Passionately Managing Life

I'm definitely an Educated Pretty Girl. I grind harder and harder each day and find new ways to make a way out of no way. I am compassionate. I am kind. I am love. I ❤  intelligent conversations and problem solving. I am a listener and a fixer who sometimes needs fixing. When I get overwhelmed I may bend but I don't break. I took some time to reset and will now continue pushing forward. Everything will always be ok. In the moment obstacles can seem insurmountable but  just breathe. Breathe. Then figure it out. I am better than any problem, obstacle, issue, unkind feeling anything that gets in my way. Everything thrown at me is building my character for the next challenge. So yea I'm an Educated Pretty Girl. Smart. Beautiful. Woman. 😙 #me Fi nd this shirt and others at @educatedprettygirls on Instagram

Documenting a bad customer service experience here. Please report poor customer service EVERYWHERE! This evening my family had a bad experience at a restaurant we frequent quite often. Tonight was out of the ordinary. Tonight February 22, 2018 at 6:58pm I arrived at Chili's restaurant at Cheltenham Mall with my husband and daughter's. When we arrived we were told that it would be a 20- 30 minute wait. We sat and waited. I saw a good friend and began chatting with her. She said she had been waiting for some time for a drink and had yet to be served. I look over at my family and see them becoming restless. It is now 45 minutes later. I rejoin them and check with the host to see how much longer we have to wait. He gave a vague answer of 2 more tables need to be seated before us. We were then seated at 7:59pm. A waitress did not come to our table for 10 minutes. When she arrived she took our drink and appetizer order (8:09pm). Drinks came at 8:35. I ordered hot tea but the waitres...

I used to be fun. Not that I'm not fun now with my 2.5 kids, hubby, house and all life's wonders, but I used to be full of life. Parties. Gatherings. Get togethers. Meet ups. Bar/Club scene. Dancing. I was there. Whenever a song hit the air I was on my feet on the dance floor doing whatever I felt like at any given moment. Life of the party and I loved it. I had cookout every major (or minor) holiday and football parties at the drop of a hat. I celebrated all the time. Fun. I miss that some. Yes life is different now, but I appreciate the celebratory life I used to lead. Finding ways to incorporate that sense of excitement and celebration into my more mature everyday life now. The thought of going out nightly and partying now gives me anxiety, but finding a happy medium wouldn't hurt. I deserve an outlet. 😁

I swear everyone has that one thing they can't let go. That thing you can't get rid of. The thing that breaks into your waking conscious all the time. Addictions. Temptations. Burdens. Vices. Anything from smoking to sex can be a vice if you let it. Feelings too. See I spent a long time being addicted to a feeling. A thrill. No I didn't joy ride or bungee jump, but I did get a kick out of pushing myself to the limit emotionally. Drama. The thrill of being in the mix. Creating a problem that I could get myself worked up about, complain about then "whoa as me" myself to death until it was resolved. Sometimes the attention the drama brought satisfied the urge for a thrill. I found that the more drama I created the more I attracted. Chaos. It's strange to admit that I was addicted to a feeling, but it's taken 10 years and a serious stab at mental health for me to recognize it. I was attracted to it. Got a sense of euphoria in the midst of it and wanted more on...

So in living my life as stressfully as it has been of late I ended up in the hospital (read about that journey later). I've decided to take my life back. Somewhere along the way I lost myself. Constantly being on the go and taking care of everyone else has taken it's toll on me. So this is how I'm taking action: 1. EVALUATING MY STRESSORS : I'm identifying what stresses me then developing a plan to eliminate it. The key to this trick is to be as specific as possible.  For instance, "money" is a general worry for me, but more specifically budgeting enough money to manage bills, pay debt and enjoy our livelihood causes me panic.  Stating the stressor as specifically as possible helps me to identify a strategic way to attack that specific worry and not just an ambiguous  "money" problem. 2. SLEEP : I HAVE to get enough sleep. My entire mood shifts when I don't sleep enough. I also get sick more often when I'm exhausted. I feel healthier, more ...

Last year was my year of yes and this year has turned in to my year of no. I learned a lot about myself through triumphs and difficulties in 2017. Now I am taking power in my ability to limit myself in what I accept and/or agree to and truth be told I feel freer than I have in a very long time. Please don't take this as negative because it is far from it. This is more of me preserving my energy for the things that I find most important. I had a tendency to spread myself thin. Too thin. A lot of us do this honestly. Overpromise. Running around. A million things and places but little substance. I now just say no and by taking back my power I am effectively saying that the things to which I give my energy are the things that I value. I am taking stock of things that drain me in anyway and finding ways to end their effect on my me. This principle applies in every area of my life. At work, with family, with friends, in business - I reserve the right to say no to any and everything with...

The epitome of everything... We needed this win. I needed this win. This year. This team. My team. My city. Been a die hard Eagle since birth. A girl who knows football and can hold her own in a conversation especially when it comes to her Birds. Been a daddy's girl all my life and being able to watch the game with him as he witnessed our team win the first ever Superbowl was priceless. This win means so much to me. I'm passionate about alot of things but this win has stirred up so much emotion. The Philadelphia Eagles won a Superbowl. Still in awe. I stood in the middle of the parade and looked around at all the people and said this one is for us. This is for all the defeats. This is for all the NFC east titles to nowhere. The NFC Championships to nowhere. This is for Superbowl 39. This is for 4th and 26. This is for the miracle at the Meadow Lands. This is for snowballs at Santa. This is for every Cowgirls fan that asks us where our Superbowl ring is while holding on to th...