Things I've learned in the first 5 months of 2015.

You’ll notice I haven’t posted in months. Months. And I started this year out so hopeful, and so full of good intentions, and so sure I was going to have a handle on stuff this year. And now it’s June 1^st, and I haven’t posted in months. But I have been learning stuff, and I’ve been paying attention. This is what the first 5 months of 2015 have taught me.

• I’m doing okay. Life is changing for me, and things hardly ever go the way I expect them to but I’m doing okay. 
• I have so many amazing friends. I am surrounded by amazing people who love me and have my back.  I am abundantly blessed in the friend department. You guys all rock. And I adore you.
• My kids are amazing. This is not news to me, of course, but I’m learning to appreciate and find joy in my amazing kids more and more.
• Time passes, and if I sit on my butt, it doesn’t pass any slower. Not doing things out of fear or uncertainty or lack of confidence only means I don’t learn.  I value the lessons more than I fear the process.  Now that’s a revelation.
• Planning is important. Planning is vital. Planning moves me forward. 
• Sometimes you can’t stick to the plan because a kid gets sick, or life throws a curveball and you just can’t. It’s okay. You can make another plan.
• Exercise is essential. Moving makes me a calmer, happier, better person. 
• Feeling the feels is important. Acknowledging and feeling the emotion of a moment is important. Living in the emotion is not. I don’t have to live in the emotion. The emotion doesn’t dictate, it teaches and informs, but it doesn’t dictate.
• Giving thanks puts things in perspective. Do it more.
• Writing things down get them out of my head and can stop the unending replay that keeps me up and saps my energy if I let it.
• Get in front of the camera with your friends once in a while. One day you’re going to want to have pictures of yourself with the special people in your life. Make sure you have some.