"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger"
So T-Mobile likes to give it's users gifts every Tuesday, and I find myself this week signed up for a free seminar at Shaw Academy about blogging and content marketing, which if you remember a few posts ago, I was discussing just that. Very interesting how the fates seem to be all in agreement like that. Now it's just up to me to actually do the free course and hopefully learn something and do something with that.
Anyways, down to the nitty-gritty. Day 2 of the 30 Day Writing Challenge. I will admit this isn't getting any easier, no not after 1 day haha. I don't mean in the sense of finding time to do this, but rather in the subject matter, why do I have to write about myself? Then again I need to because that is the whole point of this, that is why the blog is named Finding Gaby. I am Gaby and I'm trying to find myself (not an easy task). I've never really liked myself, so I'm trying to find the parts I do like, celebrate that, and improve the parts I don't like. Yay, go 2018! The year of me!
Ok enough of the sarcastic enthusiasm. Down to the challenge.
Day 2: Write something that someone told you about yourself that you never forgot.
Aw, see, that's not fair. I hate compliments because I don't know how to take them, so usually, I either try to disprove them or I play the asshole and make the person feel weird for point out something obvious. Gotta love those self-preservation defenses, someone always ends up feeling awkward or upset.
Ok, let me think... something about myself that someone else has pointed out that I've never forgotten. I can only think of the negative at the moment, but no one really wants to read about that, and frankly, I don't want to think about *that*, but I have had my fair share of people saying hurtful mean things.
But maybe those are the things that stick out the most. Those are the statements that resonate the strongest because I am always trying to live past that and improve upon that so that no one ever says that again. Not the best way to look at things huh? Why let my life be dictated by how other people see me rather than how I see myself (see that second paragraph, we're working on it!)
So I guess in that vein, something that I never have forgotten is when people comment on my strength, and I don't mean physical. I've gone through a lot of stuff, and I've lived through a lot as well, and when people learn my story and how I've managed to push on and survive, they are all amazed at the wisdom I have gained and the strength I have to continue to move forward. It's never been easy, I know this as I have lived through it, but the good thing is that I will never stop or give up, regardless of how hard life gets.
I guess it's my tenacity. I am one stubborn and determined person who doesn't know when to quit and that has both its positive and negative side about it, but when used for the positive, I guess it can be pretty inspiring.
To add another note to this year's goal of self-development. I have the emotional strength to do this, so look inside and see myself for who I really am. I'm not scared of what I might see. But I am ready to accept the things I don't like about myself and change them. And I guess that does take a certain type of strength, which I've got in spades.
Anyways, down to the nitty-gritty. Day 2 of the 30 Day Writing Challenge. I will admit this isn't getting any easier, no not after 1 day haha. I don't mean in the sense of finding time to do this, but rather in the subject matter, why do I have to write about myself? Then again I need to because that is the whole point of this, that is why the blog is named Finding Gaby. I am Gaby and I'm trying to find myself (not an easy task). I've never really liked myself, so I'm trying to find the parts I do like, celebrate that, and improve the parts I don't like. Yay, go 2018! The year of me!
Ok enough of the sarcastic enthusiasm. Down to the challenge.
Day 2: Write something that someone told you about yourself that you never forgot.
Aw, see, that's not fair. I hate compliments because I don't know how to take them, so usually, I either try to disprove them or I play the asshole and make the person feel weird for point out something obvious. Gotta love those self-preservation defenses, someone always ends up feeling awkward or upset.
Ok, let me think... something about myself that someone else has pointed out that I've never forgotten. I can only think of the negative at the moment, but no one really wants to read about that, and frankly, I don't want to think about *that*, but I have had my fair share of people saying hurtful mean things.
But maybe those are the things that stick out the most. Those are the statements that resonate the strongest because I am always trying to live past that and improve upon that so that no one ever says that again. Not the best way to look at things huh? Why let my life be dictated by how other people see me rather than how I see myself (see that second paragraph, we're working on it!)
So I guess in that vein, something that I never have forgotten is when people comment on my strength, and I don't mean physical. I've gone through a lot of stuff, and I've lived through a lot as well, and when people learn my story and how I've managed to push on and survive, they are all amazed at the wisdom I have gained and the strength I have to continue to move forward. It's never been easy, I know this as I have lived through it, but the good thing is that I will never stop or give up, regardless of how hard life gets.
I guess it's my tenacity. I am one stubborn and determined person who doesn't know when to quit and that has both its positive and negative side about it, but when used for the positive, I guess it can be pretty inspiring.
To add another note to this year's goal of self-development. I have the emotional strength to do this, so look inside and see myself for who I really am. I'm not scared of what I might see. But I am ready to accept the things I don't like about myself and change them. And I guess that does take a certain type of strength, which I've got in spades.
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