How are you REALLY doing?

Girlfriend check-in time!  How have you been?  And better yet, how are you really doing?  Are you taking care of yourself?  When is the last time you did something for you?  When is the last time you did something you enjoy? For those of us who tend to over-work, I’m reminding you to get in some girlfriend time.  As much as we love our men, they are NOT our girlfriends.  Sometimes we get so caught up with our relationships and taking care of everybody else that we neglect our own souls.  And we often don’t recognize self-neglect until we’re going off on everybody, having crying fits, or so exhausted we’re no good to anybody…

Take a quick minute and do a self-survey.  It is vitally important to your purpose that you give yourself permission to regenerate: refresh, relax, relate, and release.  All of us need that girlfriend or two who we can be real with. Those relationships are precious and deserve our attention.  Is it time to make a phone call?  Don’t give in to the temptation to isolate yourself and suffer unnecessarily.  God made women with a need for communication, so take a minute and send a quick text – “Girl, let’s get together!”  She probably needs it just as much as you do…

Older AND Better

Are you getting Older AND Better? The first question has already been answered for you. You’ve gotten older since you opened this post!  We can’t avoid getting older.  What we don’t want to do, though, is get older and regret everything we haven’t tried or accomplished yet. Now, that we can do something about. Continue reading “Older AND Better”