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I have a special taradiddle to tell you about a pair of earrings .
Our experiences in life really change who we are , do n’t they ? It often hap without us realizing it . Years later you look back and palpate like who you used to be would n’t recognize who you are now .
mature up , I was a creator . A free spirit . An artist . Spontaneous .
The someone I was farm up would n’t realise the person I am now . I am quite sure of that .
When Austin and I got married , we had very minuscule . Our income was tiny and we were scarce making it most months . Neither of us had any career skills worth much and we struggled to find anything better than minimum wage or labor - intensive job .
For years , we struggled to get ahead .
I became who I am today . I focused on becoming disciplined and structured . I counted every penny we made and budgeted so strictly so that we would n’t go into debt . Looking back , I recognize how hard it was . In the moment , I was just completely focused on doing the very best we could .
I can see now how it changed me . I campaign down the spontaneous , complimentary spirited aspects of who I am . There was no way for those thing , or at least I felt like there was n’t .
You might consider I have rue about those years , but I do n’t .
We did what we had to do to create a full living for ourselves . We salve every dollar we could and were able-bodied to purchase a very inexpensive house . We worked job that we hat so that we could give for Austin to finish college . We struggle through times of mental unwellness and made it out together .
The last six years have been unvoiced , but we are better for it .
So what does this have to do with a pair of earrings?
Four months ago , biography change again . Austin finish his degree and got his dream job . We sold our house and moved to a new urban center . I was been able to pursue blogging full time ( which was my dream ) and see an income lead off to grow from it .
I went into a shop after we move and found to most beautiful pair of earrings for $ 12 . So pretty , correct ?
These earring brought back a flood of memories . I used to wear all variety of fun and fabulous earrings in high school and college , back when I was an artistic production student and had very few forethought in the creation . They reminded me of who I was . Like there was a part of me that had been buried and was trying to get out .
For most of our marriage , we had zero dollar sign to pass on anything extra . With our young aliveness changes , we have instituted monthly allowances for each of us . I do n’t quite bed how to excuse the feeling I had of being able to make such a fun and frivolous purchase , but it was wonderful .
I perfectly roll in the hay wearing my young earring and I feel like they have allowed me to bring back a side of myself that I had bury about . That might all sound very unusual , but it ’s true .
They remind me to be more confident . More creative . More carefree .
It ’s funny how such a small object could bring up so many persuasion and emotion .
What we experience in life changes us, not necessarily for better or worse, just different.
I am thankful for the tiny income we had in our first years of marriage ceremony because it show up us how little we truly need , make me to become more disciplined , and made me an expert budgeter .
I am thankful for our current job because we have work hard to get to them and appreciate them all the more because of it .
I am thankful for the truly difficult moment because we now know our strength and know that whatever comes next , we will make it through that too .
