Anything about Everything

  Whew - we made it! It's finally the end of what we can all agree was a dumpster fire of a year.  As we enter 2021 with a lot of uncertainty, I hope you are proud of yourself for finishing this year. It started off okay - I mean we had 2 solid months of real life before things started to shut down right in front of us.  2020 wasn't all bad. If you know me personally, you know that I am someone who thrives off being busy and constantly moving around. This year really forced me to slow down, to embrace the fact that I am not in control of a lot, and to be present. As hard as this year has been, I am forever grateful for it. It was a year I didn't know I needed.  I know I posted about it earlier this year - how the best investment you can make is in yourself - and I firmly stand by that. I am someone who carries a lot of burdens  (some aren't even mine.. how kind!) and this year allowed me to step back and process a lot of the burdens and trauma in my life. I gave...

This post is not a part of the 30 day challenge - but it IS a 30 day post.  30 days ago, I embarked on a new journey in my professional career. I took a chance on myself to improve my mental health, my professional mentality, and my overall view on life. For the last 3 and a half years, I was stuck in a mundane, depressive routine that was not allowing my personal growth to truly flourish. I was negative all the time, constantly crying, emotionally binge eating, and on what most call a downward spiral. I had no self confidence, couldn't care less how I presented myself to society, and honestly felt so alone and abandoned that I just stayed home in bed most weekends. I knew something had to change, and FAST. I am almost 30 for crying out loud, and I was stuck in this miserable cycle. I would spend 3 out of 5 nights a week sobbing on the phone to my mom, who at 800 miles away could do nothing but tell me it was all going to be alright, to keep fighting. Having fought for as l...

Today, in Massachusetts, is Patriot's Day - better known to us New Englanders as Marathon Monday. The amount of grit and hard work those runners put into training for this ONE day is so incredibly admirable. Their paths have not been easy, training was probably brutal for most of the days they didn't want to run. It's cold and rainy here today too, which makes for less than ideal running conditions. These people dedicated time to improve their running, to get through those tough miles when they just wanted to quit. This is a perfect metaphor for life. There are going to be times you want to give up and quit because it's too hard, too much at once. Take a step back and evaluate what you have in front of you, and GROW from it. Be inspired by who YOU are and what YOU bring to the table.  I went to an event this past weekend that reignited my fire. It gave me a reason to get out of bed every morning. It inspired me to keep living my best life. It surrounded me with so...

When I started this blog up, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to make of it, what topic I wanted to focus on, what audience I wanted to reach. And to be honest, I still don’t know. Yeah, it’s only been a few weeks. But a lot can happen in a few weeks – and I am still struggling to find what I want this blog to be. Lately I have had self love and accepting who you are weighing heavily on my heart - so we'll roll with it for now!  Something we have seen a LOT of lately in the news and across social media is the idea of loving yourself, flaws and all, and really believing in who you are. I have touched on this before in previous posts briefly, but I feel a deeper pull to discuss this now. Is it something I struggle with? DAILY. But if you aren’t going to love you for who YOU are, then how can you expect anyone else to? ...This Is Brave… For those who are not familiar with my taste in movies, I saw the Greatest Showman when it came out in December, and si...