Happy New Year: We've Come a Long Way
“The good news is you came a long way. The bad news is you wentt the wrong way.” ~ J. Cole.
It’s 2022~ We’ve come so far - through a pandemic, life changes. daily stresses, health scares, and much more. Hurrah. We made it. Life comes full circle. Another year begins.
So it starts - another year of goal setting and dream building.
I spent New Year’s at home with family and even managed to get some DoorDash in. It was a pretty quiet night but I managed to see a few fireworks so that was nice,. Apart from that I’ve been enjoying the peace of the new year, working on new content for my various social media channels, and releasing purposeless relationships. 💃🏿
This time last year, I was not in a good place. Ridden with anxiety and depression, I wasn’t sure that I was going to make it. However, with the constant support from family, beloved friends, and a new therapist, I made it through. I am getting emotionally stronger each day and I feel better equipped to handle the many wrenches that life throws at me. I’m working on the ability to communicate effectively and hold difficult conversations in an empathetic way. Moreover, I’m embracing the “power of positivity” and I am learning more about how positive self-talk affects your daily life. Inspired by a video by The Outcome (2019) on Youtube, I’ve been actively trying to reframe my negative thoughts. I put this into practice on days where I have tedious tasks before me and I try to welcome the challenges instead of seeing them as a point of frustration. When I do this, I have a more pleasant experience, feel less burned out, and am happier overall. Staying positive takes a lot of intention and it is very much like working out a muscle - it takes continuous, repetitive action to achieve results. I’m currently working on a short video detailing how I changed my mindset and subsequently changed my life, up until this point. I’m proud of how far I’ve come (although I still have a long way to go).
This is a season of pruning, mending, restarting, and regrowth. I welcome it.
Only God knows what this season has in store for us and I’m excited to see it through.
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Ciao for now.
Happy New Year.
Cheers.🥂
References
The Outcome. (2019, June 2). Stop negative self-talk - Listen to this everyday [Video]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWDo-y-tK7k