So on Friday, as I was sitting with a good friend of mine at her Mary Kay Open House, we just talked a lot about next steps and the journey that we are both on. I talked about the craziness of starting my new job, and how is is a good, stressful job, and that I am so thankful for it. I was talking to her about ordering some items from her open house, and she (again) told me about the amazing opportunity that I could have if I just joined on and signed up with Mary Kay. That it would be good for me to have girl time with other women at our MK meetings, plus it would help me to save money on my own product, as well as make money if I wanted to sell. At this point, I am just not ready to sell, but the girl time and the discount product really grabbed my attention, so I signed on. I am now a Mary Kay Consultant!!!
Two new amazing adventures in my life, all in the same month!!! WOW is all I can say.
I am really blessed with amazing friends, a good job, and this new opportunity to meet caring, beautiful women!
Monday, November 26, 2012
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Awesome Stressfulness
So, this week was the first week that I have had the opportunity to work with my peers at my new job. It was an awesome, crazy, hectic and rewardingly stressful week. I am so incredibly blessed to have this job.
During the week, the agency that I work for held a Thanksgiving Dinner for the consumers in the area. As a Peer Specialist, this year I was able to help prepare food and serve it to our amazing consumers. It was a completely different side to being a part of the agency, because a year ago, I myself was a consumer.
And then to put icing on top of an amazing week, I went with a group of women and had a girls night. We went to see Breaking Dawn Part 2. It was good, but sad to see the end of one of my favorite movie series. Now, I will have to find a new movie obsession!!!
During the week, the agency that I work for held a Thanksgiving Dinner for the consumers in the area. As a Peer Specialist, this year I was able to help prepare food and serve it to our amazing consumers. It was a completely different side to being a part of the agency, because a year ago, I myself was a consumer.
And then to put icing on top of an amazing week, I went with a group of women and had a girls night. We went to see Breaking Dawn Part 2. It was good, but sad to see the end of one of my favorite movie series. Now, I will have to find a new movie obsession!!!
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Gratitude
I know that it is common to hear people this time of year saying to others what they are thankful for. It happens so much during the holiday season, and then in my experience with people I know it slips back in the corners of our minds until the next holiday. I will be the first to admit I do it too. This is the one thing that I am intentionally focusing on, is to everyday spend time writing out things I appreciate, value or am thankful for. It is hard sometimes, to be quite honest, and sometimes I just am not in the mood to do it. I think however, it is at these times I need it the most. I need to be able to look back and reflect on things that matter the most. It is these things, people, places, that help make life meaningful.
So, for today at least here are some things that I am truly thankful for:
My new job as a Peer Support Specialist. I get to walk alongside some of the most amazing people as they work on their recovery journey. Whether it be recovery from an addiction, or mental health challenge, eating disorder or other form of self harm, or any combination of the above.
I am thankful for my coworkers and my supervisor who have all been amazing helping me transition from a consumer to working. I am thankful that I am able to work with an agency who truly believes in peer support.
I AM THANKFUL FOR MY NIECES AND NEPHEWS WHO BRING SO MUCH JOY INTO MY LIFE. THEY MAKE ME LAUGH, AND CRY, I GET ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED AND THEY TEST MY PATIENCE SOMETIMES, BUT I LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT LIFE AND MYSELF THROUGH THEM.
I am incredibly thankful for my mother and that she is on the mend of recovery from severe kidney problems. I am thankful for the strong woman that she is and who she has taught me to be.
I AM THANKFUL FOR MY SISTERS. I KNOW THAT WE DO NOT GET ALONG ALL THAT OFTEN BUT WE HAVE ALL BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH TOGETHER.
I am thankful for a place to live, heat to keep warm, food to eat, a shower to get and stay clean. I am thankful I have a vehicle to get me to and from work.
I AM THANKFUL FOR MY DOCTOR, PSYCHIATRIST, NUTRITIONIST AND THERAPIST. THEY HAVE ALL HELPED ME TO CONTINUE TO STRIVE TOWARDS BEING HAPPY AND HEALTHY.
