Black Friday and well CORONA

It’s been a long while. There’s so much to talk about, but always so little time.

Summary of this year:

Jan-March were fairly normal months. Adjusting to work at BRT and dealing with my boys education (my oldest who was 5 at the time was not doing well at all with the school structure, he was very aggressive and did not want to go to school)

March – August Oh boy the CORONA PANDEMIC took over our lives. We were home with very little interaction with the outside world for at lease 60 days (I’m pretty sure it was more). I was luck because I was able to work from home. We were officially put in quarantine on March 13th and I will never forget the date because that is my birthday (turned 43, but really feel like I’m 33 – forever 33!!). The first month was good. I was grateful to have a warm home, two awesome children (boy 4 & 5) and my husband all cozzied up in our home. But by the end of April I had to get therapy for depression and medication as well. In August I was laid off because I had to be home with the boys doing distance learning and it was very difficult to keep up with my property management role. August 23 was my last day at BRT.

August – Present (November) I’ve been trying to figure out how the heck I can effectively ensure that my children are getting some level of education. It’s been difficult for both but in particular Chris my oldest is really struggling with it because his teacher is not a good match for him. I’m still working out what to do and I am getting him a psychoanalisis to get a definitive ADHD diagnosis and I’m looking for an ASD due to his sensory issues. We are moving to Florida at the end of January God willing to begin a new life there.

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Thoughts to paper

Thoughts that flow through my mind that now belong on this page…

“The present is all we have because yesterday is in the past and tomorrow hasn’t arrived”

“True living is defined by our ability to be fully present in the present moment.”

“The mind & its thoughts need to be kept in check because not all that they say is true”

“God says “peace be still” RIGHT NOW.

“There is more than one YOU. There’s the you that simple IS and the you that is always trying to BE SOMETHING, anything else, but you.”

“Have you considered that God created us with the purpose of allowing us to CHOOSE how CLOSE TO HIS GLORY we want to be?”

“Is it possible that God is always open to receiving us whenever we decide to give of ourselves, with no judgement or expectation?”

Feeling stressed, anxious, nervous? Tell yourself “This moment is absolutely perfect just the way it is, I am here, I am breathing, I am present, I am alive, and I am well”.

The only truth you ought to believe, is the truth that is within yourself. Make sure your truth is driven by love. Love yourself fully, this is done without judgement and in full acceptance of who you are right now, leaving the past behind, without chasing the future, and being completely present in this moment.

When you wait, you get older

Today man was a day that made me feel like, what in the world am I waiting for? I know I’m not where I should be to achieve my dream of making a living doing something that I absolutely love. What is that? I love listening to people and help them work through their problems, dreams, and desires and motivate them to achieve them. I’m not sure how I’ll get there but I must get there. I know it in my gut, that is what I was born to do. Have a beatuful practice where people can sit there, feel at home and feel better by the time they leave my space. If I can achieve this by the time I’m 50, I will feel fully accomplished and will be able to do this for as long as I live.

Mel Robins read this quote at beginnig of her show:

“The only thing that happens when you wait, is you get older!”

The question I ask myself is, what can I do each day to get a step closer to my desire?

Life Happens Every Day

Well here I am.  Yeap, I am here to begin a revolution!  A revolution in me!  No one else, but, if as a bonus someone else gets inspired to their own revolution experience I will be excited for them too.

I can’t say what this blog is going to look like.  What I can say is that I’m committing to coming on here very regularly, in a perfect world I would journal here every day, but, knowing myself, I need to COMMIT to a minimum of three times a week.  Let’s say no matter what I will post on Sunday, Weds, and Friday.  Why do I capitalize the word “commit”? Well, that is a life muscle I’m developing and making stronger through this blog.  

Why did I label this post “Life Happens Every Day”?  Because it’s a reminder that no matter what happens, I have a chance to start over.  Which brings me to explain the name of my blog site.  I am on a journey to the revolutionary concept that WITH EACH MORNING WE ALL GET THE CHANCE TO START OVER.  This may seem obvious and a “wack” concept to some, maybe even “cornie” but my brain needs me to see things this basic way in order to allow myself the opportunity to forget yesterday and see today as the opportunity for a new beginning. Everyday I will forgive myself for the mistakes of yesterday.  Everyday I will reflect on those mistakes and bad choices and will do my best to do better. Making sure that I remind myself that life happens, and it’s important that I don’t take the bad choices to heart to the point that I don’t forgive myself.

About me… I am a mother of two boys of 3 and 4 years old.  They are the most wonderful, difficult and terrifying thing that has ever happen to me.  Their dad works away from home and so I function mostly as a single mom.  

The most important commitment I am making to myself on this day is to lose weight.  Yeap, as of today I weigh 244 lbs and I am 5’2.  I have been heavy my entire life.  I did lose a lot of weight between 2012 – 2013.  At my highest I was 302 lbs, and within that time period my lowest weight was 167 lbs.  That was a happy place for me, and I loved it, and I was happy, and felt present with myself.  I got married in 2013 and had my first son in 2015.  I got to 212 lbs after having my awesome son, and for the killer I got pregnant with my second son within two months, and slowly but surely the weight just kept on going up.  Obviously that was a result of eating out of control, which is a result of my emotional eating habits. 

Well, here I am, starting over for the 100th time, but I will not quit on myself.  I am COMMITTING to losing 70 lbs, this I know will take tons of PATIENCE and LOVE TOWARDS MYSELF, but I WILL NOT QUIT. 

Here’s for starting over, and over and over again, until the work is done, the goals are achieved, and I am completely satisfied with the outcome, or I will die trying.