Making Room For ME
I am gaining clarity by clearing my space of clutter. And I realized that I am making space for me now. I have grown beyond where I was.
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I am gaining clarity by clearing my space of clutter. And I realized that I am making space for me now. I have grown beyond where I was.
It all started when I asked, who do I think I am? I intended to facetiously ask myself this as in do I have the authority to speak on this subject? And then I realized that knowing who I am is in fact a good way to star the year. I am on my 11th…
I have been asked many times to call up my vision of what I want my life to look like, to feel like. Somehow that always seemed ludicrous to me. Maybe I didn’t believe I deserved to be happy or I didn’t believe that I was in that much control of my destiny. But now…
I have come to understand that the two areas of me that need the most work are self-trust and self-value. I believe that my lack of self-trust is what causes anxiety. And my lack of self-value is otherwise known as low self-esteem or self-worth. It struck me the other day that I have truly believed…
Something that’s been on my mind or late is how much I do not value myself both who I am and what I do. This is not a new idea. I was teasing myself asking “Who do you think you are?” and suddenly I thought, “No really, who do you think you are?” Because that…
Now that I have addressed the majority of my anxiety by taking the step to ask for pharmaceutical assistance from my doctor (he actually warned me not to quit after I was feeling better and I laughed at him and said,”You don’t know me. I’m the first one to admit I have this problem all…
I was driving to my appointment this morning on a salt encrusted two lane highway, my cruise control set at 60 mph when I noticed that the speed limit was 55 mph. And I went to set it up five more notches and realized this: if there’s no one to compare ourselves to, we are…
Remembering that we learn from others and especially our parents how important we are. Without this early context we are doomed to search for it.
While I mull over possible new work/art goals for the coming year, using my new word of the year “Focus” to guide me, I have taken other proactive steps to take care of my body betterment too. For a week plus, I have been using my new Christmas Fitbit to track my movements and exercise….
The after holiday time finds me happily languishing in the process of life instead of the results. There is no hurry, worry, or scurry.