away we go

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nashville. sup. 

heading off to the storyline conference with miss carrie today. super pumped! i have never been to nashville, and i'm excited to explore the city and go to as many coffee shops as i can in three days' time. fortunately for me, the kind people organizing the conference have put together a "coffee tour guide" pdf for all attendees. such darlings. {really excited to go here for friday morning bloggers' breakfast}.

so, what's this conference all about? good question. hmmm. finding yourself? figuring out your life and what you're doing with it? maybe a quote directly from the conference website will help since i seem to be struggling here. 

"we believe every human being can live a meaningful life. and we are coming together to talk about how we know you're constantly being sold inspiration and formulas to achieve success. we don't have a problem with success, but we have a problem with the number of "successful" people who aren't happy."

so, basically, storyline helps attendees create a more focused and unique "life plan" by highlighting ways that can help create a deeper sense of meaning. i, for one, can use all the help i can get. i feel like i generally "float on" in life. i tend to let things happen to me instead of pursuing things that i want to try or do or be involved in. so far, my life has turned out just great, but i don't want to simply be a spectator. i want to jump in and try things and get messy and make mistakes. makes life more interesting, right?  

in the past two weeks some awesome opportunities have come about because i have been proactive in searching them out. it's been very cool to see how quickly things can happen in your life when you're open to new things. i can't wait to share one particularly exciting piece of news with you all upon my return next week. woohoo!

i hope you guys have a great weekend, and if anyone has been to nashville before and would like to give me some suggestions of places to go, i'd love to hear them!