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Cheers to New Beginnings

Cheers to New Beginnings Inspirational Quote

Cheers to New Beginnings

Start somewhere. The first of a new year, although just a date in a calendar, is a great reminder that life has beginnings and endings throughout. I’m learning to end things that are toxic to my happiness. I encourage you to think about the various areas of your life that make you happiest as well as give you that pit in your stomach. Don’t push aside those bad feelings, but instead, face them and figure out why they’re controlling your emotions in a negative way. It might be a specific person that you’ve realized makes you feel obligated to continue their friendship or a house chore that is draining you and can easily be swapped with your partner’s chore. I noticed myself getting really burnt out on cooking and cleaning the kitchen, to the point we were ordering out because I didn’t want to clean the mess. I simply asked my husband to take turns cleaning the kitchen with me and we’ve eaten at home much more. That’s obviously a very simple issue to solve but yours might be too. Put your glass up and cheers to new beginnings in 2016. Your happiness is solely dependent on you.

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just do you

Just Do YOU.There are so many amazing people in this world. All of them are different and unique. I’ve recently been learning to appreciate the greatness in people rather than mimic or strive to their potential. I’ve been pushing myself to be someone else with the blog. Someone that other people are asking me to be. I’ve not been successful being this other person and it hasn’t made me any happier. I’m now devoting myself to be the best ‘me.’ The best creator, mother, wife, daughter, sister and friend that I can be right now in my life. It’s not possible to give 100% of yourself to every person, but you can just do you to your best ability.

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Self Love

Self loveI saw this quote this past weekend and had to stop a minute to really focus on it’s truth. ‘Myself’ would not be high up on the list. In fact, myself may not even be on the list without being reminded. For me, there are several people that I would put above myself. People that I would give my life for. Without being reminded though, there are a lot of things and places that I would put on the list before myself. This quote was an eye opener for self love and helped me realize that I need to work on my own. One way I’ve started dismissing the mean voice in my head is by deleting social media apps from my phone. I look at them too often and when I do I feel so bogged down with other people’s creations that it makes me feel like I’m not doing enough. It adds pressure to be better, do more, make it prettier and put off other things that are more important. I left Instagram because it’s more inspirational than belittling. I do limit myself to only looking at it twice/day. Have you ever struggled with self love? How do you shut down the negative voice inside your head?

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HAPPIEST

happiest
I’ve been very happy lately. I was so fearful of being lost and lonely at our new home before we moved here. During the transition between homes and even the first few nights, I was terrified of what was to come and whether we’d made the right choice in buying this new house. Buyers remorse hit hard when I went to our new house to clean before moving day. I noticed every cosmetic problem, of which I wasn’t used to at our old home because it was so new (and we were the only owners). Knowing that other people had occupied our new home had me stuck and I wasn’t sure if I could overcome their smells, dirt and lack of upkeep on the house. I now see it as an adventure and an awesome learning experience for Jeffrey and I as a couple. We’re learning how to repair, organize and design a whole new space as new parents. Learning to balance our relationship, our relationship with Soph, our relationship with our friends and family that we moved to be closer to, our jobs and our house will take a while to get used to but I’m happy with our decision. I’m happy to be the matron of honor in my college roommate’s wedding this week. I’m happier to be taking Sophie on her first trip to Disney next week. I’m happiest to be back in my home state where my friends and family live and my heart has always been.

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Life is Messy

Life is messy and that's ok

As I sit here in my office (which is supposed to be a dining room) I am realizing that life is messy…and that’s ok. Yesterday I had to clean up a ‘dog mess’ on the carpet with countertop cleaner because I couldn’t find the box with the carpet cleaner. I haven’t done my hair or makeup this entire week because it’s also packed in a mystery box. I haven’t gotten around to finding Sophie a pediatrician for her annual check up coming up or set up a tour of the Montessori around the corner. What we have done is played at a park, museum or splash pad every day of this move. We’ve eaten what we’ve needed to eat to stay sustained but haven’t started back on that Whole30 we wanted to do before Disney. We’ve had arguments and miscommunications at 11 at night when our physical and mental abilities have been exhausted. What I know from all of this, is that we’re happy. We’re together in our new home with a roof over our head, food in our bellies and arms to hug. Don’t get caught up in all of the ‘I have tos’…just let life be messy.

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