The year that my life will change forever.
In May I will move out of my parents house for good.
In May I will begin my life as Emily Guth!!!!
On June 1st I will wake up a wife for the first time.
In August I will start my full-year student teaching.
In all the months in between I will be working hard to be the best version of myself that I can be.
With the start of the new year I am confronted with thoughts and dreams of the future while also consumed with possibilities of what is to come. After ringing in the New Year at home with my love (photo above), I found myself getting inspired from all kinds of things. I whipped up a couple crafty things, I watched a lot of romantic movies, I began my journey to 25 miles in January and addressed our Save the Dates. (which I really really love!) I also wrote a bucket list. I really love making lists... it helps me to be more proactive. If I don't have a list I have a tendency to let things slip to the back of my mind.
I'm not gonna lie, folks... I watched Anne of Green Gables more times than I've ever seen it before in my life (which is saying something.) I want to be more like Anne this year. She is bold, but gentle, she is imaginative, she is real, she is passionate, she is kind, she does what she feels is right in every situation.
This year I hope to engage my creativity on the daily. This may be through a blog post, a picture, a craft, or through a painting. I want to grow bold. Not because of who I am but because of who God is within me. I have never been good at being bold and I think that holds me back in many situations but it also pushes me too far because I am a "yes" girl. This year I want to be bold in what is right and what I believe to be true. I want to use gentle words, less sarcasm, more understanding. The tongue has the ability to speak life or death and I want to use mine to speak kindness and truth.
I think we should all learn a little something from Anne with an e. Her kindness and general attentiveness to beauty is something I am striving for. I am also striving for the opportunity to visit Prince Edward Island (it's on my bucket list. I'm telling you... obbsseessiiioooonnnn.)
Hope you all had a wonderfully relaxing break with plenty of time for the things you love.
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