July 15, 2022

What does joy feel like in your body? What about having fun?

Those are some of the questions we’ve been pondering this week in Sicily

Over two years ago, a global pandemic began it’s sweep across the entire globe.

Life as we know it reordered, right in front of our eyes.

So much.

Collective trauma—

A lot to process.

Life forever changed.

Me? I took to Instagram and began to write about my feelings (etc). It feels cliche (and even a little silly) to admit it now, but writing on Instagram then gave me the confidence to write in ‘real life’ which gave me the confidence to speak about what is true to me in a way I’d previously felt (way, way) too self-conscious to do.

In the past I was worried, worried about sharing and over sharing (heaven forbid!!).

Still worried about being between cultures, between worlds. Not quite American enough, not fully Italian either.

And so I wrote and I shared more than ever before, with people in-person and with people online.

And so? At some point all that sharing kinda just got rid of the worrying. And somewhere in there I realized what I’d known all along:

This can be fun. This can be joyful. And honestly: I’m still lacking ‘strategy’, still ready to update my website (again), still not really putting all my attention towards writing the numerous books I really (really) wanna write someday.

But my goodness, I’m having fun. And there’s a whole helluva lot of joy to be experienced.