Slowing down

My life this past year has been hectic.  Hectic in the best possible way I guess.  I feel like I was giving the Energizer bunny a run for his money while I was in California.  I was busy taking care of kids all day (which was 10 times harder than I ever expected) and busy with friends at night.  And it seems that every weekend included some kind of crazy adventure.  This past week I have been organizing all of the pictures that I have from this last year.  I have literally hundreds of pictures that in a small way captured the memories made along the way. 
Since I moved to St. George, my life has slowed down, a lot.  I have no job, no calling, and I am back at square one in the social game.  I have no reason to go to bed early, no reason to get up at any particular time, no schedule, no one to report to, no one that relies on me.  And...I love it.  I thought I would be so bored after a month of being unemployed but no, it's a great thing.  I think there has only been one night that I really felt bored.  I exercise, I read, I go for walks, I do whatever I want whenever I want to do it.  It's amazing what a difference slowing down makes. 
I find myself thinking a lot which is sometimes good, sometimes not.  I think about my life, what I am doing, what I want to do, what my fears are, what my goals are, what I want to be known for, what I am known for, things I am insecure about, what my good qualities are, what I am here for.  I guess you could say that spending all day everyday with myself makes me want to know me better.  So for now me, myself, and I are enjoying this calm, slow paced life while it lasts because inevitably it will come to an end.