Tag: mental health
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Day 27: Present love!
Things you love about the present. I love that I am working to take care of myself. Whether that is through taking classes on self-betterment, finding time to connect with people important to me, taking Lily for a walk, or eating a delicious meal. Finding and figuring out what is important to me is truly…
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Day 26: Best Decision
The best decision you’ve ever made. I thought about this one most of the day and still haven’t really come up with a sold answer. Having my son. Changing jobs. Choosing life. All excellent decisions! Finally, I decided, I’ve yet to make the best decision of my life! That means there is still more to…
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Day 22: Life changing decisions
A decision that changed your life in a positive way. While this is still a ‘work in progress’, a few years ago, I realized I was waiting for life to start. A weird realization for a 40something to realized, I know. It is kind of hard to explain. I was living life, going through the…
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Day 16: Talent (posted late)
Talents you’ve been complimented on. The problem with identifying something like this is I end up feeling kind of weird. I am not so good at receiving compliments about stuff I am good at. It makes me quite uncomfortable when people point out things I do well. Now, I do have some talents, a few…
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Day 14: An Impossible Goal
A goal you reached that once felt impossible. Attending post secondary school. As a high-school drop-out with sub-par grades, I honestly once felt attending any kind of post secondary education was well beyond my ability. I spent most of my high school career believing I was far too stupid to ever get beyond “Do you…
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Day 10: Habits
A habit you’re grateful you developed. When I first saw this on the list, I thought “oh dear… I don’t really have any habits, at least not good ones.” And as I sat looking at the flashing cursor trying to think of a habit I have (that wasn’t doing my make-up or skin care routine)…
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Day 7: Decisions
A past decision you’re thankful for. Changing jobs. In 2010, I was moderately unhappy in my job. Moreover, I was overworked and underpaid. The backstory… I had come back from maternity leave and told my job had been given to my replacement. Instead, I was being promoted! Better money and I’d be doing the I…
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Changes: why my voices have been quiet
In January, everything changed. Sure, we rolled over to the halfway through the decade, and the new year, but more than that, my family experienced a major life event. Not a birth, not a death, but a ‘major mental health crisis’. Respecting the privacy of my family, I will not really say much more than…
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When the voices whisper…
I realized something Monday morning… I am more depressed than I was. Or am. It has been brewing for a while, just how long, I am not sure. The past few weeks have been a bit of blur. It started some time after or around my birthday. Writing my memories kept me going and gave…
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Writing break & Jasper National Park fire
Chris warned me that writing the memories would be exhausting. Collecting, curating, and sharing fifty memories, he said, would be tiring. Mentally, physically, and emotionally. While I didn’t exactly doubt him, I didn’t quite realize just how correct he would be. Sharing such a large piece of myself with the world, while something I wanted…
The Voices In My Head 