Goodbye 2017
I couldn't help but post one last time before the years' end, that's right the end of 2017 is nigh. I really want to thank all of you fabulous individuals who have supported me over the past year. Beleive it or not Just clicking on one of my little blog posts and reading them means the absolute world. I wanted to pop back online one last time and say: "Thank you".
When another year is nearly up I like to have a good look back at the year, even if it has been a depressing year, I manage to concentrate on my success stories and tick off my completed goals. So why not join me in ticking off those completed goals and unexpected successes?
My goals for 2017...
... Focus on my mental health
... Try and put myself first
... Be more Organised
... Do more Blogging
I am actually really pleased with myself this year, despite the many downs and low points that have happened, I can confidently tick off 3 of the items on my goals list. I wonder if you can guess which one is left? Be more organised! Whilst I have become a lot more organised in some aspects of my life others are still rather flakey or messy and a little disoriented but that's ok, I still have time to become even more organised as the new year rolls around.
My mental health was one if not the main reason I got back into blogging I wanted to document my journey and help any others going through the same/similar recovery to feel less alone. I have managed to use blogging and my youtube videos as a way to communicate to people across the world. I have received, in return, numerous messages of people battling with their mental health and thanking me for helping them feel a little less alone or a little more motivated or even a little happier, these messages are incredible. Thank you to everyone who has got in touch this year, I'm glad I could help, even if it was in the tiniest of ways. I even had a message from someone saying that they had a friend suffering from anxiety and she didn't really understand what it was, through the tiny bit of info and stories I've told she was able to understand and help her friend; that is lovely to hear and has encouraged me to do more.
Trying to put myself first was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. I have realised this past year that I usually put others before myself, I look after them and their needs before looking after myself. If you had a problem I would be the friend that was there, always ready to dish out the best advice, I'm the 'wise owl' or 'mum' in most of the friendship groups I've had. This year I learned to say no, I learned that I don't always have to comply, I don't always have to donate to every one of my friend's charity events, (I had previously donated to anything a friend did). I started to get to know myself a bit better, understand what I like and figure out what I want. I would highly recommend to anyone putting yourself first for a bit and seeing the difference it makes.
Do more Blogging; I picked my blog back up, shook off the dust, and began to give a new lease of life this year and even a rebrand from 'Frenchie in the clouds' to 'The Bash'. I'm still establishing what my blog is really about, so far it's a mishmash of my life but I kind of like it like that. I'm hoping to continue with my blogging enthusiasm and create even better, more beautiful content than ever before. Blogging really has become an outlet where I can let my creative juices flow and has been a good base in my recovery process. I started my 100 days without Anxiety challenges and started posting on youtube this year, that's a step beyond blogging that I never thought I would have the confidence to take. I'm so glad and proud of myself and ever so grateful to you for the support you have given me.
I never expected to be as good as I am today, (healthwise). At the start of 2017, I was a depressed brown girl, who had ungroomed eyebrows the size of caterpillars, dressed in monochromatic somber baggy clothes who just wanted to hide away from the world and felt like a burden to EVERYONE. Now at the End of 2017 I still have anxiety, however, I'm no longer a depressed girl, (still brown and proud) I am a young woman who wears a bright red puffer jacket, I wear colours now, actual colours (watch out Michelin man, I'm coming for ya)! I have started 100 Challenges to conquers my fears and Anxiety, I even have groomed and tamed eyebrows. I am regaining my positive outlook on life and fabulous sense of humour, (I not only laugh at jokes now I make them too). I am proud of myself, the person I am, and the person I am becoming.
Thanks for Reading, I'll speak to you soon.
XO
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