Self-discovery

2018-10-09-10-27-04

Two Years Of Isolation: Good or Bad?

 Two years ago I left everything and everyone I know to start a new adventure on my own in isolation. At the time, I knew I was going to face a lot of time alone, but I also knew I needed it. I was six months sober when I left Illinois, and by this time, all of my “friends” were now “people I used to know” besides the couple that stayed. That’s how you know who your true friends are. When I left, I knew that I needed to do this on my own. I could have easily moved here and got into a crowd similar to the one I had at home. That’s all I’ve ever known. Just show up at a local bar and BAM! Instant friends. However, I didn’t want to go back to living the same lifestyle I moved 36 hours away from. Of course, since moving here, I have met so many wonderful people, and a couple of those people I’ve gotten close to. Even…

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2018-05-09-00-04-02

Rid Your Life Of Everything Toxic

For the last two and a half years, I have been trying to rid myself of everything toxic in my life. I’m not just talking about drugs and alcohol, although I did remove those as well. I’m talking more about the things in your life that make your heart sad. Anything that doesn’t bring you joy into your life. This could be jobs, relationships, living situations, or bad habits; Whatever you need to get rid of in order to be happy. I know how scary this can be at times because you would be facing the unknown. Sometimes we get comfortable doing something, or being something, or being with someone, even if it’s killing us. These are the things I needed to get rid of. Why should we go through life feeling miserable because of something we have the power to change it? We live in a world that allows us a lot of freedom, even if it may not feel that way. We are the only ones who can…

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2018-29-08-09-09-15

Mental Health: Let’s Talk About This

Mental illness is something so common but rarely talked about. I have always been interested in the way the mind works and found the study of psychology intriguing. The mind is an intricate and unpredictable machine that isn’t even fully understood yet by modern day science. So many questions are still unanswered. I have just recently begun to dive into my own mind, and try to figure out what is going on in there. Since getting sober, my mind has been “acting out” if you will. I was diagnosed with depression 7 years ago, but I was drinking so heavily that there was no way I was going to figure it out or deal with it. Alcohol just fuels the depression. It did, however, numb the anxiety. Since I’ve stopped drinking, my anxiety has skyrocketed. (Disclaimer: Hopefully anyone reading this, trying to get sober, is not deterred by this statement. Everyone is different, and it definitely does not mean that you will have anxiety if you were to sober up.…

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Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable

Trigger Warning: Drug Use. Would you believe me if I told you that the only thing holding you back from living the life of your dreams, was your mind? I’ve spent the majority of my life, starting at a very young age, feeling as if I didn’t belong. It was always hard for me to “fit in” at school and I’ve always felt like I was “different” from everyone else. I was also the fat kid my entire life, and that left me to a lot of isolation as well as being an only child. People who have never been “big” will not understand the feeling of being either the invisible person or the target of bullying. I learned to entertain myself and be okay with being alone. Around the age of 12, my parents and I moved to a new town. Shortly after moving there I started to become the person I would be for the next decade. I started sneaking cigarette butts from the ashtrays at home, and…

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2018-19-08-13-42-20

Write Your Personal Vision Statement!

When I started learning about the Law of Attraction, I kept hearing about different exercises to help you start manifesting the life of your dreams. The first two are every day you write down five things you are grateful for and five positive affirmations. The last thing was a vision statement. A vision statement is more commonly written by businesses. Wikipedia describes it as this, “A vision statement is a declaration of an organization's objectives, intended to guide its internal decision-making.” An article from Hack Life (1) says that a vision statement is like a photograph of your future business, which gives your business shape and direction. Imagine doing this for yourself, and not for a business. Writing a vision statement of your life, which gives your life shape and direction. You write this vision statement as if your life is already your dream life and try to be as specific as possible. If you’re a visual person, you can also make a vision board, which is making a collage…

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