The Spirit of Unpacking

It' been a while since my last post. I will admit I have packed "her" away for a little over two years...the awesome "her" in me. I recently, suddenly had migraine level headaches for two days straight. I've never had migraines before but the headaches were so mega painful that I imagined this must be what they feel like. That was so out of the norm for me and after two people suggested, I checked my blood pressure. To my surprise my pressure was unusually high. I was floored that it was reading on the machine at hypertension 2 levels!!!! That rung an alarm with me because I have never had medical issues of any kind. They only things I've ever been diagnosed with and sought medical attention for is Sinus, food poison and hives. I was placed on immediate bed rest for the weekend. As a result, I began to reflect and think about what and why I was stressing to such levels that would cause my pressure to rise so high. To top it off, two people told me that it wasn't just physical they believed it was also spiritual. God was definitely trying to get me attention and I needed to be still, listen and pay attention. I am a doer by nature, multitalented jack of all trades so God knew I of course needed to be forced to stay in bed for two whole days straight, LOL. However, thank God I did because my light switch moment came!! I realized I moved from my house that me and God build literally a little over two years ago to transition to the next level of what I have coined "sexy living". I was on a mission to transition so I purged to lightened my load to fly to higher altitudes of greatness. But in the two years since, I never truly unpacked and settled in to a place to make it my home. I am truly a creative being so even my home space has to be an atmosphere that allows for creative and positive energy, the love of living (a house that all rooms are meant to be lived in...no plastic covers here, LOL) and the spirit of God's love and peace. I realized that for two years my "stuff" has been packed and scattered in three places...storage, my mom's house and what little it took to make my place a little livable. I recently moved again to a bigger place with an even bigger, better view of downtown Nashville but the stress of not being settled into a place where I can flow in balance was now making me sick, literally. I realize that even with my goals that include making a real estate purchase in this urban living community that I have come to love, I must make where I am right now the home that breathes life into the Ingrid that has always been there but has been packed away for a little over two years. This experience has given me new meaning to the importance of making a house a HOME! I have been packed up in mind, physically and spirit. I'm writing this blog, something that I too haven't done in a while because like a dam my creativity has been packed up, backed up to a breaking point. A true flood of creativity, just like when a the water pressure builds to its highest points and the dam breaks. Whether I am in the beautiful space for 6 months, 12 months or 2 years, this time I am stepping into my RIGHT NOW and UNPACKING!! Yes, I already have the plan that any move I make next I will be paying someone else to pack and move me so that eases my mind too, but that's only the sprinkles on this cupcake because I am going to put the icing on this eatable moment of unpacking to be the best authentic and organically creative me I can boldly be!  It's time to unpack her mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually so that she flows like she always has fabulously!! The she in me needs me to get back to the art of being all she was created. I am my most passionate, fun-loving, energetic, awe-inspiring when I am living in such a manner that allows my creative inner being to flow with no limits. I'm a no limit soldier, I thought I told ya, LOL. Living Life by Design has now become the "brand" of my movement to inspire others to do the same. Let's "unpack" to be bold, be brilliant to most of all be YOU!!