All in hindsight

A life update and a triumphant return in my golden chariot;

What have I been up to in this period of radio silence?

- Admiring the sky

- Fan-girling over the Imagine Dragons

- Getting my hair chopped off

- Living uni life

- Pining over summer

- Brunching like there's no tomorrow

- Roadtripping

And, a bit of thinking about life and missing my blog.

Living in the past is something we are all guilty of; re-thinking, re-living, remembering.

Living in the moment is something we see cheesily brandished at us via motivational text post; Instagram grids laden with typography and a backdrop of millennial pink and watermarks, fighting to give life advice and the imperative ‘carpe diem’, sieze the day.

Living in the future gives us a sense of power and control over what we become, but over-planning and constructing our lives as they organically occur can create stress.

We are in constant fluctuation between these three states, but what I find most troubling is living in the past, and the concept of hindsight; understanding a situation or event only after it has happened. It’s positive to cherish happy memories, normal to have some regrets, and healthy to use these to live more boldly in the future. It is when we become stagnant while looking back, that the very act of looking back becomes dangerous.

I personally find that not having a specific direction or goal in mind unnerves me. I crave holidays and the concept of doing nothing all day to relax me in busy times, but when these days come, I only get more stressed in my stagnancy, remembering and reflecting. I stopped blogging/writing during Year 12 and it came to a halt as I got caught up in summer, starting uni and trying to live in the bigger picture; working out what I want to be, the inevitable question.

Pondering this, I was lost in the sudden lack of direction that phased me in my day-to-day life. What was the purpose of everything? I’ve now realised that the solution isn’t answering this question. Grander purpose? Unknown. Daily purpose? Changeable and fickle. My purpose right now? Taking control of my lack of purpose and making my life purposeful by adding more meaning;

The Wunder Blog is back! After a long hiatus, I can’t wait to create new content for all of you who want to read it (Mum and dad, looking at you). So I guess this long and possibly meaningless preamble is just a preface for this announcement. I’m your comeback queen, here for the long haul to continue to ramble. So here, have some highlight flicks from the first half of 2018 – where did that 6 months go? To the upside down, probs.

Love,

Ingrid