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When my TMS therapy started to kick in, the first thing I wanted to do was to write more. I checked out a couple of books on writing from the library and I’m using my blog as a platform to complete some of the tasks. You may be familiar with The Artist’s Way, and one of the books, The Right to Write, is by the same author, Julia Cameron. The other book was suggested by a group that worked through a JC book together, it is Writing as a Path to Awakening by Albert Flynn DeSilver, which is designed to take a year to work through. The library doesn’t allow me to keep a book for a year, but I may try to check it out once a month, that is if I can finish one month of reading and exercises in the time allowed. Otherwise, it might be a multi-year project. The point is that I feel that these small exercises are doable for today. Today’s exercise is to list 50 things I am proud of… probably harder than it sounds, but here goes…

1. My #1 kid
2. My #2 kid
3. Myself for raising two kids on my own (with lots of support from my wonderful family)
4. Going back to school and finishing my English degree while working full time
5. The fact that both of my kids are artists
6. Changing jobs when I was happy
7. Fixing the air conditioner capacitor
8. Cleaning the mower carburetor
9. Being able to change a tire (sometimes)
10. Standing up to Mr. Ross in 8th grade when he accused me of doing drugs
11. The number of times I stood up to my ex-MIL when she tried to push me around
12. The times I have stood up for other people
13. Giving Free Mom Hugs
14. Getting rid of my husband x3
15. Being true to myself in almost every situation
16. Giving myself grace if a situation takes me out of myself
17. Tap Dancing
18. Meeting my Pure Barre goals the past few years
19. Hitting my reading goals
20. Being consistent in my routines
21. Using my planner each week
22. Being an annoying morning person
23. The fact I still have friends from k-12
24. A poem I once wrote in a creative writing class
25. The fact I used to run a turkey trot 5k on Thanksgiving
26. Having friends I have gone to more concerts with than I can count
27. That I own two of the exact same car
28. I am hilarious. I once had a teacher say she reread my essay “just for fun.”
29. I’ve had a few people say I was the best manager they ever had
30. I always volunteered to go first in speech class
31. I’ve been a professional public speaker
32. My work coaching in the PBT Institute
33. The success of people I have mentored/hired
34. My Youtube channel with 6 videos about Self-Development
35. My TikToks about my TMS therapy
36. My friends who are coaches and changing lives
37. Asking for the time off that I need because I can’t function and don’t recognize myself
38. Being willing to start from scratch a few times in my life
39. Willingness to ask for help
40. Energy around learning new things
41. My love of beauty
42. My appreciation of art
43. My love of heavy metal music
44. My love of music most metalheads wouldn’t listen to
45. The ability to easily access gratitude
46. Speaking up about my mental health
47. Keeping a blog going for several years
48. Overcoming and healing from trauma
49. Continuing to overcome and heal from trauma
50. ME!