History. Her-Story. Over the past several years I have become intentional in recording my events from the day. Not in a dear diary form, but in the sense of chronologically recording my thoughts, my actions, my intentions, and even my mood. Why? I have come to realize that the life I am living now will be “past events” at some point. For my legacy, for generations to come, I want them to know the her-story that is most meaningful to me. I want to tell my own story. As I have taken on this journey, it has become even more clear that I need to live life, on purpose. With intention. On the days I struggle to record something meaningful I am filled with a sense of regret. Regret that I have traded a day of my life for something I cannot describe. I hasten to add that spending the day resting and relaxing is not a waste or a regret. It allows my her-story to record the value of self-care and self-love. Not all of the events are tangible. Not all of them are profound. But my goal is to make them all meaningful. This is an excellent way to identify those moments in our life that we don’t want to repeat and to separate them from those that we do enjoy, those that give us meaning. Knowing helps us know what “not to repeat it”.
