TORONTO GIRL CHRONICLES

It is amazing how time flies. It is amazing what we learn during that time. All of a sudden things that we were so sure of become unstable, and things that we doubted become our truth. What is even crazier is that all these things, we have known all along. Sometimes, we forget to be truthful to ourselves. I imagine we all want a simple kind of life. A stable kind of life. In reality life is like one of those crazy heart rate monitor graphs, it has peaks and valleys and when you least expected it, it takes a turn (or a spike?). That’s life, if its stable, just like with those graphs, well, it means it’s not alive.

I moved to the city with a simple purpose: I wanted to pursue a career in Fashion. That was my sole purpose. I had a timeline. By age (insert number here) I wanted to be a (insert position here) but life has a funny way of sneaking up on you (you were right all along Alanis Morrisett). Walking through a bus stop I saw an ad for dance lessons and to make the story short I ended up discovering another passion of mine: dance. Who knew, well I guess I did, it just took me 22 years to get the guts to do it. Years later I joined a dance company and we performed in festivals all over the city and at great events in Montreal and Toronto. Then I got a job at that dance studio and as I started writing the course descriptions and the merchandise descriptions I discovered that I really loved writing. Like I used to back when I was 15. Who knew? I guess I did, it just took me 25 years to listen to myself.

I am writing this on a Monday (well, it’s Tuesday now, sorry) because Mondays are tough sometimes (Tuesdays are tough as well). Especially if you’re new to the city, you just started your first job and instead of doing something glamorous you are sweeping rat poo. I guess what I am trying to say is...be open minded to the turns life takes. Learn to see opportunities at the valleys and have faith, have dreams. Keep your heart beating. That’s life.