16.5 – For Last Week’s MM:
Everything good comes to an end.
Learn from it. Grow from it. Be grateful for it.Everything bad comes to an end.
Learn from it. Grow from it. Be grateful for it.What’s something good in your life that ended? What did you learn?
What’s something bad in your life that ended? How did you grow?
Write a “thank you” note to an ending.
Oof. This is a rough one. A good thing that ended that I learned something from?! My mind races like a thousand squirrels clamoring for all the nuts (good things) I’ve had fall off the tree (end) over my lifetime. How do I choose just one?! I mean… every good thing that has ended in my life has taught me something valuable, which I’ve then carried with me into this very moment. The same could be said about the bad things that have ended, though it seems there are far less of those than the good.
Good that Ended: The career I thought I’d have for the rest of my life. I learned that I was capable of managing an entire company: employees, customers, distributors, inventory, phone calls, etc. and that I was really feckin good at it. In fact, if I hadn’t been verbally abused for a solid three weeks by my misogynist, asshole of a “boss” and finally quit from the trauma it caused – I know damn well that I would have taken his job and brought that company into a future without the bullshit he and his son-in-law propagated. It would have thrived beyond even THEIR wildest dreams.
Bad that Ended: My “relationship” with my father. Ugh. Growth. It’s so fucking hard. The struggle throughout my entire life with that piece of shit has been the most difficult of all, and I am still trying to pick up the pieces and put myself back together. I mean shit… it hasn’t even been 2 years since I went No Contact with him. But the freedom I have now, not having to worry that he will suddenly show up and cause me any more trauma and strife?! Is worth every agonizing step I’ve taken to get away from his clutches.
17.0 – What If You’ve Already Found Your Purpose?
Two things for you to think about
When people ask, “What is my life purpose?”
What they’re actually asking without realizing it is: “How can I use my time in a way that feels meaningful?”
You don’t find your purpose.
You build your purpose, experiment by experiment, mistake by mistake.
Reflect: Then consider sharing this thought with others.
Two things for you to ask yourself
What do you spend your time on that feels meaningful? How can you do more of it?
Recommended: Use these as journaling prompts for the week.
One thing for you to try this week
Choose one moment this week and make it meaningful. A conversation, a walk, a task you normally rush through. Slow down, give it your full attention, and see if it becomes part of your purpose.
Let me know what you find.
Remember: Small changes lead to lasting breakthroughs.
As for how I’m doing… I finally feel like I’m starting to come out of the Void of Despair. The persistent Numbness and Emotional Flatlining that permeated everything after the Ex-Texting Panic Attack Incident is beginning to wane. I still have quite a lot of physical pain happening, but… at least I’m feeling a little bit better emotionally?! And for some reason, I’m not as tired as I have been.
Very. Sus.
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