My name is Savanna Taylor. I was born and raised in a small
town called Parma, Idaho (perhaps you have heard of it?) After getting my degree
in History Education, my husband Brycen got accepted to the Healthcare
Administration program at WSU in Spokane, WA. We have one crazy daughter named
Addlee who is smart, spunky, and has a lot of curly hair. I love a good book,
anything that has to do with Real Housewives on Bravo, my family, shopping, and
my religion. I love to blog, it is such a great outlet (even if being a mom
might come first to updating it)!
Push Play
It seems lately that my life has been put on pause. It is
waiting for the next “big step” in life. My husband is finishing up graduate
school at Washington State University in Spokane and we are still jobless. So
imagine that every time the phone rings you hope it is good news, or every
email is a “can we have an interview?” email, but alas nothing. I have
envisioned myself already living in seven different states before he even got a
rejection letter. I didn’t want to buy a deeply discounted jacket for my baby
for next winter because “what if I live in Arizona?” crossed my mind. I am
silly that way. That is just one example though, of how I have been putting my
life on hold lately.
My family recently had some major changes happen in it (I will
spare details, let us just say it changed the career path of several people)
and all of the sudden I was left thinking that everything I knew as normal was
suddenly well not normal. I thought, they should just stick it out, just let it
blow over, just hit pause. Now I see though, that by pushing that play button
of life and making things happen they found out how much happier they really
can be.
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Playing with a toy any way she wants!
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I have found that if I hit pause on my life and wait for
something to happen I often miss the most important parts of it. I miss the
opportunities to hang out with my friends, continue to explore a city I have
grown to love, and even the little moments with my small family. I have put off
big decisions because I am waiting for the next scene of life. Like a movie, I
am paused. I had the thought, “why am I not enjoying this life I have? Why am I
waiting for life to happen?” Think of it like the lottery, you won’t win it if
you don’t play it (granted your chances are very slim). Isn’t our life like the
lottery though? Think of all the amazing things that you and I take for granted
every day, hello we have running water! I just think of how we sit and wait for
a trial to pass, or sit and wait for the rainy day to be over, or sit and wait
for that clock to slowly click to 5:00 p.m. so we can leave only to rush home
and sit in front of a TV. I love to watch my 18 month old daughter play. If she
gets frustrated with something she just throws it down and moves on to
something else. She doesn’t just sit there and wait, she reacts, and she moves
on, she finds something else! We are not meant to be stagnant. Either we are moving
forward or moving backward. There is no pause. So if we live life in this limbo
we really are doing ourselves a disservice. Today I went to the store and I bought
that discounted jacket, because even if I do live in Arizona, California, or
Alaska I did something progressive. I planned for the future, I embraced this
pause in life, I recognized it, and I decided to push play.
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