Author Tamara Dawn Posted on April 11, 2022April 11, 2022Categories anticipation, decisions, growth mindset, hopeful, hopeless, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, thought process, transition, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerability, waitingTags , , , , ,

Giving up control…

Life continues to force me to grow in my ability to be patient as I wait for certain things to happen that are out of my control… And most of the time it has been more so frustrating because I am generally the type of person who will try to do everything within my power to make things happen the way that I want them to or when I want them to… But there has been such a waiting game … Continue reading “Giving up control…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on February 7, 2022February 7, 2022Categories anticipation, growth mindset, introspection, isolation, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, thought process, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerability, waitingTags , , , , ,

Going through the motions…

Loneliness has been a constant companion lately… and it’s kind of weird to wrap my mind around that concept because I have been interacting with more people on a regular basis than I normally do… Yet loneliness has still been a constant companion lately… And I am not one who really needs a ton of interaction with people because that can actually be quite draining to my inner introvert whose hobbies and career have always required extrovert behavior… But lately … Continue reading “Going through the motions…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on November 15, 2021November 15, 2021Categories anticipation, growth mindset, hopeful, introspection, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, thought process, transition, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerability, waitingTags , , , ,

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…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on November 1, 2021November 1, 2021Categories advice, anticipation, growth mindset, hopeful, hopeless, introspection, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, thought process, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerability, waitingTags , ,

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”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on February 15, 2021April 17, 2021Categories friendships, journal, reflection, relationships, single, transparency, Uncategorized, waitingTags , , , ,

Getting to know You…

I see so many people talk about how hard this is to accomplish… but if I’m honest, making new friends as an adult has been pretty easy… Now I guess I should note that most of these adult friendships have been formed with coworkers or people who I’ve met at whatever church I was attending at the time… So oftentimes it was not hard to find common ground to build rapport upon… But now that I’ve decided to venture into … Continue reading “Getting to know You…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on January 15, 2021April 17, 2021Categories advice, decisions, journal, reflection, transparency, waitingTags , , ,

In the waiting…

I’ve never really been a fan of processes… or journeys… or whatever word you want to use to describe the, oftentimes, lengthy period of time that one has to endure to get from here to there… (wherever there may be…) And it’s not the hard work, discipline, or determination needed that I have an issue with… Because honestly, I get a sense of pride when I push myself beyond what I initially thought I could and accomplish things I didn’t … Continue reading “In the waiting…”