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Tamara Dawn January 3, 2022January 3, 2022anticipation, fresh start, growth mindset, hopeful, introspection, reflection, thought process, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerability, waitingjournal, new me, new year, perspective, random, reflection, thoughts

New year, new me…

2021 felt like the longest year of my life as I trudged through some of the hardest trials that I have had to endure… And that’s saying a lot considering some of the hardships that I have had to walk through in my 41 years on this Earth, but there were literally days that I felt a hopelessness that I am not sure that I have ever experienced… But it’s interesting how this new year has given me an unexpected … Continue reading “New year, new me…”

Tamara Dawn December 27, 2021December 27, 2021advice, anticipation, decisions, fresh start, grief, growth mindset, hopeful, introspection, isolation, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, relationships, thought process, transition, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerability, waitingfresh start, goals, relationship, restart, starting over

There’s beauty found in starting over…

So once again I have “restarted” my workout journey… And though I guess technically it hasn’t been a month since my last workout, whenever I take a longer than expected break from working out, my body feels like it is experiencing the first workout… Starting over is never fun, but I have been thinking a lot about the beauty that can be found in having to start over… And I have also grown to appreciate the fact that I always … Continue reading “There’s beauty found in starting over…”

Tamara Dawn December 21, 2021December 21, 2021conflict, growth mindset, hopeful, hopeless, introspection, journal, reflection, thought process, transparency, Uncategorizedemotions, feelings, frustration, grateful, human being, prayers

Gratitude and frustration…

My thoughts have been all over the place lately… and that’s the main reason that this blogpost is late… Because it was such a struggle to decide what train of thought I would take you on… I really have so much to be grateful for… And my gratitude continues to motivate me to keep pushing towards by goals… Because I am truly walking in a season of answered prayers… And I want to steward this season well… But I simultaneously … Continue reading “Gratitude and frustration…”

Tamara Dawn December 13, 2021December 13, 2021advice, decisions, growth mindset, hopeful, hopeless, introspection, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, thought process, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerabilityfreedom, mental prison, pain, relationships, trauma

It’s worth the work…

It’s so interesting how we can believe the lie that someone has a low opinion of us based on our own insecurities… I walked around unknowingly carrying around shame and condemnation for DECADES… I walked around believing the lie that others could see how worthless I felt… I walked around not really putting effort into relationships because I didn’t want to get too attached… It’s crazy how our own insecurities can keep us in a mental prison… It’s crazy our … Continue reading “It’s worth the work…”

Tamara Dawn December 6, 2021December 6, 2021advice, anticipation, conflict, growth mindset, hopeful, hopeless, introspection, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, thought process, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerability, waitingdisappointments, exhausted, grateful, hope, pressing forward

What a time to be alive… Part 3

I often have to remind myself that my hope can’t be rooted in the “hope that things will get better…” And I’m not saying that I am not hopeful that things will get better… because I am… But if my hope is solely rooted in the “hope that things will get better…” and they don’t get better in that particular area… my foundation will be shaken… At least that has been my experience… And I think that’s why I struggle … Continue reading “What a time to be alive… Part 3”

Tamara Dawn November 30, 2021November 28, 2021decisions, introspection, journal, leadership, Monday's musing, reflection, thought process, transparency, Uncategorizeddirection, Google, leadership, leadership characteristic, narrative, vision

Sometimes you’re the “bad guy”…

Lead (verb) 1. to go before or with to show the way 2. to guide in direction, course, action, opinion etc. Throughout my professional journey I have come across so many people who wanted to be the boss… But it has been rather unfortunate when I’ve seen someone put into a leadership position who didn’t know how to effectively lead the people who were under their leadership… This has also been true outside of my professional world… If you do … Continue reading “Sometimes you’re the “bad guy”…”

Tamara Dawn November 22, 2021November 22, 2021advice, friendships, growth mindset, introspection, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, relationships, thought process, transition, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerability, waitinghurt people

Break the chains…

It has been pretty interesting trying to start this blogpost… My thoughts are all over the place and there are so many things that I want to discuss, but I can’t seem to find a specific train of thought to ride today… But I will say that it is pretty interesting the way that “hurt people” operate at times because it almost seems like they find some sort of joy in inflicting emotional pain and trauma on the next person… … Continue reading “Break the chains…”

Tamara Dawn November 15, 2021November 15, 2021anticipation, growth mindset, hopeful, introspection, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, thought process, transition, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerability, waitinggratitude, hindsight, hoping, sadness, waiting

Gratitude and sadness…

Ok… So I know that time tends to stand still when you are waiting for something to happen… But I feel like it moves that much slower when you are hoping that something will happen, but aren’t exactly sure how things will work out… Or perhaps I am the only one whose life feels super out of whack right now… And… I also know that once I look back on this period of time, though each moment feels like forever … Continue reading “Gratitude and sadness…”

Tamara Dawn November 9, 2021November 10, 2021advice, conflict, friendships, growth mindset, introspection, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, relationships, thought process, transition, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerabilityconflict, emotional damage, heal, pretending, triggers, wounded

What a time to be alive… Part 2

It’s interesting to me how many wounded individuals are out here pretending like they are ok while simultaneously causing mental and/ or emotional damage to the next man or woman because they refuse to do the work that is necessary to address and heal from their triggers… And I know from firsthand experience how hard and painful it can be to dive into past pain and trauma… But isn’t it worth the effort to be able to walk around free … Continue reading “What a time to be alive… Part 2”

Tamara Dawn November 1, 2021November 1, 2021advice, anticipation, growth mindset, hopeful, hopeless, introspection, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, thought process, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerability, waitingfrustrating, preparation, waiting

In the waiting… Part 2

Patience has never been a strength of mine… Ok I take that back… Patience is an area that I have been forced to be strengthened in, but waiting is my LEAST favorite thing to do… And it’s so frustrating when I have done everything within my power to accomplish a goal and still have to wait on someone or something else to make it happen… Especially when there’s always this thought in the back of my mind that the other … Continue reading “In the waiting… Part 2”