Weekly Update

 

I'm feeling a bit more festive now. My family and I made some plans for Christmas day and I'm looking forward to that. Sometimes you have to make the extra effort to reach out to more people or create new plans.

What is everyone's favorite Christmas movies? I watch The Nutcracker every year (I sometimes see it in person as well by the Syracuse City Ballet); it never gets old! Talk about true holiday magic and whimsical scenery. I also have my comedy favorites like National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and Christmas with the Kranks. I love staying in on a cold night and curling up by the fire with popcorn or hot chocolate and watching a Christmas movie. It's so fun and relaxing.

I'm still pretty new at this blogging and mental health influencing thing. Let me know if you have any suggestions on topics you want me to write about. I'm mostly writing updates on my own life dealing with mental health issues and being in recovery. I thought it might help people be able to relate to my experiences.

As I've said before, I've made a lot of progress over the past couple years, especially the past few months, but I'm still frustrated that I'm not where I want to be yet. People have told me to be patient and focus on how far I've come, but I've been struggling daily for over two decades now. I just want to put all of this behind me and move on. To become more independent (I'm almost 38 now) and more social/have less social anxiety. Financial (and emotional) independence is what I am the most frustrated with. I have limitations when it comes to working. My goal is to work full-time from home as a writer and influencer. Unfortunately it takes a while with these kinds of jobs to build up a following and find jobs that are a good fit. Especially when I don't have an English degree or social media certification. I have a new local job coach I'm waiting to hear back from so hopefully she'll have some suggestions for me.

Hope you all have a great holiday weekend! ♡