Day One

 I survived Day One of New Year. Work was busy and we were short-staffed, but it went by quickly and I felt fulfilled. I got up early this morning and walked. Listened to Mel Robbins's podcast this morning. She is fantastic. It was the one with 8 top tips or 8 steps or something like that. I already put my phone away or I'd check. Go listen; it's worth every second. I am training my brain to be kinder to myself. I set an eating schedule today so I would eat more frequently and be less likely to binge. I think I did pretty well. I wrote affirmations on post-its and posted them around the house. I must say I feel a little foolish doing that, but it's time to do new things. It is clear the things I've done in the past have not worked. Or they worked for a short time as a coping mechanism. Now I have outgrown those coping mechanisms. It is time to restructure. 2024 will be a better year. It won't be easy, but I want to change for the better. I don't want to give up on life. I want to welcome it. I hope I sleep better tonight. I am going to sleep with my phone NOT on the bed. I'm going to get under the covers in my warm comfy bed with clean sheets and read a couple chapters of OUR SOULS AT NIGHT by Kent Haruf. Such a brilliant, peaceful, poignant, wholesome book. 

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