With the busy Christmas season and home renovations something has been nagging at my consistently. Pain. Pain is with me constantly since my car accident over 3 years ago, pain which I'm sure is exasperated by being overweight. With every move I make I pay for it by tiring quickly and finally giving in and resting. I'm sick of not being able to do things and disliking how my body feels and yes the way it looks. Today I'm far too heavy to be healthy and dammit I'm taking control of the ...
Mind
Perfectionism Is All About Ego – Drop the Facade
Have you ever found yourself in a conversation or posting on Facebook, dumbing down your actual life circumstances? There have been times in my life when I've been utterly overwhelmed by my current situation and yet found myself pasting on a smile and conveying to the world that my life is all unicorns and rainbows. As I'm displaying this false exterior, within myself there have been storms taking place. Inner-critisisms waring against my self-conficence..."you SHOULD be better a this...you ...
When Life Gets Too Busy It’s Time to Take Stock
November is a month which didn't mean anything specail to me in my younger years, no holidays, no birthdays...nada. Funny how this has changed as an adult, November seems to the be month where my family is JAMMED this year! Somehow my husband and I have managed to muck up our schedule and we're running around far too much. Nights when we'd rather be escaping the cold, sitting by the fire having a chat we're found to be bundling up to take the kids here and there. The funny thing is that I ...
Aging Gracefully, Not Rotting
Lately I've been all about fabulous drink recipes and delicious food here, this is a GREAT thing but I've felt like I was in a bit of a quiet period when it came to writing about my life. Almost as if I was waiting, surrounded by silence...comfortably so I might add. Today I read a post from my friend Sarah on UrbanMoms titled I'm Officially Old and it got me thinking about aging gracefully vs becoming decrepit. Silence is golden as they say. My world is silent throughout the daytime hours; I ...
Fear Isn’t Fact Even When It Feels Like It Is
The last few weeks have been quite busy in my little world of social media. When I began blogging here at SoberJulie I didn't ever imagine that my online journal of memories would bring me to the place where I'm virtually sharing and learning as I do life. Now that I'm here I'm often humbled by the opportunity I have here to learn and grow by penning my thoughts and experiences. As you all know I strive to say it like it is and to correct myself as often as I need to, I realize I'm someone ...