Find your passion

Have a business you been wanting to start? Wanting to lose weight? There are plenty of more examples, but these are just a couple. Fear causes us to hold back on finding our true passions because we are scared of the unknown. Valid feeling though because the unknown is scary... it is unknown! The unknown does not have to be scary. Let go and completely surrender to God knowing He has us under His wings at all times. Get up and go try different things. Don't let fear or inexperience hold you back. Reach for the stars and grab some! Don't keep saying one day... let today be day one! Faith without works is dead, so in order to get what we desire that requires change and discipline. There will be days you may want to give up, but don't because that just means the finish line is getting closer :) Take a deep breath and understand you were not brought this far to be left astray.

  

Philippians 4:6 "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God."

SAY NO!

Stop people pleasing! Have you ever said yes to something you really wanted to say no to? Same... While it's good to help others, but it's important we use our discernment to understand whether someone is using us or not. People will really do what you allow and more if you allow them to. Being a people pleaser all my life, I understand that it seems so hard to disappoint others, but it is what it is because people will either hate you or love you. We can't please everyone. That's not our job. It is so easy to get caught up in taking care of others, we forget about ourselves and that's not okay. Learn to say no because it is 100% okay to choose yourself too because I always say you can't pour from an empty cup. Now this is not an overnight process because I have been working on this for a while and still have my times where I slip... no one is perfect. Don't worry about others because honestly people are going to talk about you no matter what. No is also a complete sentence. There is no need to overexplain anything! SO those people who are taking your kindness for weakness... shake up their worlds by telling them no for a change and pay attention to how they start acting towards you after. Some people just want to take, take, take, but never give and that's not fair. Don't continuously put yourself last for people who don't care nor reciprocate. 

Isaiah 40:31: "But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not be faint." This verse emphasizes the power of hope and reliance on God for renewed strength."

Procrastination

 Procrastination... boy oh boy is it something we have all been guilty of. That clean laundry sitting in your basket that was supposed to be folded days ago, that workout session that you were supposed to do last week, that assignment you knew about for months and waited until the night before? Yup, been guilty of all and so much more lol. We know something needs to be done and continuously put off then days turn into weeks, then months, years even pass by and we're like dang... I should have done that, but we can't get that time back. It is so easy to fall into this because sometimes we really just don't be in the mood to do that certain thing, however, as I have mentioned before breaks are necessary because we can't pour from empty cups, but we also must push ourselves to do things we may not want to do. For example, if you know you have to do the fold laundry instead of putting it off just do it immediately after it comes out of the dryer because it will have to get done anyways why not just knock it off the list? I'm talking to myself here as well. I am still learning to stop procrastinating so much. I have saw various videos of older people giving advice to the younger folks and a lot of them discuss how quickly life passed them by because they too procrastinated in life and it will pass you by so quickly and the longer you tell yourself "I'll do it later or tomorrow" you'll be 60 before you know it be wondering where did all the time go. Look how quickly we are already halfway through the year that seems like just started! Anyway, tomorrow is not promised. To be honest, later really isn't promised either, so do the thing now!!

Affirmations

Happy July! Blessings to all. Long time, no post lol... I think I took my "Take a break" post a bit too literally. 

Today, I wanted to talk about affirmations. They are basically positive reassuring phrases to say to yourself. They help rewire your brain into thinking more positively. I am an overthinker and when my mind starts spiraling in negativity, I learned to say affirmations aloud to calm my mind. Honestly, I never knew much about affirmations until I reached adulthood... Once I started, I realized how much of a difference they make in my day and my overall well-being. To be honest, this is not an overnight process... It takes time and consistency to really rewire your brain into thinking more positively especially because our minds do tend to wander off thinking of negative things such as those random intrusive thoughts, but the best way to fight that is clocking it immediately with some positivity. I am going to leave a few that have helped me along the way and can hopefully help you too. 

1. I love myself.
2. I am calm and patient with myself.
3. Everything is always working out for me no matter how it looks.
4. I love and forgive myself from past hurt.
5. I matter.
6. The negative thoughts are not real. It is just a thought... breathe, let it pass.
7. Release exterior things you cannot control, focus on what you can control which is YOU.