Ya’ll, I feel like it has been forever since I wrote a blog post….
Well, because it has been..
Let me see… Since the last time I wrote one in February 2019 the following has happened:
I traveled to: Los Angeles, San Diego, Nashville, Denver, Virginia, Oklahoma, Chicago, Florida, Utah, and Kansas.
I became a PROUD member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
I got a new job in corporate America (5/2019) & my entire team was eliminated and I lost the job in corporate America (7/2020).
I went through a breakup.
I moved.
I am dealing with a pandemic, trying to sleep through the night, exploring new passions, and trying to stay as sane as possible.
I want to talk specifically about 2020… I am sure that I am not alone in saying that this year has been one that I don’t think anyone saw coming.
I thought that this year was going to be my best year yet. In the first two months I was traveling, going on dates, and minding my business…. Let me tell you… 2020 has NOT been kind to me since the Rona started.
I could go on and on about the loneliness that I feel living by myself in a state with no family, talk about not being able to explore the passions I knew because they involved being around people, or the fierce toll that it has taken on my mental health but I just don’t want to give this year any more negative energy. So I will choose to focus on the positive things that have happened. I challenge you to do the same thing.
There is ALWAYS a silver lining, have you thought about the ones in your life?
I might have lost the job I LOVED, but who knows maybe something is better?
I may not be able to travel, but I can cook and explore the kitchen in new ways with all of this time at home.
I might not be able to see my family in person, but I can call them nonstop and try my hardest to make up for that time.
This year has taught me that you better learn how to be okay with the BASICS.
You need to find things that feed your soul in ways that money, travel, and material things simply are not able to.
I have run over 100 miles this year… Let me tell you how big of an accomplishment that is: in 2019 I ran a total of 15 miles total… It is not even September and I am above 100. I used to doubt my ability to push past pain, but 2020 has shown me that the only thing in my way is ALWAYS me.
Sit with yourself, pray, think about the things that make you happiest, and go after them.
If we only get to live this one life and we have to do it isolated with ourselves and/or our spouses/family you better find a way to make the most of those things.
No one is going to give you a better set of circumstances, so what are you waiting for?
Make these ones worth celebrating.
WE got this sis, just trust the journey.