Prologue:

The purpose of this blog is to share my new life experiences with my friends and family...and perhaps inspire others who have similar problems making life choices devoid of anxiety, doubt, and fear. I find it necessary to give you a little bit of information about myself which, hopefully, will describe where I am coming from.
  
I was born in Washington State and moved to Idaho when I was 8 years old. My parents divorced when I was 10 and the majority of my family (all of whom were active members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints previous to the divorce) chose to walk a path other than the LDS religion soon after. I became active again around age 13 and have been so ever since. I began college at Ricks in Rexburg, ID receiving my AAS from BYU-Idaho in 2003. I then served a LDS mission to Baltimore, MD from 2003-2005 after which I attended BYU in Provo, UT where I received a BS in Psychology in 2008.

Deciding what to do with my life has always been a challenging issue. I have so many interests, hobbies, and desires that it has been difficult to settle on one occupation. Like most LDS girls, I chose to study what was interesting (people) and assumed I would be married by the time I graduated-which would give me someone to help m make other life decisions focused on us as a couple. Yes...I am an indecisive Libra. Well, it didn't happen so here I am trying to reorganize my life and make it the most amazing adventure imaginable. Traveling has always been a passion of mine as I love to see new places, cultures, and history and to meet new people but I have always limited what I have done based on my fear of disobedience to God's will. So, when the opportunity to teach English in Japan came up...I was tortured with high anxiety, fear, and doubt that it was not what God wanted me to be doing. I supposed I always believed that there was an actual direction God wanted me to go in instead of believing that I could still fulfill God's will and plan whilst doing what I wanted to do with my life. I chose to go to Japan to overcome my fear of being far away from my family for a long period of time--and to LIVE MY LIFE by leaping into the dark and learning to balance prayer for direction and my making my own decisions. In short: to learn to have confidence in my own righteous decisions as I continue to live righteously. So, without further ado...welcome to the story of my new life which is still and will always be focused on the life and teachings of our Savior, Jesus Christ.