I decided that the title Driving Sideways really doesn't represent my life the way that it did, almost too appropriate, when I started this blog many years ago. Looking back on it, it's clear that I was kind of in a slow drift. I was living more in the past than in the present, with my head going here and there instead of locked in towards the future.
With all of the changes I've made it only makes sense that I would change the blog as well, and so I have. The title The New Road comes from an Indigo Girls song, Fill It Up Again, where they sing, "... What's this trip going to cost me this time? The devil I know is starting to look awfully kind. But the new road is an old friend. Fill it up again." And I have really liked that line since the first time I heard it. It speaks to me of embracing the ever-changing world of the present and the future. The road reference also plays into the theme that life is in the journey and not the destination.
I'll be making some more changes over time based on the new title and the theme. For the moment I'm pretty happy with the new look. It's fresher and more interesting than what I had before.
One thing I really like about this is that the blog will now act as a daily reminder to me of what how I'm trying to get my life firing on all cylinders and going in the right direction. That I'm trying to keep focused on the future, keep moving with all the changes that come along, and to realize every day that it's the little things along the way that mean everything and that I can't accomplish absolutely everything.
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