Life's Weird - Part 1

I started this version of bradwester.com roughly 8 months ago. It is amazing how much can change in that amount of time. I’ve tried to share some of the changes along the way, but sometimes it’s difficult to really notice them as they’re happening.

I started this site just for me, and it remains that way. It is an easy place to write, it is impossible to lose like a notebook and I can always write a few notes down no matter where I am – even if it’s just through my phone. My idea was simple, just write things down now and then. Keep track of how things I enjoy and things I don’t and figure out more about myself — how can I be happier, how can I be nicer, what inspires me, what makes me a better person, etc.

I’m a digital marketing nerd, so I decided to attack self-awareness the way I attack most things – build a website, create content and write for your audience (which in this case is really just me). I decided to share my thoughts along the way publically. Ideally, I hope my thoughts can help someone else in some way – but if not that’s okay. It is still easier to write about my nerdy thoughts than it is to annoy all my friends by talking about them all the time.

So, here we are, roughly 8 months later.

If you would have asked me what has changed and what I’ve learned a few weeks ago, I would have said not much. But honestly, that’s not true. I’ve learned a lot about myself over the past few months and maybe even changed a little along the way.

One thing that has been on my mind a lot the last few weeks is God. In previous posts, I’ve mentioned that I went on a retreat several months ago. You may remember me mentioning that I really didn’t want to go, and to be honest I almost didn’t show up that morning when it started. I left the weekend retreat feeling better about my faith, but far from strongly. The only thing I agreed to was to be open to what God may want from me. That led me to agree to be on the team to host the next weekend retreat – which just finished up a few weeks ago.

I can honestly say that just simply saying yes was the best thing I could have done.

Life’s weird – sometimes I’ll be asked to do something I really don’t want to do, but it will end up being the thing I need most.

Featured image from Point Reyes National Seashore, California. The world is a beautiful place. (Life’s Weird – Part 2)