I am thankful for my amazing friends who have allowed me to tear down some walls and just be myself with them. And they accept me for who I am, without trying to force me to change. But also challenge me to be a better me.
I could probably continue, but I am going to take some "Me" time before going to bed.
So, for today at least here are some things that I am truly thankful for:
My new job as a Peer Support Specialist. I get to walk alongside some of the most amazing people as they work on their recovery journey. Whether it be recovery from an addiction, or mental health challenge, eating disorder or other form of self harm, or any combination of the above.
I am thankful for my coworkers and my supervisor who have all been amazing helping me transition from a consumer to working. I am thankful that I am able to work with an agency who truly believes in peer support.
I AM THANKFUL FOR MY NIECES AND NEPHEWS WHO BRING SO MUCH JOY INTO MY LIFE. THEY MAKE ME LAUGH, AND CRY, I GET ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED AND THEY TEST MY PATIENCE SOMETIMES, BUT I LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT LIFE AND MYSELF THROUGH THEM.
I am incredibly thankful for my mother and that she is on the mend of recovery from severe kidney problems. I am thankful for the strong woman that she is and who she has taught me to be.
I AM THANKFUL FOR MY SISTERS. I KNOW THAT WE DO NOT GET ALONG ALL THAT OFTEN BUT WE HAVE ALL BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH TOGETHER.
I am thankful for a place to live, heat to keep warm, food to eat, a shower to get and stay clean. I am thankful I have a vehicle to get me to and from work.
I AM THANKFUL FOR MY DOCTOR, PSYCHIATRIST, NUTRITIONIST AND THERAPIST. THEY HAVE ALL HELPED ME TO CONTINUE TO STRIVE TOWARDS BEING HAPPY AND HEALTHY.
I am thankful for my amazing friends who have allowed me to tear down some walls and just be myself with them. And they accept me for who I am, without trying to force me to change. But also challenge me to be a better me.
I could probably continue, but I am going to take some "Me" time before going to bed.
Monday, November 12, 2012
Recovery and Journeys
Something that I have learned over the past few weeks...
Recovery and our life journeys aren't linear. They cannot be put neatly into seperate boxes to keep things organized and the way we want them. Our life journey is messy, with twists and turns, hills and holes. We cannot, no matter how hard we try ALWAYS keep things in their own compartments.
I think that recovery is the same way. Whether we are recovering from an addiction or a health issue, it is not effective to keep everything seperate. In fact I do not think we even can. We may think we can but who we are is so ingrained and intertwined within us it is not really possible to keep every part of us seperate. It just does not work.
Humans by nature are holistic. If we are suffering with an illness our entire beings are effected. I know when I am physically sick, my emotional health is also effected. And when I am anxious I have even made myself physically ill. If I do not eat how my body needs me to or if I do not sleep enough/too much my body lets me know.
So anyways, enough of this ramble for today. Just remember life is about the journey, not the final destination, and that our journeys do not have to go a certain way to be considered in recovery. Recovery is personal. No one but you can define what it means to you.
Recovery and our life journeys aren't linear. They cannot be put neatly into seperate boxes to keep things organized and the way we want them. Our life journey is messy, with twists and turns, hills and holes. We cannot, no matter how hard we try ALWAYS keep things in their own compartments.
I think that recovery is the same way. Whether we are recovering from an addiction or a health issue, it is not effective to keep everything seperate. In fact I do not think we even can. We may think we can but who we are is so ingrained and intertwined within us it is not really possible to keep every part of us seperate. It just does not work.
Humans by nature are holistic. If we are suffering with an illness our entire beings are effected. I know when I am physically sick, my emotional health is also effected. And when I am anxious I have even made myself physically ill. If I do not eat how my body needs me to or if I do not sleep enough/too much my body lets me know.
So anyways, enough of this ramble for today. Just remember life is about the journey, not the final destination, and that our journeys do not have to go a certain way to be considered in recovery. Recovery is personal. No one but you can define what it means to you.
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