This is Me - A struggle for identity
It seems that there comes a time when the question of identity is foundational in moving to the next step of adulthood. I started this year really confident, sure of who I was and called; ready to face the next part of my life. However what came next I wasn't ready for. I wasn't ready to be told my next adventure involved waiting and learning to articulate better. I didn't realise that this would throw me off completely, sending me into a quarter life crisis, leaving me asking questions of my identity in many different ways. I found myself nose-deep in books about theology and found myself for the first time actually researching and reading in an attempt to understand what I was thinking. I have found myself stripping back my commitments in hope of finding where my passions beat most strongly. I have left communities and friendship groups that made me feel like I needed to disguise who I truly thought I was called to be, in order to feel more free. ...