A Break From 'Romance'

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Who else misses the color green? It's
been so dreary here lately... Only a few more
months to go!
Happy new year! With a new year come resolutions. I don't usually do any because I typically last a week or two and end in guilt and defeat. This year, though, I have a couple of changes I want to make, and I think they are sustainable ones. I've been thinking a lot about beauty. About singleness. About contentment in a season of life I don't understand.

This week I am taking a break from romance, whether in the medium of a movie, tv show, book, or song. Cutting those things out has forced me to find more meaningful content, things that will enrich my mind, not just entertain. My plan is to make this a more permanent change (although the music might be hard, I really miss my country playlist right now).

Instead of reading fiction, this week I am reading a book that has been challenging but needed. One of the things that has most resonated with me so far has been the reminder of Romans 12:2, "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--His good, pleasing and perfect will."

Sometimes I don't realize how much those things affect me until it's already seeped into every area of my life, from my perceptions of romance, to beauty and even friendship. So here's to a new year, filled with challenges and triumphs.

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