Lindsey Nordby

Happy Sunday!

I wanted to re-send my welcome to all of my new readers! Thank you so much for joining me here!

Some of you who will be getting this email added yourselves, and others of you are people who I love and thought would be interested in my weekly blog! If you are not, feel free to hit the Unsubscribe button in your email.

But whichever way or another, I’m so excited that you’ve found this blog, and that you’re here! I can’t wait for you to be a part of this journey.

This blog has taken so many forms over the years. As I’ve tried to figure out how I wanted to share my heart with others, I’ve started multiple platforms that have all been abandoned after just a handful of posts or ideas. I always went about this in the wrong way – I’m realizing now how I had major “imposter syndrome” for so many years.

In 2021 and 2022, I spent a lot of time really trying to re-discover who I am. When I moved to college in Colorado, little by little I tried forming myself into something I thought I would be happy with, but I’m now circling back to the personality I had in high school, longing for the character traits that I lost in growing into adulthood.

I remember finding such joy in my extracurriculars and activities throughout high school. No matter what it was I was always so happy. But now, things have started to feel like such a chore in recent years.

Fast forward from high school to college, and everything I did was in an attempt to impress others.

Through that, I developed some mental health struggles that began to define who I am. I didn’t know how to break free from them and I didn’t think I had the tools to help myself. This not only affected my own well being, but affected the people around me.

So, for the past few years, I’ve been trying to make decisions for myself. Of course, this wasn’t an overnight change, and I’ve struggled with it. I’m still not all the way there. I’ve had a hard time doing things for myself and only myself, and breaking the mindset that everything I do has to benefit someone else.

A few years back I cut myself off from my passions. I didn’t really realize I was doing it at first, either. So, I’ve started doing a lot of the things I love to do again. And it’s been so refreshing.

Since I’ve been pouring myself back into my passions, I have been noticing a radical change. I am happier, more confident, and my mental health is in such a better place. I’m working on projects big and small, but they are passion projects for ME, instead of projects for others. It’s so important to devote time into things that fill MY cup, not always others’ cups, and that’s something that I’ve had to continue reminding myself day in and day out.

Syrup and Sawdust is one of those things.

I have always wanted to share my heart with the world. I remember in high school, I said “I just want to inspire people.” That is what I am here to do.

So, this blog is for all of you who think they’ve got it all put together, but quickly find out nothing is together at all. To all those who have so much love to give, but forget to give it to themselves. To all those who trip over their own goals, ambitions, and desires, not realizing the things they’re tripping over and ignoring is all pure joy. To anyone who finds themselves stumbling over life’s challenges and hurdles, struggling to celebrate ALL that life has to offer. To all those who think about others more than they think about themselves. To all those who don’t devote themselves to one thing because “they can’t decide” (spoiler: you don’t have to). This blog is for the women who just want to do it all.

But most importantly, this blog is a love-letter to myself, a quiet reflection and celebration of the good, the bad, and the ugly that I’ve been through.

I hope Syrup and Sawdust is able to encourage you to celebrate yourself, and all your heart seeks. I hope it is able to inspire you to fill YOUR cup.

xoxo,

Linds