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photo copyright Jubilee Young 2022

 New is hard no matter what it is. New is a change, perhaps a shift in what we were expecting, and at the very least, it is a shift in what normal is. I quit my job at Paxton. I do better in different environments, and I am glad I realized this. It is not easy, but in finding what I should say “no” to, I have found what matters.

They say, and it’s true, that for everything you say “yes” to, there is something you are saying “no” to. The best productivity advice says, instead of first choosing what you are going to do for the day, you should choose something to say “no” to. Prioritizing life comes from choosing what to say “no” to. Well, that might be easy for other people.

I just did it. I decided, among other factors, that I prioritize writing in my life, and the way the job was working made it so I could not prioritize it how I should. Writing is part of my passion in life, and it is important that I pursue it. I have made writing a job, a ministry, a hobby, and an aspiration, and it shapes what I know, how I express myself, and the connections I make with people. 

Of all the new things in my new of moving back home, writing is the constant I look forward to. I look forward to chronicling renovating the single-wide I will eventually move into, new writing projects, and other things that come up in life. For now I will bring life back to a new normal, and I will go from there. A new starting point begins the moment a new goal is pursued.  


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  1. Ann TeldererMay 27, 2023 at 8:33 PM

    Amen, Jubilee! I totally get this part because it is what music has been for me: "Writing is part of my passion in life, and it is important that I pursue it. I have made writing a job, a ministry, a hobby, and an aspiration, and it shapes what I know, how I express myself, and the connections I make with people. Being a writer is part of my identity." I have stated it this way: "It is not something I do - it is who I am." And as Liz Curtis Higgs, one of my favorite author/speakers says, "If you don't do you, who will?"
    Also, I love "A new starting point begins the moment a new goal is pursued."

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