Hello Friends,
It’s been a minute since I did one of these. Last Saturday, I didn’t post a healing journey update for several reasons: 1. it didn’t come together how I wanted. 2. I was having a rough day, and 3. I knew I would be starting Blogmas the next day. (Where I post a blog every day leading up to Christmas. Make sure you subscribe so you catch them all). More than anything I didn’t post it because it was more important to prioritize my wellbeing.
I worked on my blog post last Saturday for multiple hours. Drafting and then deleting, drafting and then deleting, drafting and then deleting. It just did not come together the way I wanted. You see, I am great at talking about my struggles when I am doing okay. But on hard days, I struggle to articulate what I am experiencing.
In this new chapter of my healing journey, I have been working on allowing myself to feel and reflect on the hard days rather than think through and try to rationalize it all right away. This has been good because it has allowed me to feel my feelings instead of pushing them down. However, as I mentioned before, it makes it hard for me to talk about or articulate how I am feeling at the time.
My first thought was to keep writing and get that blog post out. No matter how mentally and emotionally exhausted I was, I didn’t want to give up. But then I remembered what I have been telling all of you through my blog.
I have preached self-care and prioritizing your well-being. Remembering this, I thought I couldn’t preach that and not put it into practice myself. I would never tell one of you to push to do something that wasn’t working at the risk of worsening your well-being, especially on an already challenging day. So, why would I do that myself?
So, I scraped last week’s wellness recap and instead focused on taking care of myself and doing what I could to set myself up well for Blogmas. We are now officially one week into Blogmas, and I am going to be honest: It has been easier than I originally thought it would be.
I was actually quite stressed about being able to produce a blog post each day, but I planned all my topics before Blogmas began, and I have actually really enjoyed getting to write and post a blog post each day! Now, it has only been a week, so we will see if I still feel that way next week, but for now, it has been fun!
Until Tomorrow, My Friends!
P.S. I’m proud of you 😉