life decisions

  • Time Flies..

    …when you’re tackling your dreams, dreamers! Hey there dreamers – new and past! For those that may be new to the blog, a quick intro since it has been a minute. I’m Ciggy and I’m a dreamer…a big one!!! The past few months of radio silence has been me living out the journey and tackling various dreams. I broke them out down there to give you an update…but I’m also more curious to know what you all are up to as we enter this Autumn season! Please share your dreams and the latest in your journey in the comments below…I would love to connect and continue to encourage one another…

  • New Year New City

    Happy New Year Dreamers!! It’s official we are in 2022! And I am in a new city! Instead of New Year, New Me, it’s New Year New City. I am in Atlanta, GA!! I’ve never been here before but being here feels strangely natural like I was supposed to be here. I am so excited to have done this faith jump and see what God is having me to do here and just obey. As y’all know I’m a big dreamer and I really feel like all the work I’ve been doing so far has been leading to my current role and stage here. I believe that everything serves a…

  • God Big

    Hi there dreamers and Happy November! I have this superb, excited, overjoyed, and just grateful energy right now. This post is titled Godbig because I want us all to go after those extremely grand and large dreams that God instills in us. I’ve decided to share one of my recent journal entries with you to further elaborate and explain… Journal Entry from Saturday, October 30, 2021 OMG…I can’t stop crying today and it’s not sad tears at all. It’s happy praise-God tears. Its tears of joy, excitement, and amazement at his miracle-working power and how He manifests things in His time frame and today I got to get a glimpse…

  • The Dream is the Journey

    Happy New Month Dreamers! Over the past couple of months I have been having similar conversations with various people in my life around dreams coming true but this hesitation around it and the other night I couldn’t sleep and wrote in my journal. I didn’t know what I was going to write but I knew I had to and here’s what came. The thoughts were overwhelming. The reality before me was a dream that I imagined. And even though I dreamed of this now that it was here I couldn’t quite believe it or believe that it was here for me. It’s like my destiny was knocking at the door.…

  • Decisions: How to Choose & Its Impact

    Hi there dreamers, Believe it or not I started this post at the beginning of the month and I am just now getting to finish it. It was going to start with me highlighting this bible study I read that seemed relevant to my topic at hand: “A few years ago I did this women’s bible study entitled “The Best Yes” by Lysa Terkeurst. It was a great study and I remember enjoying it at the time.” and then I was going to discuss the big choice or decision I had to make at the time: “However this month I had to make a choice a decision if you will…

  • Happy September!

    Hi there fellow dreamers! It has been a moment since I caught up with y’all…actually over a month. This past month has been quite restful, productive and transformative. For those that follow you may know that I am also “Rena in Reslife.” Well nearly 4 months ago I transitioned my career and though I am still “Rena in Reslife” it is a completely different setting. In my previous role August would be one of my busiest seasons where as this past August I actually started the month off with a vacation! It was great and surreal. I took a much needed girls trip on a cruise to the Bahamas! It…

  • Living Now

    Hey Y’all! It’s been a minute since I wrote to you and let me just say that time is flying by…I can’t believe it is already July! Happy New month and early 4th of July to everyone! These past couple of months I have been experiencing a lot of newness in my life and transitions. In all of this I am learning to enjoy the life I have while still going after the one I dream of. You might ask what does that even mean? For me, it is not just living in the future for my dreams, but actually living in the present right now. In all honesty, I have…

  • Two Weeks Later…

    Hi there CiggyChat Readers! I apologize for being MIA these past 2 weeks. I went out of town to visit family that I have not seen in 2 years and in the midst of that trip I got sick. Truth be told, I am still a bit sick but definitely better than when I started. So in these past 2 weeks, I had a chance to be with family and rest “doctor’s orders”. Though I hate being sick I am grateful for this time as it kind of forced me to slow down and think about what’s important and try to get my head back into this dreamer’s journey of…

  • What you make it!

    “You get out of life, what you put in it” – John Key Today, I spent a good portion of time going through and updating expectations that I have of my team and in those conversations the quote above came up. It’s such a great concept and is really true. Life is what you make it…so make sure to make it something worth living. Until next time, I’m CiggyG Post 90 out of 100 #the100dayproject

  • Living in the Moment

    Full disclosure I absolutely struggle to do this: living in the moment. It makes sense though if you’ve read the tag line of this blog, I’m a dreamer! I’m constantly thinking of what is to come and will be. I think that is great in times of planning and preparing for the future but what about the current moment I’m in. It’s important too. It’s funny as a journaler (my made up word for one who journals) I love to reflect on the past and plan for the future. In more times than I prefer I look back and think about the things I should and could have done but…