Lately I've been in a funk - something that happens more often than I'd like in the past six years. Yes, winter has a lot to do with it, but it doesn't have everything to do with it. When you are in a good place in your life, you're generally happy and can handle small mishaps gracefully; when you're not completely satisfied with you situation and choices you have made, small mishaps are tougher to handle due to the 'snowball' effect. When you've learned the tools you need in order to overcome hardships, personal frustration, poor decision making and such, it feels like you have the keys to the kingdom - the only thing is you need to use that key gently and timed just right; you can't just bust out (or in) re-staking your claim to independence. If you're like me, you hate hurting anyone's feelings, you hate creating 'waves', and confrontation - in general, you have put most others ahead of yourself, ahead of your own needs, wants, desires, wishes, hopes, dreams... If I've learned anything in life, it's that everything changes and nothing changes. Time changes, weather changes, moods change, cities change, health changes, children grow, people pass...but situations surrounding us don't often change - especially in our favor. Those changes are up to us to make. We are the ones who must do the work to make positive changes for ourselves. No one person can make us happy; it's up to us. No one can break us unless we let them - don't let them. I know this little funk I'm in will pass, but I also know it will return unless I make the changes necessary to stop the gray days and the mind haze. I'm not sure what my first step will be, but I know that I need to make it happen if I want to be in a happier place in life. Life is way too short to stay idle. No one will take care of me but me. And, no one will take care of you but you.
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My name is Dawn. I'm nutritional & lifestyle coach, hairstylist, home cook, writer, blogger, mother, friend. Archives
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