Another Journey

Without getting into too many details, I’m going through a huge transition in life right now. That said, I have decided to take on a pretty big personal journey. Let me explain.

My Aunt Tracey sent me an email today which read “You have to read this blog”, with a link attached. The vague message immediately piqued my interest, so I checked it out. The title of the post caught me off guard: “30 things to stop doing to yourself”. As I read it beginning to end I was left with a mix of emotions; hope, sadness, encouragement, unsure, but most of all, curious. If I really take these 30 pieces of advice to heart, will it actually change my life? 

With my life what it is right now I figure there really can't be any harm in trying. So, I have decided to take the next 30 weeks and challenge myself. I’m going to use each of the topics as a weekly theme and see how my life changes. I’ll share here what I experience, or don’t experience, what helped, what didn’t help, what changed me, what didn't, and simply just be as transparent as possible. I hope that I’ll come out a better, stronger, transformed person by the end.

Today starts the first week, and the first topic to work on-- but I'll post more about that tomorrow.

Wish me luck!

P.S. If you're going through a particularly rough spot in life, or even just want to try to better yourself, I highly suggest reading that blog post. Thanks for the awesome find, Aunt Tracey!

P.P.S. For the people reading about this Journey for the first time and want to get caught up starting at week 1, I'll be updating this weekly:

Week 1: Stop spending time with the wrong people.

Week 2: Stop running from your problems.

Week 3: Stop lying to yourself.

Week 4: Stop putting your own needs on the back burner.

Week 5: Stop trying to be someone you're not.

Week 6: Stop trying to hold onto the past.

Week 7: Stop being scared to make a mistake.

Week 8: Stop berating yourself for old mistakes.

Week 9: Stop trying to buy happiness.

Week 10: Stop exclusively looking to others for happiness.

Week 11: Stop being idle.

Week 12: Stop thinking you're not ready.

Week 13: Stop getting involved in relationships for the wrong reasons.

Week 14: Stop rejecting new relationships just because old ones didn't work.

Week 15: Stop trying to compete against everyone else. 

Week 16: Stop being jealous of others.

Week 17: Stop complaining and feeling sorry for yourself.

Week 18: Stop holding grudges.

Week 19: Stop letting others bring you down to their level.

Week 20: Stop wasting time explaining yourself to others.