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After the end of a text conversation with a friend, her final salutation was “Live your best life” accompanied by some fire emojis.  I’m not always caught up on the latest colloquialisms; in fact, some days I have a real concern that I might actually turn into one of those “Get off my lawn” crotchety ladies.  I mean, except for soca (I need my new music year after year), I’m already snuggly encased in my music time capsule, and I’d be lost if it weren’t for Google and Urban Dictionary.  Continue reading “Live Your Best Life”

“We are all self-made, but only the successful will admit it”—Earl Nightingale

Before you move on, let Mr. Nightingale’s words sink into the crevices of your psyche.  Fight whatever mental or emotional resistance you might be experiencing because this is a drop the mic kind of moment!  In less than fifteen words, Earl Nightingale has essentially summed up the power of lifestyle choices.   Right now, I am sitting on my sofa, trying to squeeze the best out of the 5a-6a hour by working on my blog before I continue with my day.  In the recent past, that hour was spent fueling my anxieties.  Even further back, I’d be sleeping because I didn’t have anything that ignited me enough to make me want to start my day earlier.  During all of this though, life never stopped, and every decision and action, essentially every investment in the brand of Me, was continuously yielding…something.  Continue reading “Your “Me” Investment Portfolio”

I love the high of happy!  Despite all the anxiety talk, being happy is my go-to state.  I’m a chatterbox.  I love to laugh and I love making others laugh.  Of all the emotions I experience, happiness is my favorite.  I talk a lot about anxiety because I believe it is at the root of some of the stumbling blocks in my life, and as this is a blog about pursuing progress, I feel it’s necessary to discuss the ways I’m handling it to move forward.  But guys…for the past ten weeks, happiness has been front and center in my life.  So basically, my emotional grid has been registering feelings of contentment, peacefulness, and gratitude along with manageable interruptions of anxiety for ten weeks.  Folks, this is major!   Yup…I’m definitely happy! Continue reading “I’m Happy”

You’ve perhaps heard the saying “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” So what do you do when you love something but risk letting it slip away?  Here’s some context: I enjoy writing for my blog, yet lately I haven’t been attending to it as much.  Of course I feel bad about this, and by bad I mean guilty, disappointed and frustrated. Despite loving to write, it has somehow managed to turn into just another item on a checklist, which was not the sentiment I had when I first decided to create Just Me, Maybe You.  If I take the saying to heart then, does it mean that I do not love what I am doing, that I’m wasting my money, my energy, my time, heck your time in this seemingly failing venture?  Should I cut my losses and move on to the next best thing? Continue reading “Eek! I’ve got a touch of flakiness”

It’s October and you know what that means?! Three more months left to work off that resolution list…if you could find it.  Hmm, where did you see it last?  Maybe it was chilling out by the barely used gym membership?  Nope. Then it must be under the unread Eating Well and Shape magazines.  Strike two huh? Hey, is that it next to your ultimate ergonomic and bio-friendly hydration system designed to deliver maximum ‘moisturization’ to all your cells…you know, that almost new $100 water bottle?!  LOL I’m poking fun cause I’ve been there!  And because he who feels it knows, I want to suggest a different way to make that progress in your life…I mean, that is why you made the list in the first place, right? Continue reading “Resolution 2017 what now?!”

We’ve finally made it to the last post of this three-part series, the light at the end of the tunnel so to speak!  If you’ve been following the series, you’ll note that in part one and part two, I was in a really desperate place.  As a quick recap, you’ll recall that my chest was always heavy while my stomach was in constant knots.  Crying and headache spells were the norm.  My concentration was shot and I was cycling through emotions faster than Takeru Kobayashi at a hot dog eating competition.  Speaking of food, I had little appetite, and at 5’9”, I’d dropped to about 125 pounds.  I had to prioritize taking care of me and I knew it was not going to be an easy fix!  Here, in part three, I get to share my experiences about gaining peace-of-mind and setting up the foundations for lasting change.   Continue reading “Living with Anxiety, part three of three”

In Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill instills in our head the following nugget of wisdom:  “Whatever your mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve”.  Simple words but oh so true.  The path to progress undoubtedly begins in the mind.  This is why I am committed to keeping my mind in the right the place.  It’s not easy but it is absolutely necessary.  Money, family, friends, God—none of these resources are worthwhile if you cannot adjust your thinking to embrace them wisely in your life.  So what does my little soapbox moment have to do with rock climbing?  Continue reading “Your Worst Enemy? Check Your Head First!”

In Living with Anxiety, part one, I introduced you to my anxiety.  It’s probably not that different from others.  That’s why in this post, I’ll be looking more closely at how it expresses itself in my life.  I’ll start with this question:

Can anxiety ever be useful to us?

I say “yes”.  Imagine a warning system that alerts us of some unsettled state within us.  Anxiety is that system.  We become unsettled for many reasons, not all of them bad.  Sometimes anxiety can be that nagging feeling pushing us towards some unfulfilled desire or goal.  I know we’re certainly not meant to get stuck in this state nor are we to rely on it as our sole or even primary means of mental and emotional navigation! Continue reading “Living with Anxiety, part two of three”