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Beating the winter blues
Three years ago I started a journey of self discovery. Everything in my life had changed and it was time to rediscover myself and make plans for my future. Living in Canada my whole life I had decided first off that I never wanted to spend another full winter here. Travel has always been my passion, everything about my being is pulled by the insatiable need to see the world, learn about other cultures, see the amazing architecture in other countries and being able explore far off lands. Knowledge that other parts of the world do not have cold winters and have opposite seasons to us instantly peaked my interest and from learning that at a young age it has been a goal to not have to spend winter in the frozen white north. Having your hair turn into an icicle and break off when you touch it outside because you get out of the shower late and have to run out the door without being able to blow dry it is not motivation to stay where you are for the rest of your life, at least not for me. I was finally given the opportunity to experience warmer winter weather after 38 years on this planet and although it was not somewhere as balmy as Brazil it was still a big change from what I experienced my whole life. Now do not laugh too hard at this, for some, where I went may not give the same euphoric feeling as it did for me and in fact they still have colder winters than most of the United States but for me it just reinforced my need to leave Canada during our winter months. So where did I go you ask, I went to Portland, Oregon. 36 was the average temperature while I was there, it rained a lot, it was grey most days even when it didn't rain but man did I love it. An inch of snow shut down the whole city for a day and it was melted before it even hit the ground. The grass was green, the first time I ever seen people mow lawn in the winter, let alone when it was raining, but they would have forests for lawns if they didn't mow on the days when the rain was just a mist. The trees that bloom for a short time over the winter with the beautiful pink flowers, they bloom and die over a period of a few weeks and in the areas that have lots the ground is turned pink by the pedals it's absolutely breath taking. Now like I said it was not Brazil by any means, and I know that even if I went one state south I could of had palm trees and 70 degree weather but in comparison from where I live in Alberta, this was heaven. It continued my drive to get my education completed, to work on being able to make a habit of traveling over the winter months and be paid for it and I started a quest for different ways to make this goal, my dream, become my reality. After one winter and completing what I needed to get a start in the travel industry moving forward, low and behold the world said hold my beer lets give her one more hurdle, a pandemic. Of course this didn't just affect my life and what I have worked so hard to accomplish this has negatively affected most of the world. From people having their lives turned upside down from the lingering effects of getting the illness, or losing loved ones to it, it literally stopped my dream career and all I had accomplished in its' tracks and once again I was trying to put my life on track without being able to work in my chosen career. This also meant that I was going to have to endure another brutally cold Canadian winter. I am not even aloud to travel within Canada to places that are warmer than where I am, at least if I don't want to chance being in trouble and getting a fine. So now we reach the part where I make everything above fit into the title of my piece, how to beat the winter blues.
By Lora Danielson6 years ago in Motivation
Enough
And just to think, a year prior I was battling depression, entering the beginning of a never-ending nightmare. For every high in my life, a low followed suit. I finally started my career, as I was ending a nearly 10 year relationship with the father of my second son. I finally got a place to call my own for me and my sons, as I found out my sister betrayed me in ways unimaginable.
By Laura Ortiz6 years ago in Motivation
Dear us.
Hey girl! It’s a new year, it’s 2021! How are you feeling about this new year.? We have been through a lot haven’t we? The tragedy following Kobe Bryant, Covid-19, job losses, unpaid rent, loss of family members and so much more. We made it right, didn’t we make it through tho.? Ok ok we barely made it through, pulling every strand of hair out of our heads during this lock down. Ohhh the lock down, shaking my head. It was cool at first and then turned into a nightmare. We cried so many times because we didn’t know whether we were coming or going. We started meditating half way through every thing and jumping through hoops and over hurdles during our healing process. We have to keep telling ourselves that this is our year. We are letting go of the past situations and creating our future. Reflect! Manifest! Redirect! We can not let ourselves fall back into our ways. We have to learn hurt and pain when we feel it.
By Jonneisha George6 years ago in Motivation
Dear 2021
Dear 2021, I have never been one to love and embrace resolutions. I'm more of the, "Que sera, sera" type. Resolutions are hard work, after all. What if I don't succeed in my goals and grow discouraged? And didn't 2020 remind me how helpless I am when it comes to being in control? I even struggle to write this letter because what if, by telling everyone, I jinx it? It is much easier to succumb to the fear of failure than to dream of the possibilities.
By Cherish6 years ago in Motivation
Goodbye 2020 Hello 2021
SWelcome 2021 FINALLY! Let's me start out by saying you BETTER be way easier on us then 2020 was because I don't think any of us have it in us to keep up with how things are much longer. We all want to be able to walk outside air clean with no mask again. We all want to be with our family again. We all want to be able to go out to dinner and a movie on a Friday night again. We all want to attend concerts and amusement parks again. Its almost crazy to think back on a world not how it is now as if it almost never existed to begin with. Now I don't know about any of you but I for one know I am officially done with the 2020 version of the world! I know there isn't a whole lot we can do but at least we do still have control of our own lives and we can still choose what we decide to accomplish everyday we step out of that bed for ourselves. I'm sure a lot of our resolutions are the same in the bigger aspect of things but I figured I could share some of my own personal goals for myself in this new year. Day 1 of 365 this is our story; time to choose how we want our book to end this time.
By Amanda lynn6 years ago in Motivation
6 Lessons Learnt From The Coronavirus Pandemic
There is no doubt that 2020 has been a tumultuous year, for many reasons. There have been those of us who couldn’t wait for it to be over, and then those of us who were suspicious about the next year coming; who told us all not to hype it up so much (the higher you are, the further you have to fall – they would say), to slip into the new year quietly and DON’T TOUCH ANYTHING! Now safely on the other side of the abomination that was 2020 and three days into 2021, I’d like to reflect upon the good, bad and bittersweet lessons this past year has taught me, and maybe all of us.
By Outrageous Optimism 6 years ago in Motivation
Dear 2021 New Year
Dear 2021 New Year, The year 2020, tried it’s hardest to get the best of us. In some cases, it did. Devastating fires in Australia and parts of the U.S. A global pandemic shut down the world and took many lives. Murder hornets, impeachment of the president, elections, Harvey Weinstein was convicted in his sex offender trial, stock market crash, BLM protests for things that have yet to be resolved, Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested for her role in the Epsteien sex ring, just to name a few.
By Lauren Armstrong6 years ago in Motivation
