Progress

Interesting how long it has been since I have been here.  Believe it or not, I have made progress in living more authentically, more simply....The need to come here to journal has become almost overwhelming, and I know I need to spend more time here.  To catch you up, since February, I have done the following:

•  Defined what my strengths and gifts are
•  Become clearer on what my core values are
•  Started a new career path - one that nourishes my core and spiritual values
•  Said "no" more often to things that I don't want to do
•  Listened to my higher self on a daily basis
•  Spent more time with friends and social activities 
•  Distanced my self from many people and things that previously drained my energy
•  Fed myself more nourishing foods, saw a natural doctor, started taking vitamins regularly
•  Spent a lot more time working on where I want to go in life
•  Found inner peace through working on all of the above

I am constantly analyzing areas of my life to find out what works for me, and what doesn't.  Most things I look at in my life have some areas that are working and some areas that are not.  The areas that are extreme in working or not, I have been able to make an easier decision to keep or let go.  Of course.  If the decision is clear cut, it makes it easier.  It is the areas where some part of it is good and some part of it is not, that muddies up the waters and takes more analysis to define what is worth keeping. 

In the past 6+ months, I have strengthened my relationships with those I love.  Things are very good with everyone and I can see how working on simplifying my life has paid hugh dividends in this area.  I am happier, so I am easier to be with.  I became such a people pleaser due to the chaos and stress in my life.  I didn't realize how unhappy I was.  The fullness of a life full of stress and chaos just had be going through the motions and pushing what I wanted down, down, down. 

I still have a loooooong way to go to simply my life to be where I want to be, but in looking back, I realize how far I have come and how much happier I am!