How I Start my Day Stress-free

My own words of affirmation for the strength to get the hell out of bed in the morning

Thankfully I only have to convince myself to get out of bed once. — Credit to Canva

When I began to change

I was taught many things throughout my childhood. Unfortunately, how to have a positive outlook was not among them. Each day was a new struggle. How would I end the day? Beaten? Crushed? Perhaps in tears like most nights. Everything between waking up and falling asleep was draining and miserable. If it sounds dramatic, that’s likely because it is. But it was still awful.

I can’t help it, I’m a student of the arts. It’s in my nature.

As I have written about before, I experienced an emotional renaissance a few years back. What one might call a rekindled zest for life. I would be lying that this shift was something that was easy to maintain. It is truly exhausting because I’ve found it easier most of my life to blame others for all of my issues. If I can not be held accountable, then what would need to change?

It wasn’t my fault I was unhappy. It wasn’t my fault I couldn’t hold a job. It wasn’t even my fault that I was so sick.

I was a victim of circumstance, you see? Elements in my life that were out of control and I had no say over.

At some point I developed enough emotional maturity to understand that no matter how…