Ms. Guided in Life

It's been a super long time since I've last been here but I will say that 2021 has changed my life for the better.  After a painful 2019 and surviving 2020, I can say that 2021 was the year of bloom, growth, and happiness.  We're in November but here's a quick recap of this year so far:  1. I manifested on January 1st that I wanted to fall in love again and three weeks later, I met a wonderful man and we hit it off!  2. On February 14th, he asked me to be his girlfriend and I graciously accepted. I was very thrilled that he asked me.  3. In July, I applied for a different job and in August, I was offered a school counseling position at a different school district.  4. On September 5th, my boyfriend asked me to marry him.  I'm engaged!  5. I started my new job on October 25th and let me tell you, I've been non-stop.  Every day is something new and I'm starting to form connections with students and staff.   Every day that passes by, I...

 I don't want to leave 2020 without thanking it first for the lesson and realizations it brought me.  Thank you 2020:  For helping me see that true happiness comes from within.  Finding happiness will appear when you practice self-love.  Practicing grace on myself allowed me to accept that a bad moment doesn't make me a bad person. Missing my dad only grows stronger by the day but I'm learning to use this pain as motivation to keep going.  Staying home isn't too bad at all. I am grateful for having a roof over my head and a bed to sleep in each night.  Moving my body for 45 minutes every day is something we all need and in doing so, makes me feel strong, happy, and accomplished.  Keeping a gratitude journal and writing five things I was grateful for each day taught me to look for the positive side in people, events, and experiences. This practice allowed me to have a better relationship with God.  Wearing a mask every time I go out, being fri...

I will say that this year on Earth taught me so much about what I love and value in this life.  At the start of the quarantine, I made the decision to get my act together and focus on my health.  I decided it was time to focus on bettering myself. It was an easy choice to make.  Either I stay the same, or work hard to be a better version of myself that my future self would thank me for later on. I chose to better myself. And what a difference it has made! I established healthy habits to do daily and over time, I started seeing the results.  It took time and it made me appreciate my efforts even more.  I started listening to audiobooks this year and in one book, I heard that if you want to change your life and be successful, you must replace bad habits with good ones.  That stood out to me because I realized that it's something I have total control over. I move my body every single day for at least 30 to 45 minutes.  I quit the gym and have been working...

It's been four months since my dad unexpectedly passed away. It's been a very tough transition to living life without my dad in our home. What I know for sure is: 1. I officially feel like an adult now.  Even though I'm in my mid-thirties, I've had a very well-supported life with my mom and dad.  My parents have always been the strongest pillars in my life who have always encouraged me to do my best and have supported me along the way. Now, I feel like I'm an adult and must make decisions.  Even though I strongly wish to return to the way it used to be, but I know that my parents and my upbringing have helped me prepare for this my whole life. 2. I'm doing my best to establish a new routine and stay positive and trust me when I tell you this--it is very hard work to be happy when I'm feeling sad on the inside. I am blessed to have people in my life who care about me and often send me text messages out of nowhere to check how I'm doing.  I'm so ...

As I turn another year older, I cannot help but be thankful for the life lessons I learned this past year. It has been a tough year with my parents’ health issues and taking on a new role of being a caregiver. I learned that if I take things day by day and focus on what needs to be done, it is easier to stay on track. I gained a sense of control during an overwhelming period. The biggest lesson I learned during this year is that self-care is essential.   On my way to a quick weekend trip to Dublin, Ireland, I was reminded of this when the safety procedure video touched on the part to place the oxygen mask on yourself first, then to the child sitting next to you. For many months, I was giving a lot of myself to others and I felt depleted. I have been doing a lot of self-reflecting which is something I do a lot, all the time.   I have decided to make this new year in my life a memorable one. To allow me to continue to learn and grow; to practice more self-care, and allow m...

I've been away for a bit not because I didn't want to write, it's because I've learned a very important lesson these past few months.  First and foremost, thank you for reading my little blog.  After all, writing has always been one of the ways I practice self-care. A lot has happened and most of it involves my parents' health and other responsibilities that I wasn't quite ready to experience just yet, but they are finally here and there is no turning back. Looking back, I'm surprised at how easily it is to forget to take care of oneself. I've been so busy focusing on everyone else, that I placed myself in the back burner in hopes that I would return a lot sooner than later. Five months later (to be exact), I have regained most of the weight I had lost last year, and reality hit me in the face when I looked in the mirror and I couldn't believe that I had let myself go. I lost all of my body shape from going to the gym for many months before I sto...