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Protecting My Peace

Shew.. clutch your pearls, kids. Before I begin, I want to reiterate that my whole purpose for blogging, is to get nagging thoughts out of my brain, and onto paper, no matter who sees. But also, looking at the numbers on my posts, ain’t nobody really reading these lol. It has seemed to help me heal in the past, and so I’d like to keep going. “If you’ve ever been personally victimized by…” (Mean Girls lol) Anyway.. This all seems to have started after my experience in college, talked about in a previous post somewhere. And I think I have gradually gotten stronger and more protective of myself since then. However, I feel like I’ve been tested this past year. I’ve been put in positions where I could either dwell on it and feel sad.. weak.. less-than.. a total victim. OR, I could take it for what it is, nothing more, nothing less, file it in my mental filing cabinet for when I need it later, and keep it pushing. I’ve been calling it ‘accepting energy’. The energy you are giving, I am rec...

Update since March 22' - powerlifting meet results

Hello, all who find the time to stop by and read. I've been busy (kinda) and thought i'd give an update - it's been a while since i wrote.. My gym friend B, from my last post, convinced me to sign up for a powerlifting meet; it's coming up in December. So for the past 4 months, i've been training with a coach/friend and i've been really enjoying it. I think i will be able to get some pretty big numbers for my very first meet so i am excited. Umm.. i am still on anxiety meds and i feel like they are helping. As of recently, i've ironically grown more comfortable with being at home. In fact, i look forward to jumping back in bed after work LOL. It sounds like a deep rooted problem or something.. but honestly i don't think it is. I think i've adjusted to remote working and i thoroughly enjoy sitting in my house, something i own ..i'll come back to this.. *Update, May 18th - wayyyyyyy past my meet lol I won my weight-class for my age (i was the only ...