To find yourself, you have to leave your comfort zone sometimes.

If anyone knows me I am a creature of habit. It’s a blessing and a fault sometimes. I made the executive decision to leave town to spend the holidays with family, in a different state. Though this meant that I will have to quarantine and work from home, which is the bane of my existence for multiple reasons it was worth it. This year has been a hard year, and I have found it mostly easier to surround myself with positive people and positive vibes who have my best interest in my life. That will always be my family. We don’t always agree or get along all the time but what family does? We are messy and have flaws just like everyone. I was able to eat with family and extended family, and laughed at my nephew who is basically the funniest 2 year old I know. I felt real joy, and ready to deal with all the changes that are coming this week. New apartment, having to get a new home for a beloved family pet, and leaving a town that somehow I will always come back to. It’s gonna be a new year and a new way of life for me. I was able to see myself for who I really am and what I really want out of life, and just working on being gentler to myself. I have shed a ton of tears in the past months but I’m still here and I’m still trying and I definitely have respect for different viewpoints even within my family. So if you can love on your family as much as possible and call them if you haven’t in awhile. You will feel better if you do, and they will too, knowing that you actually do care about them. Be the sunshine in their lives, and your own.