be natalie

So, I am reading this book called The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin, where she takes a year and with a direct focus in a specific area every single month of the year, she experiments to see if she can make herself happier...more grateful for the dailiness, so to say. One of her reminders is to "Be Gretchen" - alas, be herself and true to herself. I started thinking about how many times in my life I have not been true to myself...to not being Natalie. Caving in. Covering up. Eating words. Acting out. Hiding. Compromising unnecessarily. So, here is my attempt to just be for a year. Being Natalie....come along for the ride, and Be Yourself in the process.