Lydia Rees

2022 MMXXII Written & Published By Lydia Rees ___________________________________________________________________________________ Chapter 2: To Hear, See & Feel This year I have strived to be more attentive to the emotional side of me. With each disagreement, each heart throb, each moment of joy, each tear shed, I took the time to dwell in the emotions that typically, I would try & skip over. I am the type of person that, although I may not show it, I feel everything deeply. Both joy & sadness. So I have listened to my body & my mind each time I experienced one of these things.  The absence of presence within myself is what scared me the most. Being able to overanalyse everyone else around me but then drawing blanks when it came to myself. I have learnt new things every day about my ability to handle pain, how tough the heart is that beats inside me. In a fast paced world, it’s easy to try & move on to the next best instead of taking the time to feel the world a

MMXXII Written & Published By Lydia Rees __________________________________________________________________________________ Talofa Lava my loves!  Welcome to Lydia's annual recap on life and honestly, a sad excuse to rant. I appreciate you being here!  Since this is one of my safe spaces, I wanted to be open up being completely transparent. Most years its a breeze to get through these blogs. But this year I really struggled to find the motivation. Normally I would be beaming with ideas and already finished by mid-october but not this time. You see, my notes are flooded with small captures of emotion through the year, things that I wanted to include in this blog but it drained me to even think about putting it all together. Part of me felt like others weren’t deserving of such a vulnerable side to me, but I am reminded of why I write these. To hold myself accountable and a way to measure my growth. If it happens to motivate, inspire or encourage anyone else, I am grateful! As al