2020 has brought new opportunities, challenges, sadness and joy. What started out feeling like an opening to a wide wide world of adventure has changed due to the pandemic into an inward journey. But boy, what a big expanse inside to explore!

I’ve resumed working full time in a supervisor/instructor position, and have learned enough about myself to see that it may not be my ‘path’ for the long term, but it does bring me some great experiences, financial stability, and opportunities for growth for the next few years.

I’ve (almost) completed 200 hour yoga teacher training with Manifest Yoga and my guru Tymi Howard. It’s been interesting squeezing that into my full time life, but it has been a blessing as well, to fill time in a meaningful way with something I’ve longed to do for years.

2020 also brought front and center and laid bare the continued systemic racism that exists around us. It broke my heart wide open. It pains my soul. It puts fire in my belly, and has helped me recommit myself to social justice.

But where to take that? What action can actually help? These are the questions I’m ending 2020 with, in discernment and exploration of my deepest desires, gifts, and grace. In my exploration, I found this 2013 post:

http://outpostsinmyhead.com/2013/09/19/and-so-it-begins/

And it rings true today as well. So 2013 me was telling me something that 2020 me has yet to realize and bring to life. Let’s see what 2021 me does with that knowledge!