Ms. Guided in Life

The year 2020 was something else. On March 13, 2020, my workplace released everyone to go home for two weeks.  At first, I treated this lockdown more like a stay-at-home vacation for the first week and a half that I was home.  Then, after a month, I started to feel more and more anxious and uncertain of what could happen. The number of people dying from COVID was scaring me and I was scared to go outside for fear of catching COVID and bringing it home to my mom who is older. So, I did everything to avoid people as much as possible and only go out to the stores only when it was truly necessary.  It was towards the end of April when I can across a video of a motivational speaker who proposed an interesting insight into the times we were living in.  She asked, "It looks like we have two choices here: 1. You can stay paralyzed and be stuck with the same person you are, or 2. you can use this time to learn, grow, and be better." I'm not going to lie, but that really hit m...

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...