Summing Up 2021
Holy shit, it’s December 2nd. How?! Day to day, the changes have been too subtle to really notice any difference… I’ve just continued to adapt and adapt…. but when I take a moment to look back on Marley and her life this time last year… WOW! I had no idea what was coming or how much I would do.
I remember this time last year, I was sitting in my bed in Columbus, Ohio, choosing my “brand colors” for my future website, that I was far too intimidated to think about designing myself. I had not a single photo of me practicing yoga to include on their, either…
Let’s take a moment to reflect, on all the growth, all the wins, all the challenges, all the breakthroughs, all the travel, and all the Becoming of this past year.…
This year, I:
- Started my own business🍾
- Got registered as a sole proprietorship 📄
- Created a business banking account 💵
- Learned about taxes, bookkeeping, and hiring subcontractors 📠
- Created and designed my whole website start to finish 🖥
- Invested in stocks + crypto 💸
- Started a Roth-IRA 💰
- Tried out van life 🚐
- Went on my first backpacking trip 🏕
- Was an employee for Yosemite National Park *(got a special entry sticker and everything 😊)
- Finally experienced a Trevor Hall at Red Rocks concert 🎶 (P.S. I’ll see you next April 🎉)
- Drove cross-country OH —> CO —> NV —> CA 🛻
- Traveled throughout Hawaii, Oregon, Colorado, California, and Arizona 🌍
- Learned to identify many edible mushrooms 🍄
- Said goodbye to lots of un-needed “stuff”- can now fit everything I own into my car 👍
- Got good at building fires 🔥
- Got paid to teach yoga beachside in Hawaii & inside of Yosemite National Park 🧘♀️
- Learned to surf 🏄♀️
- Tried deep water soloing my first time 🌊
- Finally got my own climbing gear 🧗♂️
- Went on my first river rafting trip (8 days in the backcountry of the Grand Canyon… just 5 days post surgical abortion… holy shit I was crazy… ) 🌊
- Experienced an unwanted pregnancy, as well as an abortion- told my family AND the social media world, despite fears 🤍
- Planned my first workshop/soon-to-be course ✏️
- Co-planned my very first RETREAT (love you @curlycassidy 💕)
- Lived in North Shore, Oahu ON THE BEACH, for 2 MONTHS, for FREE! 🌅
- Moved to California ⬅️
- Lived 4 miles outside of Yosemite National Park 🏞
- Went to 1 new national park (Grand Canyon), 2 repeats (Yosemite, J Tree) 🗺
- Fell in love with 5AM ⏰
- Started running + working out again 🏃♂️
- Attended my first yoga festival 🤸♂️
- Went to 4 nude beaches 🏝
- Soaked in 6 natural hot springs 🛀
- Paraglided my first time 🪂
- Paid my own rent completely solo my first time 😌
- Defeated my resistance towards social media (for biz purposes) ✅
- Got trained to hands-on assist in yoga 💆♀️
- Saw my first lunar eclipse 🌔
- Got stronger physically, mentally, and emotionally💪
- Learned how to trust my gut, hear the sound of my inner voice, and know the sensations of intuition in my body 💓
- Continued to evoke a greater sense of home within MYSELF 🏠
Holy smokes, what a ride it’s been…
I challenge you to create your list & share!! ❤️❤️