{"id":120709,"date":"2012-04-16T18:52:16","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T18:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/andygill.s145273.gridserver.com\/?p=120709"},"modified":"2012-04-16T18:52:16","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T18:52:16","slug":"hipster-frames-and-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/andygill\/hipster-frames-and-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Hipster Frames and Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>So I packed up, quit ma\u2019 job, left the church, and moved cross country\u2026<\/p>\n<p>But besides all that stuff life has been happening\u2026 ha. but seriously. <strong>I mean quitting, packing, moving, and the church is my past now, so weird.<\/strong> And its been tough to focus in on the future and what\u2019s to come AND more importantly whats currently happening, rather then focusing in on my past and what brought me to where I\u2019m at now (thought there will be plenty of that\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>But now that I\u2019m outside of the \u201cchurch bubble\u201d, it feels like skies the limits, almost as if I can do anything\u2026 its weird how tough it is to remember that. I heard a cool quote the other day that went:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><!--more-->\u201cThe only limitations there are, are the ones we put on ourselves\u2026\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I think that now I\u2019m out of the church it almost feels like I have more freedom\u2026 A buddy from Southern California told me he left ministry in order to pursue ministry\u2026 definitely can relate to that a bit.<\/p>\n<p>But Since all that stuff (leaving and what not), I\u2019ve gotten two new jobs, quit one of them (probably will return to that one for the summer, waiting tables) but stayed at the other, and have continued to speak here and there\u2026 I\u2019m not gonna lie, I kinda don\u2019t have any money.<\/p>\n<p>But on the brighter side of things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I got my 2012 calendar 4 months into the year\u2026 hey, better late then never.<\/li>\n<li>I was diagnosed with astigmatism, which blessed me with these super sweet hipster frames (as seen above)<\/li>\n<li>More importantly, Spring is here its supposed to be 86 freaking degrees today!<\/li>\n<li>Oh yeah and, I\u2019m applying to grad school (whhhhaaaa\u2026?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>But on the serious side of things, I\u2019ve had some scary realizations recently like\u2026 holy crap, I\u2019m 27 already! Thats like a third of way through life\u2026 I only have two thirds of my life left!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I mean, it\u2019s really no secret, I\u2019m pretty sure I\u2019m in the middle of a quarter life crisis.<\/div>\n<p>The other day I threw my hoody on, went down to the beach, got a bagel, and some coffee, and thought\u2026 \u201cGod whats the point of my life\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What the hell? hahaha\u2026 but seriously God. What\u2019s the point of my life? ;)<\/p>\n<p>Skies the limit though, I did step out of the known and into the unknown, so far its been more enjoyable then not, the same feeling I had when I graduated from college yes scary, but exciting with the feeling of I can go, do, say, just about anything or anywhere I want\u2026<\/p>\n<p>So yeah I left the church, but I\u2019m still living. 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