I was having a conversation about Joy on Sunday, and I made a promise to myself that I would start living for the joy in my life. I told myself that there was no excuse for me not to be happy, and that I could shape my happiness and joy any way I see fit….
Author: Whit Izz
Self-Care Check-in’s
I’ve been telling myself that I wanted to start a daily morning and nightly routine in centering my mind and enhancing my self-care. Part of it starts with a system of accountability. In today’s climate, we have a little more time than ever on our hands. This is probably the perfect time to establish a…
Essential Workin’
Day ……. whatever the hell in quarantine. First, let me sing praises to ANY AND ALL essential workers during this time. I know many people in this pandemic that have to work tirelessly to ensure health and safety of others. I do not attempt to compare or bring down any job; however, I also do…
COVID- 19: The Struggle is Real and I Don’t Know How to Feel
*Sigh….* I need to vent for a minute. Despite my joy and excitement for being a recluse in our current climate, I have to say, that this pandemic is effecting me a little more than I thought it would. I’m filled with more frustration than anything. Lack of answers, lack of understanding of some things,…
Part 2: Accept Who You Are
To read the posts previous to this, please click the link for the A Journey Through Self and Part 1 posts! 🙂 In my first post, I talked about how I acknowledge currently. I feel like acknowledging an issue and actually accepting it as a reality are two very different things; two things that I…
What Happens When your Child Plays Favorites?
So, a couple weekends ago, my daughter was very sad about something. She is so much like me that it is almost irritating, because I constantly asked her what was wrong and she would say “nothing”, even though her face clearly was singing a different tune. I didn’t want to badger her; but I needed…
Self-Care Sunday: Social Media Detox!
Good morning and welcome back to another Sunday recommendation for your self-care!! today I want to discuss an idea that we should all attempt to do more of; social media detoxing! Even I need to try this one myself. Now when I talk about driving, I don’t mean deleting friends who are either negative or…
An Amazing Start to January
This post will be short, but I had to pat myself on the back for the month of January because this month was the first month in my 5 years of blogging that I surpassed 1,000 views on my blog!! This year I’m getting a LOT more serious; pushing out more content, engaging more with…
Yea, I’m That Kind of Introvert.
About two years ago, my best friend showed me a video, that showed you the difference between being an introvert and an extrovert. Before watching this video, I didn’t really think I fell into the introvert category because I could be pretty social when I wanted to be. I figured I was pretty much just…
Self-Care Sunday: Binge a Thon!
Welcome to another edition of “Self-Care Sunday”, where I do my best to attempt to provide you wonderful people with ideas on how to bring even the smallest joys to your life as self-care. Today, I want to talk about something I find relaxing and fun: binging good television! Sometimes, when I’ve had a long…
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