Wow, the days fly by… I was sure it hadn’t been more than a week since my last update, but boy was I wrong ha-ha. Things are improving at the moment, and I’m starting to notice a lot of things that I can be grateful for.
My relationship with my girlfriend is going extremely well – our communication has never been better and it’s just nice to come home to someone I know I can always talk to about anything and be understood.
I’m getting closer to the exam period, which I’m not so afraid of this time around (usually I become anxious). Instead, I feel more motivated to just do my best and accept whatever that results.
I’ve found a good workout routine, which I can stick to and I can immediately feel how it’s correcting my shoulder pain and bad posture (it has been bugging me for a while and which won’t let me do the workout I really want to do).
I took responsibility for the past two times to open the weekly GA meeting I attend. This gave me confidence while making me feel more connected to the people who go there as well. I’m starting to form friendships with a couple of the guys. We stay for a bit after the meeting and talk a little, and one of the guys and I bike some of the way home together and get to know each other further.
I’m starting to feel better again and become more positive. I still have a long way to go and there are many areas that have not seen any improvement for a while. But I’ve become okay with that. I’d rather recognize the things that I do improve in – working on not only seeing the negatives and let them weight too much but also see the positives and give them weight (one of the cognitive distortions I’ve become aware of since reading about cognitive therapy, which I picked up from a fellow journaler in this forum).
Well, I could go on but I’m starving right now so with that being said… adieu!