Good morning, friends! I may or may not be reviving Tunesday here at Seranndipity, but I couldn’t stop David Bowie’s “Changes” from playing incessantly in my head as I sat down to write this post about exactly that: changes.
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Some are small and easy to adapt to. Others are huge and can rock the very foundation of our existence. But in almost all cases, change acts as the host/hostess of life ushering us toward our next growth spurt, metaphorically-speaking.
The lessons it brings may not always be immediately clear, but will often reveal themselves over the course of time.
It’s been my experience that the bigger the change the longer it usually takes to process and to identify and accept the lesson(s) it presents. That may or may not be the case for everyone and for every situation.
Life Changes
In recent years it feels like we’ve *all* been working through some pretty gigantic changes on a very wide-reaching scale. For example, the pandemic. We’re all sick of hearing about COVID, no doubt, but the pandemic itself triggered huge changes in all aspects of life for millions and millions of people, many of whom are still working through it all—and maybe will be working through it for quite some time to come. It sort of pulled the rug right out from under a lot of people’s feet.
I know I’m still working on processing all of that, along with a few other things. But we do what we can as we’re able and just keep trying to move forward. That’s just life.
“The ground beneath you is shifting, and either you get sucked in by holding on to old ways, or you take a giant step forward by taking some risks and seeing what happens.” — Bonnie Hammer
My most recent bout of depression has been among the deepest, darkest, and longest bouts of severe depression I’ve ever experienced. After managing to come up for air for a short time toward the end of 2020 (Holding Strong When Life Goes Wrong), I slipped back in even deeper, and it’s been a really hard fight getting to where I am today. Which doesn’t mean out of the woods, but I have managed, somehow, to find my way back to a path of some sort. Is it the right path? I don’t know yet.
Do any of us truly ever know whether the path we’re on is the “right” path? I think I just have to believe that, if nothing else, it is a path and it will lead somewhere. Somewhere good? Somewhere bad? Better? Worse? Somewhere has got to be a better place to be heading than nowhere. So, I’m going to keep walking and see where it leads. You’re welcome to walk with me, I’d really love the company 
And that brings us to some easier changes…
Site Changes
If you’ve visited Seranndipity in the past you may notice that things look a little different around here. After making the decision to come on back and pick up this journey (see Hello, friend! It’s been a beat. How ya doing?), the old design just somehow felt like an attempt to trace time (to borrow from Bowie’s lyrics). The particular love affair (with a beautiful, vibe-y styled image of a butterfly in flight) that birthed it (and around which it had been designed) had long since ended. It was just time to move on—in all interpretations of the phrase.
The new design is a bit crisper, a bit cleaner, and a little lighter. I’m kind of liking it—a lot. Maybe it’s the overall simplicity of it versus the messiness of everything else around me, I don’t know. What do you think of it? Too much? Too little?
Oh! And I’m adding a store to the site! That’s been a lot of… fun… setting up! It’s not quite ready yet, but I’m tentatively planning a September 15th launch for that side of the site. Tentative, just in case I run into any issues and need to push it back. Hopefully though, it’ll be ready to go by mid-month. I’m a little excited and a lot anxious about it. Mostly because I want y’all to like it! I’ve been working pretty hard on it. 😊
Fair warning: It’s going to have a bit of a coffee theme coming out of the gate because I’m a bit of a coffee fiend. Maybe you’re a coffee lover too? Of course, I’ll be mixing in some positivity, inspiration, motivation, and encouragement along with some sprinklings of sarcasm and hints of humor in my designs over the coming months. I really, really am hoping y’all find something to love in there from time to time!
Best to all,
