Hey there! Thank you for stopping in. I hope that this new month finds you well. Through all the craziness that 2020 has brought upon us please find some time to take care of you. Here are some things you can do from home to take care of you during this time. I also wrote about some things to do when you’re bored at home.

Anywho, welcome to Flashback Friday for this week – these posts are where I write about what has been going on with me during the week. I am hoping to do this series a little more often since I enjoy doing it so much. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

I’m writing a book: I started writing a book many years ago and am still working on it but I’m currently working on a new book and I feel like this one should be complete before the other one. I am starting with an outline and adding to it. My goal is to write a little something at least a few times a week so that things get moving for me. I’ll be sure to update y’all as I go along. I may even drop a sneak peek eventually.

I’ve been writing blog posts: I have been inspired and motivated more lately and this equates to me coming up with more blog post ideas. I have been enjoying writing new posts and I am hoping that my readers enjoy coming back to read them. My plan is to at least publish 1 post a week at the very minimum – preferably on Sundays. So if I stick with Flashback Fridays I will also be posting an additional post on Fridays. Wish me luck!

I’ve been purging and organizing: Lately I have been on a purging kick. I have been not only cleaning my physical space but also my digital. From organizing my room to deleting old photos and documents I am enjoying the feeling of letting things go that no longer serve me.

I’ve been working on my health and well-being: Though I’ve been working on this off and on, I have recently been more diligent in doing so. I have been attempting to watch my carb intake as well as go on walks and/or do yoga most days of the week.

Also, sleep health has been important so I have decided to go to sleep at an earlier time than usual. No late nights thinking and/or on social media – so far this has been a struggle but I’m doing better most nights. I have been feeling so much better and lost a couple pounds along the way.

I have been also working on my mental health along the way. From practicing my daily affirmations to working closely with my therapist (and doing the homework they assign me) so that I can live a healthier lifestyle.

I’ve been reading more often: From online articles and short emails (with useful information) to physical and digital books, I have made the decision to read as often as I can. My goal is to read at least a little something daily and I have been doing fairly well. I have been debating recently on starting my Audible subscription back up so that I can “read” digital books without purchasing the hard copies and adding it to my huge book collection.

Let us know what you have been up to in the comments.

Hi there! If you have noticed I have been posting more lately. One of my promises to myself was that I would post on a regular basis so that this blog is not just sitting here waiting for some love. Since it is my birthday month and I’m turning 40 this year I thought it would be cool to share some of the things I have learned over the last 40 years.

I feel like 40 years is a long time, however, it feels like the time has flown by quickly. I have had so many experiences over the years and learned so many things about myself, about life and so on. Coming up on this milestone I have been doing a lot of reflecting and I am hoping that this post resonates with some of you. Here are just some things I learned in the last 40 years:

Your only competition is YOU. Society teaches us that to get somewhere we need to compete to get to the top. This may be true, however, I believe that your biggest competitor is yourself. You should always strive to do better than what you have done in the past if there is something you would like to accomplish.

Practice can get you a long way. It is often exciting to learn new things that you never knew before. Whether it is at school, through a new job or any other experience. Sometimes you get nervous and other times you find joy in learning something.

Unfortunately, if you do not practice what you learn you may forget about what you learned. For example, if you start a new job and learn how things work and what your duties are, without practicing it you may forget what you’re supposed to do – sometimes people will take a vacation from work, come back and forget some of the things that came naturally to them due to practicing them daily. Practice the things that you learned.

Self-care is important. Over the past couple of years I have noticed more and more people mention what they do for self-care. I wish this was something that I had learned (and practiced) at a younger age and more religiously.

Even now I often forget to take time for myself even if it is something small like making my favorite tea. I am learning more and more each day to take a moment whenever I can to practice some self-care because I deserve it and it makes me feel so much better once I do.

Your mental health is important. I have written a few times on here about my struggles with my mental health. I have had issues with it since I was a teenager and it got worse as I got older due to me neglecting it. Just as the health of your body is important, the health of your mental and well-being is just as important.

Whether you start to meditate, see a therapist or if your on medication – remember to take it religiously, make sure you are taking care of your mental health just like you would with any other health issue that you may have.

There are bullies everywhere. In a lot of grades I was bullied and picked on. I know many people that have been bullied as well. What I realized later in life is that bullies aren’t just mean girls in high school. There are people that bully you as an adult too – it could be family members or co-workers. Regardless of what situation you are in you may come across a bully.

As you get older I think it is best to stand up for yourself and not let them make you feel down or unworthy of respect. Muster up the courage to set boundaries. We all deserve respect.

Time is precious. We are given this one precious life and the years that we are allotted to live them. Once those years are gone, they are in the past. We can learn from past mistakes and regrets but what are we going to do with the rest of our life? Are we going to continue to live with regrets or are we going to take the reign and live the best life that we possibly can?

Do that thing. Start that business. Tell that person you love them before it is too late. When my father passed away I felt like I just did not get to tell him how much I cared about him as much as I should have.. Make that change. Take that trip. Do things that bring your joy. Discover your passion and dive into it. Don’t sit around as your life passes you by.

It has been awhile since I posted and a very long while since I posted a Flashback Friday post. I don’t plan on making this a long post, however, we shall see where this takes me.

Unless you’re living under a rock you know that there is a global pandemic happening. In my area we are on lockdown and they are slowly opening up places such as restaurants and bars – this is  causing a spike in the number of cases. In my opinion we are not ready to open all the way up so you will find me at home or outside for essential travel/tasks wearing a mask.

The other thing going on recently is the Black Lives Matter movement. Revolution? Protest? It is a bunch of different things going on around the world and referred to as many things depending on who you talk to about it. Here in Hawaii we have been having peaceful protests. It is nice to see the support of even other countries standing up for justice. Again, I won’t go too much into this as I think I will write a separate post all together for this particular topic.

In regards to me, life has been ok. I have been having an up and down mood because of worry about all that is going on around the world and also I will be turning 40 next month so I’m having mixed feelings about that. Trying not to compare myself to others my age and that is oftentimes difficult. I remember when I turned 30 I had a mini panic attack worrying about “what’s next”.

Happy Friday! I hope that you had a wonderful week and have some great plans for the weekend. I’m hoping to savor every moment of the weekend after the month that I had.

I can’t believe that it is already a new month. I feel like January went by VERY quickly yet dragged on for…ev…er. According to social media, I am not alone in feeling this way. We got to February 2018 very quickly, yet we were slapped around all month that we almost feel good about it coming to an end. [Let me know in the comments what your thoughts are on this].

I feel like January was a very taxing month. Physically and mentally I am spent. Nearly the entire month I was either fighting a cold, stressed out, ill with the flu and continuously playing catch up with projects at work and at home. Nearly half of the people I interact with (if not more) had either a cold, flu, Bronchitis or other yucky illness in January. The flu and other bugs that were going around were simply not playing with us – they were taking over.

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There was just a very strange energy the entire month. Family, friends and co-workers confirmed that last month was the same for them as well. It was like January’s mood was “I am gonna git you sucka” – and most people I know really got-got. I am so happy that it is over!

One of the best things about January was being able to spend a day with my sisters and some friends for my youngest sisters birthday. It was a nice closing to a very wishy-washy January. I’m looking forward to what February has to offer.

What are your big plans for February? Let us know in the comments.