Take a moment to rest your mind … you’re here, you’re reading from one of the most overdiagnosed bloggers online, and if I’m still here, so should you be glad to be here too! There have been plenty of days, when I’ve thought I’ll never get through this, what am I thinking, I’m losing my mind, I can’t do this anymore, this isn’t working, I’ll never make it, mostly when it comes to figuring out how to get people to read my blog, get a like, or comment, and you know what its finally happening for me this year, so what does this spell, improvement! Yup that’s exactly what that means. How do we improve, once we have failed many times at just trying to be normal, especially online, there are so many choices, how did someone with a diagnosis “mental health” I’ll just call it that, end up doing so well online (audience chimes: Its like 30-200 people a day, she used to say it was 2,000, we aren’t sure) I stayed positive. Why did I stay positive, because if you have ever been at rock bottom or someplace else, you feel so lousy that you just want to avoid everything in life, and part of being online requires you to face everything its you on paper and selfies, you have to look at yourself, so maybe thats what advice I have to offer, don’t be afraid to look at yourself at say you know what I don’t like this tweet, I don’t like how I sound, or this doesn’t make sense, or I could be more positive, it’s in review of yourself, that you can take a step back from what is going on for you now, a try to recognize another way of saying or going about your day.

Convince yourself that you are worthy. It’s okay to be humble and polite, always practice social graces, but what do you do when you think you deserve more? Advice: Be happy exactly where you are, it’s hard to go through life being unhappy, you have to be happy with where you are. So where does the good feeling come from? Excitement! Excited to challenge yourself to a goal, excited to schedule in advance something you would like to accomplish. Make lists, keeping track of what you are doing all of this builds excitement, and when you build excitement for yourself, you get free motivation, it’s like doing the work twice, you get to do the work, review the work, and from that process, you get energy (motivation).

I found a Ted Talk online that talks about “forgiveness” what could you possibly be overcoming when trying to be a better person, the person you were when you didn’t think that you had options, the person you were when you felt like your world was crumbling, the person you were when you didn’t feel good enough and thought that people were against, that person, timid shy introvert quiet, that’s not frustration bottled up, its who you were animated, smiling, jovial, social, a natural born leader, that part of you still exists, but what does failure teach you, that you are not the only one, there are others, so get to know how others are fairing, before you get all bent out of shape about how your day is going. Think if I can’t get my day going, chances are there are others who can’t also, so be mindful, that while your day may be terrible, you still should be mature enough to show up and say hello Im here, Im proud, Im grateful for all of you, and Im going to make the most of this day, whether Im down, whether Im up, whether Im barely making it, and Im going to keep going until things get better, that should rule your day. The fact that you are trying is all that you need to do, that’s “never giving up,” you keep going, with respect for whats around you, with respect for who’s above you, with respect for who’s thinking of you, all of those things matter, life can be one bottled mess at times, but you don’t have to bottle up with everyone else, youre allowed to speak and break out of your shell, pain is only temporary so is any other state induced by any stress, chemical, you name it, it can go away, it’s all about you managing your mood so that you can go back to a state of mind, where that’s not happening for you, all the bad stuff, so whats the bad stuff? Things that get bottled up taken out on others like upsets, anger, resentments, if you keep feelings to yourself in life those should be it, how you feel about others is a reflection of yourself, you learn this the hard way in life, that whenever you have a frustration or a hardship it is not the problem of others but your own problem to manage, so do your best. Weigh everything into consideration and tell yourself, you know what, this is not who I am going to become or be, it’s not me, it’s just them, and lift your head up, be proud of yourself, and say you know what, I survived that feeling, and I ready for the day.

I haven’t watched the Ted Talk yet. Good luck!