Day 9: 10 Steps on moving forward

YAY! We made it to moving forward into the freedom of allowing ourselves to heal!

Now that we've spoken about Realizing & Reflecting, Prayer & Meditation, Loneliness, and more, we can start the process of moving forward to healing.

Life moves on no matter how YOU feel. Once you swallow that truth pill, you'll begin to handle even the worst situations with that reality. After you self reflect and recognize the areas you are struggling in, with full transparency, you're able to accept that moving forward is your best option. I mean you COULD stay sulking in your failures and loneliness, but I don't want that for you and neither should you!

10 Tips on Moving forward:

1. Recognize that you are hurt and possibly stuck.

2. Write down how you feel NOW.

3. Then write down what would make you feel better.

4. Forgive those who've hurt you and forgive yourself . (You can call, email, text, or simply write it out to them in your journal)

5. Start doing the things that will make YOU happier.

6. Take a moment to breath and smile at where you are, even if it isn't the best place you've been.

7. Love yourself through EACH process.

8. Let go of past hurts to free yourself and move forward without baggage.

9. Create daily goals to build healthy habits for your purpose & vision.

10. Take ONE STEP AT A TIME and allow it to build!

Moving forward is so freeing in letting go of your past and accepting your present, while being hopeful for your future. Until tomorrow. -Blessings Lee

Day 8: Failure, Success & Feeling Overwhelmed

Failure:

Rejection is not failure. Whether applying for a new job, creating a new project, or for me a casting, just because you didn't get it or it didn't work out doesn't mean you've failed. Simply means it wasn't for you!

Look at yourself from a place of strength and gratitude and not out of a place of weakness and failure.

It can be hard to pull yourself out a dark place mentally when everyone around you is seemingly doing well, but REMEMBER

"Your journey is yours"

Love the cards you have been dealt and learn to play your hand instead of someone else.

Success:

Man oh man is this topic such a debate, lol! My friends, I am on this trip with, have more money than I do, but my peace and joy is more than theres. So how do YOU measure success. Of course we all want a balance of all of the above and its attainable, but moments in life that's typically not the case. We push hard for the job, for the "more" and sacrifice our peace, time, and other things that probably brings more joy than the promotion. I usually start with the 3 things bring fulfillment to my life. Then I add 3 more things that will make me happy, but not as much as the top 3.

Feeling Overwhelmed:

Failure, Success, Purpose, and Goals all can lead to feeling of being overwhelmed. What to do? CUT SOME THINGS BACK AND BREATHE! Maybe you are overwhelming yourself with doing to much and not taking time for yourself. Set DAILY goals and time frames for projects, cooking, family, life, social media etc. It helps you mentality to set aside times to work on each are you desire to focus on. By doing everything at once you end up doing halfway or not at all! ITS OKAY TO TAKE A BREAK!

Day 6: Loneliness & Day 7: Feeling Lost

I'm falling back on the days so I'm going to be doing two days in one post to keep me on track!

Day 6: Loneliness

As we continue to go through the process of healing, speaking about loneliness, walking in your purpose, and the moments of being lost are on the top of the list. Simply because they are overlooked conversations that help you find your way in making daily strides.

To some extent we all have moments where we feel alone. No-one is texting or checking up on you, especially during these times, and you feel like you're in a corner by yourself. I KNOW I've felt these moments especially living in NYC by myself. When I am feeling moments of loneliness, I pray and journal. If that doesn't help, I'll reach out to my family and friends with a simple check in. Little do you know, they may be feeling the same way you are and all it takes is a simple text or call to say hi. God is ALWAYS with you, but the human touch and voice are things we crave. Loneliness, as far as relationships, is another topic for another time, but for now I'm simply speaking in the terms of family and friends! The reason I'm currently on this trip is because my friend was feeling really alone and we gathered together to build some in person experiences!

Day 7: Lost & Purpose

We spoke about moments in life where there feels like there is no hope, being lost in such a big world and having no purpose! As the super spiritual friend, is what they call me lol, I had to break down to them those moments are important. It's easy to get caught up in thoughts, feelings, and emotions of "being lost", but feeling lost allows us to STOP & LOOK AT OUR LIVES. Even the people who seem to have it all together, have moments of feeling lost, because that's apart of the journey. When I feel lost I know that it could be God tugging me to look deeper and look at the more of life or it could be Him saying I need to reroute where I'm headed. Either way those moments allow us to simply stop and see where we are, what we are building, and where are we headed!

Purpose is something we all seek to attain, because our lives will have a bigger meaning, to why we live. When searching for your purpose it's important to mediate and look at what you've done in your lifetime thus far. What do you like? What comes naturally? What gives you a fulfillment each day even in tough times? Those are ways to start to align yourself to your higher calling!

Let me know how you all have applied these insights and if you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out or comment below. Blessings -Lee.

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