The Blogging Platypus

Today we are going to talk a little bit about boundaries.  Sometimes boundaries can have a negative connotation in our minds.  Many of us are raised, especially as women (not all women, but this includes people who identify as female) in society, we're often the ones who are told to be like accommodating to other people.  To put their needs first. While, yes, this is helpful, it may not always be healthy though.  When you keep saying no to what you want to do and are not able to pursue what you want, that's a problem.  I'm not saying if you want to go pursue a wild scheme or things like that, but when you're saying yes to something that you don't want to do, it can kind of put you in a weird position where you kind of start to lose track of who you are or what you want. Boundaries are a challenge.  I learned about it in school for my Master's program and I still have a hard time with boundaries because I don't want to be looked at as the bad person, t...

So, starting today, I wanted to try something new. Yesterday I ended up printing four sheets of brand-new affirmations to draw everyday so I would have a little bit more cheer a little bit more Springtime. Today’s pull was “I accept that things are falling into place for me and thinking about that affirmation today.” In the state of the world, it's sometimes a little bit hard to feel like things are actually going according to plan. That things might actually work out when, in reality, we’re faced with the fact that we might be losing people that we care about, that we love, that we follow on social media. Pulling my affirmations kind of help me to feel centered, in a way, that everything is going according to plan. Things are going well, but some of the things like with the virus, are not. Today’s affirmation, at least for myself, helps to remind me that I can change my fate.  It's been my experience that you can actually change your fate. You don't have to be resigne...