My Journey My Reflections

It was a good day. I got a lot accomplished last year. I am proud, but also, I had some setbacks due to some challenges that were unforeseen. Today got two birthday cakes and spent most of the day with my daughters. Every year I set goals for what I want to accomplish for the year 2026 until my next birthday. I also reflect on the year that just past. I look at everything as far as personal, career, my writing, wellness, and other goals as well. Being a single mother and also having a full-time demanding job can be challenging at times. Then having my writing and publishing books on the side is something I do while the kids are sleeping, my children are old enough now to know that I am a published writer on the side of everything else I do. I feel that there is never enough time in a day to get everything done. I need some more hours in a day. I am hard on myself, as thinking I am never good enough or doing enough. I am a perfectionist in that way. Then I realize I am doing that to myself and realize I am human and not a machine. Then I take a deep breath, and I try to give myself credit for the great things I do each day and to be kind to myself each and every day. I take the approach to think of not just what I did not do, but what I did do. I have to think in relative terms glass half full. I know society looks and judges us for only our accomplishments and not necessarily look at the efforts we put in each day. So, it’s no wonder what I feel like I didn’t do enough, and that I am not good enough. Our accomplishments are really the only thing that are counted and that gives us self-worth. Sometimes I fall in and believe that until after I reflect, I can challenge myself to believe quite the opposite. The positive images pillar model I have to refer to for my own self-care. I think a lot of people fall into thinking the same in not feeling like they are good enough or didn’t do enough. Life gets busy and just keeps moving. It does not slow down, but it’s good to take a moment each day to reflect, emerge in positive energy, and recharge. I have some great things happening this year. I have three books coming out!! I finally finished my script for book 1 of my book series, The Innocent Eyes of a Child.