Author Tamara Dawn Posted on January 23, 2023January 22, 2023Categories emotions, fresh start, growth, growth mindset, introspection, isolation, journal, Monday's musing, relationships, thought process, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerability, waitingTags , , , , , , ,

To my first love…

Hey… I know it’s been a while… And I know I never announced my departure, but I knew I’d be back… I thought I would be back after things began to feel less repetitive and unfamiliar… When you really think about it, that doesn’t even make sense… But nevertheless nothing has really changed in that regard… And in some ways, I’ve learned to embrace the unfamiliar because I don’t really want to return to what I once knew… And even … Continue reading “To my first love…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on September 19, 2022September 19, 2022Categories advice, conflict, decisions, emotions, freedom, fresh start, friendships, growth mindset, healing, hopeful, introspection, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, relationships, thought process, transparency, vulnerability, waitingTags , , , , ,

If they wanted to know the truth…

There are people who don’t like you… People you have never interacted with… And these people don’t like you because of a version of you they heard about from someone you are no longer in relationship with… And what’s interesting about this is the fact that sometimes the version of you they describe is either a false version or a version of you that no longer exists… I have seen that happen from time to time in my own life… … Continue reading “If they wanted to know the truth…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on September 12, 2022September 12, 2022Categories decisions, emotions, freedom, fresh start, friendships, growth mindset, healing, hopeful, introspection, isolation, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, relationships, thought process, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerabilityTags , , ,

Relational Reflections…

Healing is starting to feel really exhausting… And it’s not so much the act of healing itself that’s exhausting… Because once the crying has ended (as that tends to accompany my healing as of lately) I feel freer and less weighed down… But healing is starting to feel exhausting because in some cases I’m still interacting with the very people who have caused the wounds that I am processing and working to heal from… And my healing is starting to … Continue reading “Relational Reflections…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on August 29, 2022August 28, 2022Categories emotions, freedom, fresh start, growth mindset, healing, hopeful, introspection, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, thought process, transition, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerabilityTags , ,

Over and over and over again…

It’s really wild when I think about the fact that I have to make an intentional choice to be fully me wherever I go… Like why isn’t that something that just automatically happens by default? And I’m not talking about professionalism or assessing my environment and behaving accordingly… I’m referring to the moments I still have where I hesitate to expose a part of me that I think won’t be accepted in whatever space I am in… And as I … Continue reading “Over and over and over again…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on August 22, 2022Categories emotions, fresh start, growth mindset, healing, hopeful, introspection, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, thought process, transition, transparency, vulnerabilityTags , , , ,

The reintroduction…

The past few weeks have been extremely busy… were kind of chaotic at times… and had a little sickness thrown in for a little razzle dazzle… All while I was preparing for an extremely busy yet meaningful weekend… Such is life at times… I hated to NOT be able to post last Monday… but sickness caused me to get behind on a lot of things and this creative outlet had to be sacrificed… Also I will note here that I … Continue reading “The reintroduction…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on August 9, 2022August 8, 2022Categories anticipation, emotions, fresh start, growth mindset, healing, hopeful, introspection, journal, reflection, thought process, transition, transparency, UncategorizedTags , , ,

New New…

New level… I would be lying if I said that there aren’t times that I miss the old level… the level that didn’t continually require that I shed away so many things that have been such a huge part of who I am… things that are now unnecessary and a hindrance to me moving forward… New habits… I would also be lying if I said that I don’t sometimes miss the ways that I used to cope with frustration, disappointment … Continue reading “New New…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on August 1, 2022August 1, 2022Categories emotions, fresh start, growth mindset, healing, hopeful, introspection, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, thought process, transition, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerabilityTags , ,

Such is life I suppose…

I can honestly say that the journey to find healing has been filled with so many twists and turns… And it’s not like I ever really thought about what the journey would be like… But as of lately it has been filled with lots of tears and feelings of discomfort as fears and insecurities I had forgotten about have bubbled to the surface of my heart and mind…   I am also finding myself having to learn new ways to … Continue reading “Such is life I suppose…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on July 25, 2022July 25, 2022Categories emotions, fresh start, growth mindset, hopeful, introspection, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, thought process, transition, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerability, waitingTags ,

Caught up in the former reality…

As a creature of habit and a lover of creating habits and rhythms in my schedule… I have never really been a fan of “change” and have always known that it is hard for me to adjust to things when they are suddenly different… And it’s not like change hinders me from moving forward… because it doesn’t… But oftentimes I will just be on autopilot for a while until my mind and emotions catch up with my current reality… But … Continue reading “Caught up in the former reality…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on July 4, 2022July 4, 2022Categories advice, decisions, fresh start, growth mindset, hopeful, introspection, journal, leadership, Monday's musing, reflection, thought process, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerability, waitingTags , , ,

I definitely got off track…

It’s so easy to forget what helped you get to where you are once you get there… And I’m not referring to the people who supported you along your journey, although there ARE times that people forget who helped them to succeed… But what I am referring to is the habits and disciplines that helped you to establish the foundation that you built as you were working to achieve your goal… I have thought about this a lot lately because … Continue reading “I definitely got off track…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on May 24, 2022May 24, 2022Categories advice, conflict, fresh start, friendships, growth mindset, hopeful, introspection, journal, relationships, thought process, transition, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerabilityTags , , ,

Forgiveness is not for them…

I think there is such a misconception about what forgiveness is… There has to be because I can’t fathom any other reason why someone would willingly choose to NOT forgive someone… I also think a lot of people believe that forgiving someone means that you have to reconcile with that person and let them back in your life… It doesn’t… Or perhaps some people think that forgiving someone means that you have to pretend the offense didn’t occur… It doesn’t … Continue reading “Forgiveness is not for them…”