On my post that I wrote about how I plan to change my life, I received a comment. It went EXACTLY like this, “This may be a dumb question, but as I was reading this blog, I noticed something. You say you are a hypochondriac, then u list OCD, Anxiety, depression etc, being a hypochondriac… Continue reading Labels are for jars…. and insurance companies
As I have mentioned a few times, I had a really difficult time getting started with working out again. I stopped for about a year and a half and I just could not get started again. Instead I would sit and have no energy. A side of severe clinical depression sure wasn’t helping me get… Continue reading Why I decided to change my life
“It is all your fault.” “You ruin things.” “You deserve to suffer.” “You are a bad person.” I could go on. This has been the long standing internal monologue that I have had in my head since I could talk. I don’t know if guilt was ingrained in me from my strict Catholic upbringing or… Continue reading My inner voice
I have always been frugal. I was the kid who would get birthday money and hoard it until I could buy something big. And even then, I would plan out how to stretch my money the best way possible so I could find the best deal or purchase the most items….. I guess you could… Continue reading 7 ways to make memories when you are low on cash
We started our Family Adventure Challenge! I jumped feet first in, since I have a hundred things to do this year with this little family of mine, so I made the first one a good one. The weekend was beautiful! So warm and sunny and spring-like that it made sense to do something outdoors. And what… Continue reading Family Adventures #1// Pet goats & eat cheese
I have been a busy bee, my friends! I have been working a new job mixed with an old one, mom-ing, girlfriend-ing, and just trying to recover from the plague of 2016 still. Things have been crazy, and tough, and wonderful. So, so wonderful. Fresh laundered sheets Sunny spring days outside with a scooter riding… Continue reading Little Happy List #2
After writing my last post, I started thinking about a way to commemorate exactly what makes this little family a lovely, happy place for me. I decided that since I love a challenge, that I would challenge myself to have at least one hundred family adventures this year. A hundred might seem like a lot,… Continue reading Challenge: 100 Family Adventures
For the past few months, I have been very worried. And angry. So, so, so angry. Mostly because it was the middle of winter, and he cancelled my car registration and wasn’t and isn’t paying child support. I didn’t have enough money to get a car on the road…. the list goes on. I was blindingly… Continue reading Divorce Diaries// Dealing with Worry
A while ago, I talked about the practice of gratitude. I was a bit derailed, but with a new year, I’m hopping back on the gratitude train. Every once and a while, at Life Already in Progress, I am going to share my Little Happy List. It is a list of the little things that… Continue reading Little Happy List #1
Welcome March! It is almost spring, which is one of my most favorite times in New England! It stays brighter for more of the day and I can get back outside. Flowers are blooming and I just feel happier after being stuck inside all winter! I have a lot that I want to accomplish, as… Continue reading March Goals 2016
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