How We're Maintaining Good Vibes in 2020
I woke up on Tuesday, after the long weekend feeling ah-freekin-mazing! It was almost weird how good I felt, lol. It definitely got me thinking that every weekend should be a long weekend. But if that were the case, I’m pretty sure that “long-weekend-feeling” we love so much, would no longer be a thing. It would instead be the norm. And we definitely wouldn’t be appreciating Mr. Norm.
I will admit, when I woke up and saw it snowing outside my bedroom window, I sighed. I was like really tho?!! Still?!!! Winter is still rearing it’s ugly head?? I know, it’s only February so there are about 2 more months of snow possibilities, lol. Make that, snow probabilities. Yeah, it’s not just possible, but probable and more than likely. Ugh. I didn’t trade too much of the positive vibes I had going though, feeding into the “it’s-snowing-misery”, thank goodness. And when I looked at my phone to see what the temperature was going to be, it was above 0! It was barely cold guys. So I took my smiling self and dropped the kids off at school in an orderly fashion, and on time might I add!!
In that moment I was definitely loving life, cause it was one of those mornings and days that I felt like I have a handle on life. You know those feelings? Those “I GOT THIS!” kinda feelings. And no, this isn't’ going to jinx it. I'm not saying that this is my every day, but I am saying it’s not going to be a one-off.
A quote that I remind myself of every know and then is, “It’s a bad day, not a bad life”. Because the enemy will have you out here thinking a rotten day is the epitome of your life and it’s as good as it gets. Don’t fall for it sis! He be lyin! In fact, he stay lying. So even those days when I don’t feel freekin amazing, I’ll remind myself that’s there’s only about 16 more hours of that day left before I can head back to bed and start over the next day.
“It’s a bad day, not a bad life”
Embracing those good vibes and feelings is what allowed this post to even happen. I’ve been saying that I need to blog more, and lo hand behold, good vibes have me “seeing” content everywhere. And I’ve decided to be resourceful by taking down notes of said content ideas on my phone so I don’t conveniently forget about them later. #Mombrain
Speaking of content, this long weekend that passed, I just blurted out a 1000-word draft for another post coming up on the site shortly, stay tuned for that. The thing about that post was that I really didn’t feel like writing it and I wasn’t sure what direction it was going in. But once I started, I couldn’t stop. The words just kept coming.
Have y’all seen the social media post, “sis is minding her business, drinking her water”, etc? Well, I felt like I could actually say that was me. And actually mean it too. Not just cause it sounds good on social media, but actually mean it.
Good vibes were also brought to me by listening to good music and eating my greens!! Y’all I had a salad for lunch! Ok, so it was a pasta (carbs) salad with grilled chicken and a creamy dressing, but it was still a salad. Right?! Lol.
If you know me you know I have a bad habit of thinking, over-thinking, re-thinking, and breaking down fifty-eleven different scenarios and possible motives or thoughts of people I don’t even know. Literally caring about the opinion of strangers was about to take over my life. But I took the picture below on my way to the office Tuesday morning and didn’t care (ok, maybe just a little bit - I’m a work in progress y’all) of the fact that me stopping to take this pic, interrupted the flow of everyone rushing to their place of work. And if you’ve ever walked up Bay Street from Union Station during rush hour, you know the robotic rush and flow I’m talking about.
I’m not sharing my good vibes feelings to toot my horn (if this in any way were to be considered toot-worthy) or to get you guys to pat me on my back. I’m sharing because I want to encourage you that YOU are worth showing up for. Showing up to live for. All those voices going on in your head can be silenced. Or at least softened.
They say “like attracts like”, so if make it up in your mind to be positive and carry good vibes, I do believe that good vibes inevitably have to come your way. The bible version of this (for my fellow saints) is “As a man thinketh”. If you believe life sucks, then that’s all you’re going to see. If you can see the glass as half full, then sis, that’s what the glass is! Feeling good should not be foreign, but the norm. I know I started off this article stating that we didn’t really appreciate the (Mr.) Norm. But we have to when it comes to our happiness, our mental health, etc.
Girl, tend to your business, drink your water and do whatever is in your heart to do. And when I say do it, I mean do. Put your plans and dreams into action cause you deserve to be living your very best life out in these streets.
Stay Blessed!