Shannon

I am Shannon, a mid-twenty, Georgia native focused on becoming the best version of myself, while making the most of my unique journey through life. I currently run a blog dedicated to the journey of self-discovery, wanderingtomyself.com. Here I share stories from my annual birthday challenges to explore more, learn more, do more, and become better. I also support and encourage others to create their own challenges to make space for themselves in their own lives through starting their own birthday challenges and setting personal goal to celebrate themselves.

Protecting Our Boundaries: Thoughts from Becoming

on January 26, 2019January 26, 2019 By Shannon

“Fences needed to go up; boundaries required protecting. Bin Laden was not invited to dinner, nor was the humanitarian crisis in Libya, nor were the Tea Party Republicans…Our family time was when big worries and urgent concerns got abruptly and mercilessly shrunk to nothing so that the small could rightly take over.” – Excerpt from Becoming by Michelle Obama I don’t know about you, but the end of 2018 and the start of 2019 have been low key kicking my butt...