I just took one of the biggest breaths I've taken in a while. I always forget to breathe. That's more than likely where a lot of my anxiety comes from. that and my lack of sex. hi mom.

I've had one of 'those weeks' where I hardly got any sleep, I worked crazy hours, and my sanity was slowly going down the drain. By some miracle, it so happened that my audio session for Stratejoy was on Friday, so that really helped get rid of all of the pent up frustration and hostility from the week.


Oh, you don't know what Stratejoy is? It's a lifesaver, that's what it is. Stratejoy is a fabulous program created to help people navigate themselves through the Quarter-Life-Crisis. It's filled with journal prompts, audio sessions, inspirational quotes and other morsels of awesome. I've been having a lot of awesome breakthroughs on the plan, and I feel like I'm being reborn - only without all of the disgusting after-birth. And my mother's vag has nothing to do with it. It's always better if you keep mama's vag out of it, don't you agree?

One major thing that I realized over the last 2 weeks that I've been doing the Joy Plan is that I don't give enough time to myself. I don't take time out and do things that I want to do. I constantly do things that others want me to do that are supposed to make me feel good. Or, things that I think others would want me to do. I hardly ever do things that are for me - what I want. No matter how silly.

I got this twitter reply from Molly (CEO: Stratejoy) and it hit home. HARD.


Just like I put every single meeting on my calendar and honor it, I also need to put "Me time" on my calendar and honor it. I love doing things for others, but the very most important person is myself, and I've lost sight of that. I always claim to be having "me time". That ends up consisting of me doing work for a project, or talking a friend through a crisis, or going out and shopping for someone else. Though these are all things that I love doing, they aren't for me.

I'm not going to lie - with such a busy schedule, many projects that arise, and favors for others that I'm more than willing to commit to - it's hard to make 'me time'. It's even harder to figure out what 'me time' is.

So that's my own personal thing for this next week. I need to figure out what I like doing for me. It's kind of scary realizing that I've lost sight of myself to such a level where I don't know what I like anymore. I'm a creature of what others like, what others want me to like.

Here's to finding myself.

My question to you: What do YOU do for you? Think about it - is it absolutely something you do for you without judgment of what others think? Is it something that only you benefit from? Or is it beneficial to someone else? Remember - just you. JUST YOU.