We are here. We have finally settled. We moved to Austin for the next foreseeable future. Starting anew. It's exciting and scary.

With change comes discomfort and I am definitely in that uncomfortable stage right now. I don't feel completely settled, I don't feel at home, I don't know what I am doing or going to do here.

But instead of focusing on the things that are unideal, I am choosing to focus on the positive.

Now, positivity and optimism are loaded words and there are many opinions on the benefit and drawbacks of their application in our lives. Personally, I have been criticized for being overly optimistic. But I am beginning to realize that positivity is one of my strongest traits.

I will say, however, that when we are looking at positivity, we have to make the distinction between 1) blind optimism and 2) positive acceptance.