Change is brewing over here.  Big stuff.  Good stuff.  Exciting stuff.  Life stuff.  Dreams stuff.

Annnnnnnd EXHALE.

A lot is going on in my world and I really am thrilled with all of it.  But, of course CHANGE is scary.  I choose to say thrilling over scary.

In 2013, I moved back to LA into an adorable little two bedroom house with a little yard, an adorable kitchen nook, and a lovely former fireplace alter.  Beyond my tiny little New York studio, it was the first place I decked out as my own.  I hung things on the walls!  I had canvas prints made of my own travels!  I hand picked out rugs, furniture, and bits and bobs. I hung a hammock!  I grew plants!  It is all lovely, it is all cozy, it is all so me.change is fucking scary even when it is what you want. 

And now I am moving on.

To a new city, to a new home that is already all filled up with his things.  Yes, his things.  I am moving to Newport Beach.  I am moving in with the love of my life after one and a half years together.  Exciting stuff.  Somewhat scary stuff (thrilling!).

He has already started to make room for me and my stuff, cleaning out half the closet, building shelves in the kitchen, it does feel like home.  Until, I come back to the nest I have built for myself and break down in tears.  I love my house.  I love my stuff.  I love my neighborhood.  But, I love him even more and this is what I want.

2013 for me was a year of re-setting.  A year of looking at what the heck do I want next for my life?  I’ve done a lot.  I’ve traveled the world more times than I can count.  I have a lot skills.  There is a lot can do, there is a lot I am good at, but…what do I want to do?

What showed up and what has always been my biggest dream was to start a family.  What also showed up was to have something I was excited to share with the world, that was me, wrapped up in a package.  I wanted to finally start my own inspired merchandise line, starting with a sleekly designed, attractive Affirmation Deck.

I saw myself with my deck in hand proudly sharing it with business owners and customers.  Look at my awesome, gorgeous product!  I know you want it!  So, to work I went.  I am so excited to launch a crowd funding campaign at the end of this month to raise money for my first big order of my custom Your Joyologist Affirmation Deck and from there get it into boutiques, yoga studios, gift shops, spas, you name it!!!!  The Affirmation Deck will just be the start.

So, big changes are coming for me in 2014.  But, that is what I like.  I like change,  I love growth as scary as it can be, it is necessary in my book.  

I am venturing into a big growth in my personal life and a big growth in my business and I am ready!  I will be kissing my little nest in LA goodbye, so grateful for the comfort and growth it proved it me but LA will always be one of my homes, just like, Cincinnati, Chicago, San Diego, Oceanside, New York, and Italy.  I am still close enough to LA to be up here on a weekly basis, but I am ready to put roots down near the ocean again.

So cheers to cleaning out my closets, down-sizing my stuff, growing my business, renting my own office space, growing my dreams, and kicking fears in the ass.

What changes do you have brewing for 2014?  Step on in.

“Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.”  ― John C. Maxwell