Affirmations Pt 3: HNY!

Happy 2024! We made it to the new year. If you are reading this- I am glad you are here.

People were posting pictures with captions saying "HNY" and it had me thinking they were writing the word "honey" without the vowels, but turns out it meant Happy New Year LOL.

We are only a few weeks in at this point and something happened that was NOT on my bingo card this year: we have to MOVE after just being in our apartment for just a year.

Our landlord is selling it, and so that means we have to get out by the end of April. I, like many, HATE moving. I always think about the amount of things I have to move, but when I try to get rid of stuff I struggle to part with them. It brings up some not so fond memories of moving in the last few years. It stresses me out!

Not only that- I put in SO much time and energy curating and collecting furniture to turn our "house" to a home. There were a lot of instances of having to meet up with people from the internet to buy furniture, multiple U-Hauls throughout the random weeks, getting ghosted by people.

Talking about it has been helpful, airing my quarrels with the whole process, cursing my landlord, and finally coming to terms with it. Micah had said it best: this is a challenge that has been presented to us to help us grow.

I have trouble letting myself get over things, I always want to blame someone or something on my misfortunes, which, in turn, drives me crazy. I drive myself insane trying to think about why this is happening to me, what I could have done to deserve something. Honestly, it's EXHAUSTING. Lately, I have let myself lean into the bad feelings, and just get down on myself, but acknowledging that now will only help me pull myself out.

Beyond it being a super annoying process to move (and also still find a job...), I know a lot of NEW is coming my way! I am starting to lean into the excitement of it all. A new home means a clean canvas to make it our own, a new space to explore.

So instead of creating a list of new years resolutions, I have been working towards making a tiny list of goals (that really are things I want/need to accomplish within the next few weeks/months), and putting action items below each one of them, because its not a matter of what you want to accomplish, it's also HOW you get there. In my mind, it makes it a lot less overwhelming to think about. I can also build off of those as the year progresses.

And with that, here are some affirmations to say to yourself (aka me to say to me because I need to be reminded):

Affirmations:

• Challenges = growth.

• My actions mean more than my reactions.

Thats all I got for now. Good luck out there in the new year all. I hope that you can reframe your challenges to help you be a better person!

Love,

N@