Your first blog post is supposed to be meaningful right? Or am I just making that up?… Regardless, mine will be 🙂

Since January, I’ve been on a happiness journey. I spent $66 dollars (God bless) on a planner that I religiously fill out and I talk about the highs of my day and month. I eat all the pizza I want. I try to laugh as much as I can in one day. And I’m trying to spend as much time with my friends and family as possible.

At the beginning of my journey, it was incredibly rough. I cried everyday. Didn’t talk much. Couldn’t sleep. I was on the brink of self destruction and deep down I knew something was wrong, but I didn’t know how to change my attitude. What honestly saved me was talking to the people that loved me most. My mom, dad, brother, my best friends, my sorority sisters, my lovely roommate, and my at the time significant other. At first, I would feel terrible about dumping my emotional vomit on them, but once I barfed it out I would feel the tiniest bit better. I wrote in journals, on the computer, I did anything I possibly could to try and dump the toxic thoughts out of my body. But most importantly, I began to give myself more credit than I had been.

For lent, I gave up negative thoughts (first because I’d probably keel over if I couldn’t have chocolate, second because I don’t think God wants anyone to live a depressed life).

As of now, I’ve had some bumps and bruises, but I always try to get back up on my feet no matter how hard the challenge is.

So, I challenge you to surround yourself with people who lift you higher and to love yourself.