Old mat and New Jade Yoga Mat 🙏
"Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect." -RWE
Ain’t that the truth!
Paint Party; went rogue!
If this isn’t nice, then I don’t know what is.
Little by little, day by day.
Being diagnosed with any kind of mental illness is a life changer.
If it happens in the midst of your young adult life you learn quickly that you can’t mix alcohol with meds, and in fact, you shouldn’t drink anymore.You also learn that seeing a doctor fairly frequently becomes burdensome yet necessary.
The people in your life, who don’t understand, will chalk off your moods to laziness, self-centerdness, arrogance and things like that. You will probably not even feel at home … at home.
BUT, this doesn’t have to be the way. You don’t have to become some real life version of a character from Girl Interrupted. It was at my loneliest, darkest and emptiest moment that I was struck with an unexpected idea that has propelled me to where I am today.
I realized that the changes that I HAD to make could be the foundation for changes that I had always wanted to make in the back of my mind. I always wanted to be happy, positive, healthy and fit.
In the past month and a half: I quit drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes, stopped eating meat and animal products, quit my position in a toxic work environment, said my goodbyes to a very toxic friendship, began to exercise regularly and adopted a habit of practicing yoga.
My mood not only stabilized past what was expected of my daily dose of 900mg of Lithium, but was accompanied by a more positive outlook about myself and the future. I also lost 10 pounds and had significantly more energy to get me through the day without coffee or other caffeine products.
All this brings me to today, snowed in from Winter Storm Juno but still full of energy from my nutrient dense Beet, Carrot and Apple Juice. I decided I would transform my Tumblr, which was a cesspool of negative imagery and iconic dark depictions of mental illness.
Instead, I’m hoping this year to document my journey toward better physical and mental health and to build my tumblr into a beacon of positivity. Because although the inevitable downswings of my bipolar may catch me off guard, they won’t find me unprepared.