Anything about Everything

  Next year, I am going to be doing a 52 week Bible study with a very good friend of mine. I want to dive deeper into my faith, as I can now understand it as an adult. It will take some adjusting in my schedule to get it in every day, but it will feel so amazing. I’m also going to try working with a personal trainer next year. I’m in dire need of someone holding me accountable that isn’t one of my close friends, and someone who can write the workouts for me. Someone to adjust my nutrition as needed, while allowing myself some freedoms. I am determined to make 2022 a year of growth mentally, physically, and emotionally. I’m also going to try being First Lady for the New Hampshire Shriners… not that I can back out of it, but it will definitely be something new - and exciting… and stressful… and fun… hah! It will be a great time. Every year, I try and find a word that will carry me through the upcoming year. I haven’t found one yet, but I know I’ll find something! 

Recently, I have learned to just let things go. No sense in holding on to drama or negative energy anymore. In conjunction with this, I have also learned that how someone else reacts to you is a reflection of THEM, not you.  Mind blowing right? Think about it.  Letting things just roll off your back, rather than stewing over them and trying to understand every minuet detail is so much easier. As someone who suffers from (sometimes crippling) anxiety and abandonment issues, I often felt as though I had to understand every detail of why something didn't work out or why it fell apart. I would make myself sick over it, allowing it to consume my every waking moment.  I still have anxious tendencies, and sometimes they are all consuming, but with some deep breaths and a bit of journaling, I get through it.  In terms of how people react to something you do - know this.. everyone is fighting some sort of demon. They are struggling, whether they care to admit it or not. This ...