It's Tuesday evening. 
I'm exhausted, my house is a wreck from packing up boxes all day, the husband & baby are napping, & I'm sitting with a cup of pipping hot coffee (Thank you microwave), taking a moment to decompress from the world. 
(Drinking #topecacoffee with #oatmilk & a drizzle of local honey)

I listened to the song Consequence by The Notwist earlier, and it got me thinking about life. I have a few points to itch your brain. 

Why did we stop making dreams & goals? Just because we hit a certain age? or we had kids? I mean...I know life is just CONSTANT - GO GO GO!
But where did the whimsical parts of life go? Where did the dreams of starting bands go? Where did the idea of traveling the world in 80 days go? It's crazy that as adults we just 'give it up". 
Most of us don't even realize it.
 Most of us are embarrassed to be an adult with a "silly" dream. 

One day you'll look back and think 

 

Because they DID exist. They DO exist.
You just filed your brain filing cabinet wrong. It's okay, I know how hard office jobs can be. 

I'm sick of not letting adults have dreams. I have silly little beautiful dreams. Things I want to do. Things I want to achieve. Things I want.
It's not selfish or embarrassing. It's human. Right?


I want to create a beautiful life.
Fuck Pessimism.
I'm choosing to be an optimistic person.
I'm choosing to follow these weird dreams and goals I have.
I think you should too.
Yes. You. The person reading this who secretly wants a haunted doll collection. The person who wants to be a famous painter. The person who wants to open their own gluten-free bakery.
The person who wants to travel the states & road trip.
The person who wants to create a beautiful life. 

 A Few of Jolie's Dreams & Goals
- I want to be in a band. I want to sing. I want to play gigs & shows.
(Hello The Anniversary!)

- Instead of opening a brick & motar coffee shop, I want to have "Coffee at home weekends" where we invite all of our friends & host a "drink coffee, eat a yummy breakfast, & just chat about life" type of thing.

- I want to be a teacher. I dropped out of High School when I was a teenager, so this dream has felt particularly out of control, but I know I could still do it somehow.

- I want to be a professional BLOGGER. (I think I'm doing that now lol!)

- I want to meet more adult friends & have a super tight knit circle.

- I want to be an actress in movies & films.

- I want to play the cello

- I want to keep my house plants alive for more than 2 weeks

- I want to travel to Portland, OR in the fall time & eat an apple spiced donut on top of a rainy Portland street

- I want to have and host the BEST Halloween parties

- I want to have a maximalist capsule wardrobe

- I want art and music implemented in EVERYTHING I do for the rest of forever

- I want to build a community of folks who want to be there for the right reasons. It boils down to love.


So I encourage you. Make your own list. Drop it in the comments.
 How can we bring community together and help us achieve these goals and dreams? What can we do in this uncertain and crazy world to make it a good one? Let's discuss. Go. 

I'm going to pop some things in my Music Deep Dive, so I'll be here for a bit! I hope this pauses you and makes you think. It's good to do that sometimes. 

With love, 
Signing off, 
- Jolie S.