Self Known

This is a transparent monthly reflection where I take the time to look back, view my progress and make adjustments. Monthly Project: Write. I had this fabulous story idea come to me during this month, and I pretty much dropped everything that wasn't essential to write through it. Health → Exercise 3 days/week, drink 65oz. water/day Exercise: 12/12 (100%) Notes: Yoga is crazy fun. Okay? Okay. Water: 15/30 (50%) Notes: I wasn't very good at keeping track this month (ehe) so this is just a guess. But definitely near the end of this month I began to crack down on my water consumption. Relationships → Reach out to one new person a week How many people I reached out to or met: 2 Did I ask them a deep/personal question? No, but I did listen. Did I record my encounters? Yes. Notes: The last week of April I officially met two older women from my church whom I'd seen around but hadn't introduced myself to. They were so sweet and so kind. (One

I'm in a better place today than I was 1, 2, 3 years ago. When they say time heals all wounds, they weren't kidding. (I wish they would have stressed HOW MUCH time...) With Jesus as my guide, I am rebuilding myself from pieces old and new. I find sparks of childlike wonder, and I can't help but look to the Creator in awe. You formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb.  (Psalm 139:13) For all the time I spend stressing about where I am compared to where I want to be, I can still force myself to step back and not take everything so seriously. Autopilot and the buzz of routine switch off to the point where it's just me and the wild flowers. The bees and the breeze. Planet Earth beneath my feet. Fresh air in my lungs. Breathe with me. Slow down. Let's not grow up so fast.