There Is No Other Choice

If you've been on this internet journey with me for a while, you know I enjoy a good laugh, good food, and good times. You also know that positivity, honesty, and inspiration are even higher on my priority list. I think they all go well together. Don't you?

My goal for this blog is to inspire you to believe in yourself. I want you inspired enough to get off your butt and make something happen! But first, let's debunk a myth:

There is no quick fix.

There is no matrix pill or magician’s trick to fix the craptastic life you’re living! You’ve gots-ta put in the work and be willing to dive deep into the rabbit hole. You have to go deep. I know the deep looks terrifying but that's where the good stuff is once you face the ugly, smelly mire head on!

Believing in YOUrself enough to make change happen requires blood, sweat, and tears. That translates to courage, forgiveness, non-resistance, and more. When your life already sucks, this process can seem monumental. However, in order to move from where you are to living the life you want to live, you must take a long, hard look at YOU.

There's no other choice.

Those drive-by mirror glances you do won’t cut it! You have to plant yourself in front of that mirror and tell yourself the hard stuff. You have to admit faults you'd rather pay money not to! You have to go toe-to-toe with yourSELF until you're doing the ugly cry! The great thing about all of this is, no matter how craptastic your current position is, it’s not your final position unless YOU allow it to be.

Yes... read that last part again because only YOU are responsible for your life. You are also the only one who can change it!

We all have a story. We all have regrets, guilt, shame, and doubts on some level. That’s human nature. That’s life. I initially didn’t feel qualified to attempt this type of endeavor. I mean who am I to inspire you when I have so many flaws of my own?

But guess what?

That’s just it!

Although I’m still on my journey and will be until the day I die, I’m no longer where I started. I’ve faced ugly truths about ME that even makeup couldn't fix! I’ve been down and out, depressed, and unable to see the purpose of my life. Just a few years ago, I was done with living, with struggling, with feeling lost and hopeless.  One morning my dad found me curled up on his couch depressed, gripping a bottle of vodka, crying, and ready to give up the ghost!

I see you laughing! I’m laughing now, too, but at the time there was nothing funny about it. I was in a really bad place but I’ve learned how to stand. I've learned how to pick myself up when I've fallen. I've learned how to face my messes head on and deal with them. I now have the sun’s rays shining on me and I’m unafraid to bask in them!

You can do the same ya know?!

You can get unstuck. You don't have to feel ashamed and hopeless. You can do better and once you make the decision to change your life NO MATTER WHAT, you will do better! You will succeed! You will thrive!

Are you currently living a craptastic life? If so, where do you truly need change to happen?

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