Diary: It’s a New Year
Creating Change through Atomic Habits…
Today, I completed reading my first book of the new year, Atomic Habits. I am now walking into 2024 with a motivated mindset and armed with the knowledge gained from reading that book. I realize that I have the power to create meaningful change in my life. Understanding the science of habit formation, designing new habits, and breaking old ones can pave the way for personal growth and transformation. Change takes time and effort, but with perseverance and a motivated mindset, I'm making 2024 a year of positive change and fulfillment.
Diary: Enjoy the journey of life.
Live in every moment…
Today, I heard a message reminding me to LIVE and enjoy every life experience. Stop thinking about the next moment, and enjoy the moment currently. Life is a journey of experiences, and I can't say I experienced something if I wasn't present, can I? If you think about it, when we press to move past moments because we are thinking about how long it's going to take, what we have to do next, we have to deal with this or deal with that, we are not living in those moments; we are not present. I'm learning not to allow my thoughts or feelings to disconnect me from my current experience. I don't want to miss out on moments and memories because I am not present. I want to LIVE every moment, learn my life lessons, feel my feelings, and have a story to tell when my journey ends.
Diary: Gratitude
I’m grateful…
I’m just reflecting on how good God has been to me and those connected to me. I am blessed beyond measure. I just celebrated my two year wedding anniversary, and it was such a beautiful time spent with my husband and family. We take so much for granted but this life is too precious to not be lived, celebrated, and filled with love and joy. This is just a reminder to reflect and be grateful.
Diary: Showing Up For Self…
You know how some days you wake up and you are just not feeling it. Everything feels out of wack, man on your nerves and you need some girl time. Well, today is one of those days for me. But as I thought to myself and put some things into perspective, I decided to show up for MYSELF. I didn’t call my girls, didn’t go to the mall for retail therapy, just some good ole self care, coffee, writing, and me time smoking my hookah 😉. All those other things i’ll do tomorrow🤣. Take care of you is the gem here.
DIARY: I’m in my feelings…
Is it too much to ask for support? Sometimes all I want is support for what I want to do, have, or accomplish. That's part of the whole point of a relationship, right? To have that one you should be able to count on to provide support, love, stability, and all the other things. I'm in my feelings right now. Don't mind me, but have you ever felt that way?
DIARY: Keeping my circle tight
As I get older, I realize the importance of keeping my circle tight. It's essential because I don't shelter my life from the people in my inner circle. I live and talk freely, not worrying about who I can trust to keep what we do and discuss between us and vice versa. My friendships have been tried and are true, and I'm a bit suspect regarding new connections. I'll entertain them, but I don't dive all in like I used to when I was younger. I'm more mindful that everyone is not loyal the way I am, everyone doesn't have my best interest in mind, and I understand that. I'm not for everybody, and everybody is not for me.
DIARY: Chewing out loud…
I'm at work, and the guy that sits in the half office across from me is tearing that popcorn up. I don't understand how you can chew with your mouth open, and the crunch on every kernel is killing me. LOL. It's like, come on, dude, how are you even enjoying it with your mouth open like that? You would think the food would be falling out of his mouth. It would be best if you took that somewhere else, guy. 🤣
DIARY: Today was a LONG day.
Today was one of those days that I expected to be home teleworking, relaxing in my own space, but of course, it happened. An outage caused me to go into the office, and it all snowballed. You know, one of those days where everything decides to happen that keeps you moving and shaking ALL day. I didn’t eat my morning oatmeal until 2 pm—one of those days. And to top it off, after work, I had to go to the AT&T store to upgrade my son’s phone, and that turned into a three-hour evolution, and I still walked out of there with the same phone due to a stock error that prevented the upgrade. So I have to wait another week to upgrade the phone and to say the least, I am just over it. So cheers to kicking back with a drink and doing nothing for the rest of the evening.
DIARY: It’s after midnight…
When I’m focused on making things happen, I make them happen. Working is taking my mind off the fact that I had a conversation earlier today that totally went left and ruined a perfectly good buzz.