90’s website knows how atrocious they are).
Back to reality - this was just one of the many experiences that led me to a long-time passion of building websites which eventually led to blogging. I’ve had so many sites and blogs over the years and most of them have shown my true identity because I used it for marketing myself or my services. But this one is special because here I am incognito.
What does that mean? It means I can and will write about anything and everything I want. I don’t even care if no one reads this. It’s for me. I’m not out to make money or increase my reputation. There is no personal gain except my own personal satisfaction of getting my thoughts out of my head.
If you made it this far, bless you. Until next time…