Two posts in two days, dangggg y’all are lucky! Or unfortunate. You pick. I’ve said this before, but I treat this blog more as my diary than anything, and if even one other person cares to read it, that’s pretty cool! That said, I’m making the effort to continue to share my monthly themes. In January, my theme was presence. February was focus. March is acceptance.

To me, acceptance doesn’t mean giving up or settling. It doesn’t mean that I’m not going to continue to work on myself or the things I want to accomplish. It just means that I can surrender to each moment and really live in it. I can be ok with exactly where I am, knowing that I am absolutely doing enough. Personally, this attitude (which I started practicing about a week ago) really soothes me. It cuts the gnawing feeling that I should be more productive, or should be restricting food, or should be whatever. It lets me feel as though in this very moment, it’s all good.

My mom is a therapist, and I hijacked a book from her called “One Day at a Time in Al-Anon.” It’s a resource book/journal of a woman who spends a year in Al-Anon learning to cope with her life and pick up all the pieces she’s shattered in attempts to deal with her alcoholic husband. I have no direct connection to alcohol or drug abuse, but this book is profoundly applicable to life regardless of your situation. Every day, she refocuses on her own mindset, what she can control, and letting herself surrender to what is in order to keep a clear head about her to handle her situation. One quote that has been resonating with me is “Go slow. Let go. Keep it simple.” If you know me at all, you know I live my life in “Hurry up. Wrestle it to the ground. Overthink it.” I like the former.

This month is all about just being GOOD with whatever happens, knowing it’s not permanent and I can always make a different choice. I will still be working on my business, learning my new job, focusing on being healthier and attempting to minimize my home, but I can do it from a place of being good rather than a place of needing to do these things in order to be good.

Thanks for reading.

xoxo,

Liz