Drive in a Circle

I haven't posted for two days.
This goes against the original goal of the blog, which was to post everyday.
HOWEVER.
Over the past two days, I have done the following:

- Taken a road trip with a friend, 500 miles in a wide stretching circle, for the sole purpose of seeing something new and making our own adventure rather than standing still.

- Reignited communication with a few old and dear friends. Hearing about their lives, telling them about mine. Friends are what keep us young.

- Made plans for the upcoming holiday, put deadlines aside to enjoy the season and decorate, fill my house with spices.

So overall I can come away from the past few days without guilt. Blog be damned. Not that I'm going to give up on this thing!

Here's to more weekends of living, more road trips and more memories.

Strength

Today it has been one week without any connection to the relationship that I had previously been so invested in for two years.
I realize that it was an unhealthy one and so I needed to find a clean break and going without contact seems to be the only way to do that.
It's not easy. Breakups never are.

However, strength is found most when it is needed and I realize now exactly how much I need to spend time healing and regaining the confidence I lost over the past two years.
I promise I won't get very person with this blog, this will be a rare exception, sorry! 

One week down. Here comes week number two. I like to think things can only get easier from here.

Healing is a long process but one that is human and necessary.

Longer posts to come over the weekend, happy Thursday, I'm off to work.

Just Plain Beat

And then there are days when everything goes fine, normally, as planned, average. You look on with as wide a smile as you can muster, but at the end of the day, all that can be asked for is a good hard sleep.

Catch the Z's. Tomorrow will be better.

Coping With Stress...

This past week and looking into the coming weeks, things really seem to be piling up and my to-do list doesn't seem feasible as of yet.

Normally this would be incredibly frustrating. I won't lie and say that it isn't difficult and that I wouldn't rather have a day to curl up and watch movies in bed. But as the work load increases I have come to realize this-

The less I allow myself to feel upset and overwhelmed, the more productive I am and the more manageable my tasks become.
I have begun to look at the pile of obligations not as a "to-do list" but individually, one at a time.

Think about this, it is so much easier to get one thing done, than to try and juggle several and worry about accomplishing them all. So try this alternative solution,

Take just one thing from that "to-do list". Tackle that small thing and then match it with twenty minutes on your feet making a delicious snack OR better yet, a quick in-home yoga or cardio session. No sweat, right? That one thing was simple- and you're relaxed from getting a quick break and some blood flow to your brain.

Now try one more little thing from that "list". Soon there's no list left at all.

Northern Cascades National Park - 2013 (Copyright LJ)

This photo is from the Northern Cascade Mountains. Being from the south, the very flat and dry south, it was amazing to visit this beautiful place and to be reminded how much more our planet has to offer.

 

Emerson said that we travel the world over to find beauty, but we cannot find that beauty unless we also strive to carry it with us wherever we go.

 

Start planning the next trip, but don't forget to keep your eyes open for the beauty you may find along the way.