My personal journey to self-love, happiness and joy.
March 15th my life completely flipped upside down. Walt Disney World Resort closed, I was being placed on furlough. No longer was I living my dream job of performing at Disney for thousands of guests every day. Instead, I was being forced to stay at home, doing nothing. I often compared it to the summer when I was 12 years old: isolated on top of a mountain where my home was. I couldn’t leave, since neither I nor my sister could drive and both my parents worked. My 12-year-old self was not complaining at the time. I slept until noon, ate what I wanted around the house (which usually consisted of dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets and mac and cheese), played video games and watched movies. We had no sense of time or a schedule, the days simply blended together months on end. Sound vaguely familiar?
Having already lived that life, 23-year-old decided pretty quickly that I did not want to relive my summer of 2009, but rather I wanted to use this time to my advantage. I determined that I needed to separate myself from the job that defined me, to create a new definition for myself if I was going to survive quarantine. I wanted to figure out what my next steps are going to be since graduating college, and discover where I wanted my life and career to take me. Most importantly, I wanted to GROW. I set myself three goals: to grow stronger mentally, physically and spiritually.
This journey has not been easy. It has taken much reflection and getting to know myself. Realizing what is healthy for me and cleansing my life from what is not. Loving myself, who I am in my own skin and knowing that I am enough. More than that, I am the incredible person that God has made me out to be.
My 12-year-old self always focused on confirming and fitting in, however at 23 I have learned that it is okay to be unapologetically me. I am introducing a three-part series diving into my personal journey on how I got stronger focusing on my mind, body and spirit. Follow along with me while I get real and raw about finding happiness and joy within this current chapter of our lives. It hasn’t been easy, and an end is not in sight. Hopefully through my journey, you can take something away and it can help you, too.
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