Own It & Don't Take Crap From Anyone

So originally I sat down to write my post about the highlights of my 2018 and instead it became this cathartic blog post that is just an expansion of something my mentor/big sis told me almost two months ago.

I did this kind of post last year and for some reason when I went to write this year's, it just felt weird. Sometimes having a blog and social media makes it feel like bragging, "oh look at me and all the great things I have!" And I never want to come off that way. But sometimes it's way easier to look back on a year and see all the negative things that happened or remember all the things you wanted for yourself that didn't happen.

However, I decided these kinds of posts actually help me realize the positives and be grateful for them. My blog has really always been for myself, whenever I talk about my accomplishments, it's never to brag or make other people feel bad or compare themselves, because I've been there and done that.

I've talked with friends before about how hard we find it to talk about ourselves in a positive way  and not to make this a super deep post or anything, but I think it's a common thing for women to do. We try to be humble to the point of being afraid to say "yeah I did that and I'm damn good at it!" or "hey look at this thing I did, I'm super proud of it!!"

So I've come to learn that just because you choose to show all the happy moments of your life, it doesn’t mean your trying to portray yourself or your life as perfection, it just means you’re choosing to focus on the positive rather than dwell on the negative.

And that's ok!