I went to sleep last night the way I remember going to sleep on Christmas Eve: fidgety, fingers tapping, buzzing with anticipation, and brimming with possibility of what the next morning promised to be.
At 10:30 pm, I shut my laptop, slid it under my bedside table and rolled myself up into a blanket burrito, eyes refusing to stay shut longer than a few seconds.
Behind my forehead, fireworks were bursting.
TOMORROW. TOMORROW. TOMORROW.
Reader, when was the last time you actually lost sleep about something good?
If you can't think of one, don't sweat it - up until last night, neither could I. That's a part of what makes today so incredibly special.
Today, I am launching my own personal website, apart from my World Race blog!
Maybe you knew this, maybe you didn't. I own the fact that I've done a bad-ish job at keeping Readers here in the loop with this process, but I've been spending my time away building you something beautiful.
Something worth my time, and yours.
Readers, meet To Be Truth.
I wrote 78 blogs on my World Race, and openly documented my struggles and victories over alcoholism, pornography, depression, loneliness, and co-dependency. For some reason, though, coming home and starting "kaylazilch.com" felt super not okay.
Now I know why: It was never about me.
To Be Truth was born out of anger for social media-fueled comparison, and has since morphed into a vision to see Artists and Creatives glorify God by living and creating in vulnerability.
I'll be writing here, now, but I'm only 1/3 of it.
The rest of the house is yours - and I want you to come contribute, subscribe, and share any thoughts you have.
I created To Be Truth for you.
Yah, you - the one reading this blog, pondering these words.
I hope you like it.
For the last time,
Kayla Zilch
tobetruth.com