6 of 52: Year of Ocean

Biked down to Venice Beach alone. Went to Menotti's Coffee Shop for a latte. Walked down to the water, snapping photos along the way. Sat myself down on a beach towel, ate a peanut butter sandwich, and wrote my morning pages.I welcomed this year by swimming in the waves. And I can see that this visit was a way to welcome in my thirtieth year, but I didn't do anything symbolic.In my writing, I noted that I am feeling better: Like I finally caught a wave after sitting on my board for a while. I have ideas, inklings, things I want to do + feel I have the energy for it.And then I wrote:

It's not that the fuzziness is gone, not that I've reached clarity or a higher consciousness. And def haven't heard from God, but it's as if I was in a dark and musty room. Cobwebs of regret strung between walls hung with failures and x-marks the spot of where I could've done better (can't we always? but it's not productive to dwell) It's actually as if a door cracked open. That there is now a beam of sun, however weak, but warm, reaching through to guide me out. Beckoning me, that this time of darkness is almost over. And I will soon be able to see.

Cheers to the ocean, to writing, and to feeling lighter. Being able to see again.*See all of my Year of Ocean