Reset

That's what today is for me. Truly, today I RESET this year. I began by taking a short walk (to Starbucks and back is 1.4 miles) to begin my first day of the first week that I am working (almost) our new schedule. Our new schedule is 4 days and I'm working 8 hours the majority of 4 days. We are still only working half day Fridays, but as we pick up virtual lessons that will change. 

So this week, I'm working a 4-day week for the first time since March 16, 2020. Oh what a year its been so far, huh? But, truly (theres that word again), I think we've all needed to RESET in some way. Even our world needed a reset - and it got what it needed in my opinion. To see the landscape clear so drastically, then see the reappearance of the dirty sky as we started to go to work again - its just mind-blowing how just a few weeks gave us such clear skies and a resurgence of nature around us! A definite sign that we can do better to help this planet. A reason that we need to reset some of our priorities to better the nature around us. Because the reset for this was too short.

And our culture needed a bit of reset - now I can't agree with the violence and the mindset of the extremists that have gone too far the other way - but we need to continue to change the mindset that we are better than anyone else. In saying we, I mean any human being that thinks that way or is prejudiced against another. I am no better than the person beside me - for any reason. I've never had that thought in my head. In fact, I usually think less of myself than others. That's not healthy either. I'm working on it. But I do not know the burden that it is - I can only, maybe, a tiny bit know due to being a woman in a man's world sometimes. I've had to fight off being "just a woman" a few times and yet I know its nothing like what others have to fight off. But this reset is just beginning; it will take time to press the play button in our culture. But it will happen, I know that for a fact.

This is a time though that our personal resets can make a big change. And that's really only the reset that we CAN control. Mine is still forming but the first is just to take a short walk (long ones still out) to breathe the air and see the God's beauty around me, praying for my day and those I will come in contact with physically or virtually, and that God will guide me in the best way to help them. And then I will come home and make sure to reset myself before I sleep - whether thats a meditation, a hot shower, a cup of tea, or to just read scripture or a book. Because sleep is not always my friend; but I know I can help to make it a friend by making sure I'm relaxed before I sleep. And then part of my reset is to write one partial day per weekend and as my "work" on Mondays. By November, I plan to submit my first novel - and begin the second whether or not the first ever gets published. Its the other thing I love - these characters in my head and these stories. It's time to let them out even if only one person ever knows them besides me. And then the final thing for right now is to not allow negative talk or people take any of my time. That means possibly hiding posts on facebook or instagram, and maybe even taking another break (the first one lasted for about 10 days - but by that time a few of the things upsetting me blew over). 

That's the first phase of my reset. What is yours?

Lots of Love,

Tiffany 💋