Just a Quick Update

Looking back at past posts, it just sounds like I've been incredibly negative in my ears - don't know if it comes back on that to anyone reading. So, here's the long and the short of it. Life has felt incredibly chaotic. It's been incredibly chaotic. Part of it is the caliber of cases coming in at work. Part of it is getting ready to go on vacation. Part of it is working two jobs and dealing with such immaturity at, well both jobs in some instances. And part of it is just plain old life, which does happen to everyone.

I am really good at giving myself the guilt trips, that most of us are really good at doing. When I am not feeling great or not feeling particularly optimistic about things, it is so very easy to start focusing on things that I need to be doing that I'm not (exercise, getting the right amount of sleep, going to the temple - the list goes on and on and on). Instead, I really do want to look at the things that are going well in life. I am so truly, truly blessed in my life. I am able to pay my bills and have leftover money to do a little bit of play. I am able to just come home and be relaxed and enjoy my home. I have the most incredible and amazing family who support me in whatever I want to do. I have so many wonderful things going on in my life in general, but for whatever reason, it can be so easy to lose focus on those things. So here's my goal for me - I want to see the positive things in life. Some days it may not be big things, and, yes, some days, it just might be that the day is over. I don't know that I'll share my own little gratitude journal on here or not, but it's something I really feel like I need to do for my own little bit of sanity. The truth of it is: Life is good and I need to look at it that way!

This is what I am going to do. I am looking for suggestions: What things work for you when you feel like life is just getting you way too down for way too long? Any idea is open and welcome!