It’s been a while.

What this year has taught me so far.

that this journey you call life only stops if you decide to stop learning, growing and improving. what I thought was my best doesn’t hold a candle to what I’m capable of. that although you hear it a million times from a million places unless you’re charged up you can never be your best self to others.
I have a feeling that I’m going to look back fondly on this year in the future. In January I made a few new years resolutions with the complete intent on keeping one of them in particular, read 52 books in a year, I’m not going to lie and say I always kept up, there was a patch there around week 10 when I let myself fall behind a bit. but deciding to do something, and not following through doesn’t get you anywhere in life and I had the whole year to complete it. I stepped up my game, found books that were real page-turners, found random different times of the day that worked and stuck to those appointments like there was a cancelation fee if I didn’t make it to them, I’m proud to say I’m in the 40’s for books read this year so far I feel pretty confident that I’ll exceed my goal.

Do what you know you need to do for you!

I finally got braces. living the past 15 odd years knowing I needed them but not getting them, I bit the bullet, left myself no time to cancel putting them on. yes a 30-year-old with braces, you know what? instead of feeling like an old person with them, they make me look and feel younger, I get mistaken for a college kid again! finally finding it in myself to give myself the type of care I wouldn’t take a second to think on if it was my son is something so wonderful to do for yourself and I’m so glad I did it.
If you book it, it will happen.
If you want vacations, if you want staycations, if you want weekly massages, Book It! find a way to make it work, but for the love of whatever you hold dear just make it something tangible, go over your budget and figure out what seems reasonable and put down a piece of ink and a nonrefundable reservation somewhere. trust me, even if it’s only a 50 dollar ticket to some museum or roller coaster place in another state. having that anchor will make the rest of whatever your plan comes into place.

Try the miracle morning challenge.

I’m on day 78 right now and it’s been such a game changer in my life in so many ways, I could honestly write a book about it. one of the awesome benefits of reading books is discovering all these absolutely stunning people that show that you can do anything you set your mind to and hand out tools to get you there!

Stop listening to the lies you tell yourself.

I don’t care where they came from, those words you tell yourself are affirmations, they can be good ones, or they can be negative ones. either way, they will be true, so don’t let yourself be stuck in a rut because of moments that stick with your from the not so bright parts of your past. if you need a new one, remember that you are worth it, you are trying, you are a capable person and the only thing that’s holding you back right now is a thought stuck in your mind.