Welcome to Let's Get Emotional!

Hi everyone! I am so excited that you are here reading my first blog post and joining the Let's Get Emotional community. My name is Kami Pate and this is my blog (obviously). I am a 21 year old stay-at-home daughter trying to navigate this crazy thing we call life. I have had the privilege to try and figure out what I am supposed to do with my life, which is what I thought undergrad was for.... but I stand corrected as I am in a season of waiting for the answer. However, that is what has brought us together. I believe that there is purpose in every season we go through, and this might just be a bit of mine.

Before we really dive in, let's get to know each other! Here are some fun facts about me: I am a worship leader, I could live off of coffee, a hobby of mine is acting, and my cat's name is Cry Baby. I want this to be a safe space where we can share, grow, and be vulnerable so comment some of your fun facts below!

Now, let's dive into the juicy stuff - Why am I starting this blog? What will it be about? How will it work?

I have known for a while that I wanted to have an outlet to share my thoughts and ideas with people and it eventually lead me to wanting to start a blog. However, the purpose behind this is not wholly about me... it's about us. Personally, I have had many ups and down with my emotional health - I suffer from anxiety, I have been known as the person who cries about everything, I am an irrational dreamer, etc. I am well aware that emotional wellness has a vast level of variation, but I have come to the realization that the boundaries society puts on our emotions not only can hurt us, but limit us too - from our dreams, from our joys, from opportunities.

So many people feel that getting emotional is a weakness, whether they are happy, sad, angry, or scared. When in reality our emotions are what make us human and connect us to each other. I have noticed that these limits we allow to have control over our emotions stop us from diving into the uncomfortable topics, or the things that make us full of overwhelming joy, or even just sharing parts of ourselves with someone else. This is my why - I want to be better at sharing and be there to listen when you share. Life is already hard and exhausting, but it is also beautiful and exciting if we take a moment to embrace it. This is why I believe sharing our emotions is so important.

I want to make note that emotions are diverse, and therefore this blog will also be. I want to explore many things (the ideas are literally a tornado in my mind) consisting of life experiences and choices, daily habits, tips, self-care, memories, traveling, etc. You can truly find an emotion in any human experience and connect it with something deeper within you. Every week we will get emotional with a new blog post every Wednesday, and I am hoping to develop new ideas as we grow together. I hope you are as excited as I am to be a part of a new community, where we can be open, honest, and emotional with each other! Talk to you next week!

Kami