The purpose of day one is to prepare for the program. So I had to get a private notebook...or blog, choose a mantra and a them song.
I don't want to overanalyze or be too profound when choosing these items. After minimum thinking, I chose the mantra that I've heard my pastor say often: "No one can stop you but you." I made it more personal and came up with this:
"The only person that can stop me from succeeding is myself."
As far as a theme song, the first song that popped in my head was "Started from the Bottom"! It speaks to persevering and moving forward despite present circumstances and naysayers. If you believe it and grind for it you'll get to your "here".
So I have to use the mantra and theme song everyday!
Saturday, December 13, 2014
31 Day Reset Introduction
For sometime, I've been feeling stagnant. If I think about it with honesty, when I flunked out of my freshmen year of college, I lost my sense of purpose. As a child, I knew I wanted to be a doctor. Everyone around me knew that my dream was to be a doctor. Being academically dismissed from UIC really took something away from me. Even though I stayed in the sciences and kept going through junior college, the zeal and clear cut direction I once had was gone.
Fast forward to a bachelor's degree, and soon to begin master's program, I still feel lost. I know that I don't want to work a 9-5 in a cubicle with fluorescent lights beaming down on me for the rest of my days. I understand that I have to start somewhere, but I want to enjoy my life. I want to feel like I'm doing something of value, not just monetary, but something spiritual!
I stumbled across the Happy Black Woman site and this reset course. It appealed to me because it's coming from another black woman, and it's meant to help me rediscover who I am, outside of what the expectations of me are. While, I plan to do the exercises in a private notebook, I want to use this blog as a marker of progress, if any, made as I go through this program.
I don't want to enter 2015 with the same heaviness, or the feelings of failure. I want to be a better version of myself by the time I turn 26 this coming May. I know that I can't expect a program to change me instantly, but I need some guidance and hopefully this is a step towards getting what I need.
Here's the link below:
http://happyblackwoman.com/
Fast forward to a bachelor's degree, and soon to begin master's program, I still feel lost. I know that I don't want to work a 9-5 in a cubicle with fluorescent lights beaming down on me for the rest of my days. I understand that I have to start somewhere, but I want to enjoy my life. I want to feel like I'm doing something of value, not just monetary, but something spiritual!
I stumbled across the Happy Black Woman site and this reset course. It appealed to me because it's coming from another black woman, and it's meant to help me rediscover who I am, outside of what the expectations of me are. While, I plan to do the exercises in a private notebook, I want to use this blog as a marker of progress, if any, made as I go through this program.
I don't want to enter 2015 with the same heaviness, or the feelings of failure. I want to be a better version of myself by the time I turn 26 this coming May. I know that I can't expect a program to change me instantly, but I need some guidance and hopefully this is a step towards getting what I need.
Here's the link below:
http://happyblackwoman.com/
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