(prompt)
What do you love about where you live?
What I love about where I live is the fact that we’re right across from a huge park with a walking trail, and we’re less than a five minute drive from our cute little downtown area. I also love that there’s not a lot of light pollution, so on clear nights the moon is super visible & you can see so many stars!
What positive emotion do you feel most often?
I’d say grateful. I often am checking in and counting the blessings I have in my life. Gratitude check-ins always help me to get out of a funk.
Letting go of all of the stress from this week and entering the weekend with a fresh, clear perspective. Well at least that’s the goal LOL!
I can only do what I can do, and stressing does not help anything.
When I am in my peace and in my own lane, that is when I thrive.
My angels and guides are always around, I can walk in confidence knowing that.
Truth and love will always win, even if it doesn’t feel like it in the moment.
What is a word you feel that too many people use?
Narcissist/Narcissistic. It seems like everyone’s obsessed with certain “mental health” terms and calling everyone a narcissist when most don’t actually meet the criteria.
Yesterday was rough at work – again thanks to Aetna just dropping their contracts with Careington and forcing so many providers out of network with NO NOTICE!!! But I’m just trying to remind myself that I am doing the best I can with what we have to work with, I just feel bad for patients and it’s frustrating that the insurance company literally tells patients that we decided to leave the network which is BS! There’s only so much I can do, we’re doing all we can to help and keep our patients, so that is what matters.
What’s the most money you’ve ever spent on a meal? Was it worth it?
I believe I spent a little over $100.00 or so in the Seattle Space Needle, and keep in mind that was back in 2016. I remember getting lobster and some fancy ice cream after dinner was over! It was 100% worth it, mainly for the experience, but also lobster is fire af.
What is the most important thing to carry with you all the time?
Healthy coping skills to regulate your emotions and nervous system (LBVS).
I am releasing perfectionism; I no longer hold myself to impossible standards, I just prioritize authenticity.
I am releasing the tension and stress that is stored in my physical body.
I am releasing the negative thoughts and feelings that are keeping me from following my dreams.
I am releasing all attachments that are not genuine or pure; I only have space for people who lift me up and love me in the same way I do for them.
I am releasing any left over resentment and anger that has been sitting in my body and mind.
I am releasing the negative programming and thoughts that I absorbed from others who were projecting their own fears and insecurity onto me.
I am releasing the feeling of needing to prioritize other people’s comfort over my own; I am allowed and encouraged to speak up for myself when I feel uncomfortable.
I release all that no longer serves me, or my higher purpose, and I do so gently and with love.
Happy Full Moon!
What change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world?
I hope my blog makes people feel seen and heard, whether they see themselves in my writing or it inspires them to start their own blog/journal. I hope it gives people who are struggling with mental health hope and happiness, because I am definitely not the same person I was when I started this blog 5+ years ago. It’s normal for us all to have struggles on our journeys, but what’s important is we keep coming home to ourselves, and I hope my blog helps to remind people of that.
finding light in the dark 