some new happenings

This is just Anna’s world, and we all be living in it.

Hello there.

Today I did something new, I bought the domain for this site! No longer momentswithemma.wordpress.com but rather, momentswithemma.com

This may seem like a small change, but it was a big step for the blog!

Deciding to purchase the website domain was something I had been thinking about for awhile now. First, I realized I was coming up on my one year blog anniversary, which is absolutely  bananas to think about. And with that anniversary approaching, I knew it was time to make that jump. Even a year later, writing and creating on this platform gives me actual goosebumps. My favorite part of the day is working on a draft I have or putting the final pieces together before clicking, “publish.” So with those feelings about this space and the content I create in mind, I knew that it was time to make this a more permanent platform and one I can really call my own. Additionally, when I first started posting no one knew, like at all. My blog became my summer secret that seeped into the fall a bit, and then I shared it. Putting the link out on social media and having friends tell other friends has led too many more people sharing moments with me, which is amazing. And with more people came more ads. Since WordPress actually owned the domain since I was using the free version. They could throw as many ads as they pleased onto my blog, which I did not appreciate. So with the purchase, no ads people!

And maybe you’ve noticed I have changed up the theme a bit, gotta keep it fresh.

Enough about the space changes, I will fill you in about some life changes. I recently just completed my crazy month, first part in Rome and the second part as Orientation Executive at Assumption College. And the final part being some time in Boston, being a complete tourist for the first time ever. I am currently lifeguarding with my brother, which is a dream come true to be able to spend almost everyday at the beach with him. My parents 25th anniversary is coming up, expect a moving piece on their story. Oh, and I jumped started a car for the first time the other day.

The great part about all of these happenings is that they are all new. I have never owned a website, never jumped a car, never walked 33,000 steps in a day, never worked so many hours in a week, never took a damn Duck Tour, and had never been to the Vatican. For being afraid of change for so long, I am surprising myself with the amount of “unexpected” and “new” I am eagerly welcoming into my life. I guess there is a time for everything, and I am running on a new clock.

What are some new things going on in your life?

New job? New boy? New car? New passions? New gym? New school? New fav ice cream flavor? New friends? New ideas? New places? New feelings? New house?

How do these new experiences, people or things make you feel?

I am slowly starting to live for new, I kinda used to hate it. My friends would tell you that I needed new glasses come junior year of high school but I legit didn’t get new ones until this past January. New is kinda weird and there’s usually instructions to be read and introductions needed to be made, and not all are into starting over or reading how to make something new work.

But maybe it is the initial uncomfortableness that comes with something new is what makes it great. In those first moments of hesitation, questioning, or uncertainty we doubt ourselves. Like when you first step onto your college campus for the first time or pull out of driveway with your fresh drivers license in your pocket.

And you ask yourself, “What the hell am I doing?” “Is this really where am I supposed to go?” “What if I am wrong?” “What if I fail?” “Do these people really like me?”

And what is so great about our doubts and questions is that we look back after it is no longer new and laugh.

“Like how could I even think that I didn’t belong at this school?”

“Remember when I was afraid to go over 45 mph and have the radio on?”

“I legit used to afraid to talk to you, crazy right?”

“I doubted I would achieve that goal because I had never done anything like that before, but here we are!”

And how these doubts lead to hilarious, silly and positive realizations after the “new” has become part of our life, no longer this shiny unknown thing.

So dwell in the waters of new possibilities, people and places, because that is an exciting place to be.

Acknowledge your doubts, fears and questions and then jump in. And then laugh about your fear of not being able to listen to your Weezer CD while driving on the highway.

Go do something brand new, because it could become your new normal.

And how lucky are we to be able to constantly enthrall ourselves in the newness of the each day?

sincerely,

emma