Weekly Update. Happy New Year!

 

How was everyone's Christmas? I went to my cousin's house and had a nice time. It felt good to catch up with everyone. Christmas Eve wasn't as nice, as I was feeling sentimental and emotional about family members who are no longer here or able to visit. Christmas just isn't the same anymore, but that happens to everyone as they get older. I just have to make the best of it and to continue to build new relationships in my life.

I'm still continuing to improve. I don't feel quite so angry about my situation/mental health issues anymore, which is a huge step for me. I'm practicing repeating empowering (independance-related) and confidence-building affirmations which is very helpful. It helps me see things (even visualize it) in a new perspective.

I also don't feel as frustrated about finding a writing or influencing/social media job since I've been getting a lot of invitations recently from Upwork. I also applied to a bunch of jobs there over the past week. I'm thankful for anything I can get, as long as it's steady work.

I put my self-help book on hold at the moment, as I don't feel ready yet to get it out there. I feel like I still have more work to do on myself, as well as more research. But I'm currently writing a picture book that's about shyness/social anxiety which will be coming out later in 2024. I really hope that it helps someone.

Have a happy and healthy new year! Best wishes for 2024.