Day zero goal 71: Write myself a letter to be opened at the end of 1001 days

Hello lovelies!

I just recently returned to work from having 9 days of vacation! It was glorious!!!

"Oh, where did you go?" Everyone has been asking me.

Not really anywhere. Sure, we camped for a short period (1 night, blog to follow... sometime). But for the most part, I just hung out. It was so refreshing to be away from work for that amount of time, especially since upon my coming back, we are short handed both with managers and servers. And it is tourist season.... ahhh, summer. I journaled, I read, I played in the yard, I went for a few jogs, I played with my dogs, I crafted, I cooked, I cleaned.... and I RELAXED!

I also re-visited my day zero list with the intention of crossing off a couple of goals. I meant to blog too, but man did nine days spin by quick and suddenly I was back to work!

One of the first things I crossed off my day zero list was to write a letter to myself that I would open at the end of the 1001 day project. I thought this would be a fun documentation of the project, but also... I thought it would be an easy item to finish off. You know what they say, set yourself up for success.

But writing a letter to Lia 2.5 years in the future was harder than I could have expected! It was almost like writing a letter to a complete stranger. I mean, think about it. Your future self: sure, you share the same past... but in the time between where you are in life any number of completely unexpected and unforeseen experiences and events.
I mean, to put it all in persepctive, 1001 days ago from now, I was ecstatically pregnant. I was sick out of my mind and my doctors had informed me of the high risk. But I had no reason not to expect that everything that would be totally fine. So I know... that can be the difference of 1001 days.

I actually started the letter... by introducing myself. Just like you do to a complete stranger. I mean, hopefully I will remember what I was like now in only 2.5 short years, but WHO KNOWS??? I talked about all the little nuances of our life today... our crazy dogs, our grief that continues even if no one remembers it, and why the dayzero project appealed to me: to gradually finish things I had always wanted to do, and create some semblance of habit with things I have been meaning to do more frequently.

And on November 26, 2015, I will get to open it up and read what a silly or immature or inexperienced person I was. Hopefully the doubt will be replaced by confidence, the sadness will be tolerable on more days than not, and the celebrations will have been many and extra joyous.
But no matter what happens during this time, I will at least read that letter in November of 2015 knowing that I set a goal to make my life better, and I worked towards making things happen rather than letting life happen to me.

For more information about the dayzero project, visit their website at dayzeroproject.com .
To see my 101 things I hope to accomplish in 1001 days, visit my initial dayzero project post

And as always, Stay crafty friends!
LiA