"My Blog is Moving to WordPress!" 
  Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

Hello All,

You may be wondering what happened to my blog.  Don’t worry, I haven’t stopped writing.  Due to all the overwhelming support I have run out of space on my teensy little website! 

 

The new (and hopefully, improved blog) is coming!

 

I am now in the process of switching my “Journey to 30" Blog to WordPress.  As it turns out, WordPress is somewhat involved and I’m going to have to teach myself a thing or two about MySQL, GNU, HTML, PHP, URL, and FTP – all of which has left me saying, ‘WTF.’  But I am on top of it, and I will pull of these things together to form a fully functioning, sustainable, “professional” blog.  It’s going to be great! 

 

So, check back in frequently for a posted link on this page to my new blog!  Until then, check for general updates in my “About Me” section.  Thanks again to everyone for being so supportive and encouraging. 

 

Talk soon,

Tanya

1 John 1:4

 

And in case you missed it, here is the first blog explaining what I’m writing and why: 

*Previously posted*

"The Beginning!" 
  Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

So, I’m starting a blog…for real this time.  I’m not going to loose my nerve. You want to know why I’m going to keep my blog going this time?  Because I’ve finally figured out what I care about enough to keep writing about - my "Journey to 30."

 

“What can be done in the next five years of my life?

 

I spent five years in design school planning for a future that upon graduation, no longer existed.  That was discouraging.  My life has been tossed and turned in more directions than I care to oven look back on in the past year since graduation.  I found myself asking at times, ‘Is this it?  Is this all that I have worked for?’  And the answer to that is, ‘Hell, no!’ 

 

I think about all that I did during the five years that I was in college, and the leaps and bounds that I overcame as a designer, an artist, a person, a soul, a daughter, a sister, and friend.  It’s been a year since I’ve been out of school, and it’s been the best and worst year of my life.  I’m a product of what I’ve been through, so I don’t have to look back. - thank God.

 

I’m about to turn 25   5 years until I’m 30, which according to the superstition is supposed to be the best year of my life.  (I’ll be 30 on the 30^th of May in 2015.)  I spent 5 years in school, and it’s almost been 1 year since graduation.  I’ve thought, ‘Where will I be 5 years from now?’  I have decided, quite boldly and fervently, that my new question (and quest) is, “Where can I be in five years?”

 

“Where can I be in five years?”

 

Yesterday I was sipping coffee at Starbucks in Barnes and Noble, sketching, reading, writing, people watching, and eavesdropping when a book on a shelf caught my eye.  It was something like a horoscope book - Anyway, I was curious, so I flipped it open to my birthday and it said that my greatest challenge is…..learning to focus.  Imagine that!!!  I took some notes from the book before returning to my coffee.  Just now, it took me about 20 minutes of thumbing through my sketchbooks and journals to find what I had written down yesterday that was so important to me.  This was it:

 

The way forward is to understand that scattering my energies all over the place is equivalent to scattering my potential. 

At my worst I am: irresponsible, flighty, and nervous

At my best I am: fast, gifted, and expansive

 

I found this to be a huge epiphany for me!   From now on I’m going to make channeling my capabilities and making my thoughts, or at least the constructive ones, that stream through my mind work for me.  This is the time for me to get “my proverbial 'show'” on the road – define what I value most, set clear goals around what I desire to do, and (this is the best part) make it happen.  AND I’m going to be writing about this, that’s right, for the next 5 years.  It’s my “Journey to 30” and, who knows, it might even become my "road to riches!"   (Or maybe this is just some form of “quarter-life crisis” and I’ll be over this idea in a week – who knows.)

 

That brings me to my “mission statement,” because my life deserves a noble motive:

 

I believe that creativity, discovery, and self-expansion is the essence of being human being.   There are so many things that I want to learn, do, hear, see, and be.  I’ll make something out of this stream and influx of knowledge that I thirst for that other people find provoking, inspirational, and, quite frankly, brilliant. 

 

So, my mission is to bring inspiration and innovation to others.

 

….And how that is going to happen is still in the works.  Maybe it’s through my art and design, maybe it’s through my writing, or maybe it’s what has grabbed your attention to read into my “verb-age” this far!  (And I bet those of you who were getting “snarky,” were just put back in their chairs.)  It’s probably going to be centered around my quirky, hilarious, and blunt outlook on human nature. 

 

So, look forward to more blogging, writing, or whatever you want to call it.  My initial goal is to post something new up about 3 times a week or so.  These things, will be writings on the hilarious happenings in my life, my outlook on issues, events, and happenings that capture my attention, and other thoughts and ideas that I feel like sharing.  If you think this is stupid, boring, a waste of time, etc. then why have you already read this far into the entry? You’re wasting your valuable time. 

 

Talk soon,

Tanya

 

 

 

 

Ecclesiastes 3:12-14