Author Tamara Dawn Posted on March 21, 2022March 20, 2022Categories anticipation, fresh start, growth mindset, hopeful, introspection, isolation, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, thought process, transition, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerability, waitingTags , , , , ,

New realities…

Change is always kind of hard for me to accept… And maybe that’s not even the correct phrase to describe what I have experienced… but it always takes my mind and emotions a while to catch up with and embrace whatever new reality presents itself to me… And it’s kind of funny when I really think about it because I am such an overthinker and almost always obsess about anticipated changes before they happen… Yet once the change actually takes … Continue reading “New realities…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on March 14, 2022March 14, 2022Categories decisions, fresh start, growth mindset, introspection, journal, leadership, Monday's musing, reflection, thought process, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerability, waitingTags , , , , ,

An attitude of gratitude…

It’s so easy for me to get consumed by my frustrations when I try to ignore them… And you would think that ignoring them would allow me to just move along without an issue… but that is never the case with me as I eventually become pretty drained and demotivated when I ignore the things that are bothering me… And the way my schedule is set up nowadays, there isn’t exactly room for me to be demotivated… I also recently … Continue reading “An attitude of gratitude…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on January 3, 2022January 3, 2022Categories anticipation, fresh start, growth mindset, hopeful, introspection, reflection, thought process, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerability, waitingTags , , , , , ,

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…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on December 27, 2021December 27, 2021Categories advice, anticipation, decisions, fresh start, grief, growth mindset, hopeful, introspection, isolation, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, relationships, thought process, transition, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerability, waitingTags , , , ,

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…”