Feeling beat up?

It’s Friendship Friday! This is the day to focus on giving back or paying it forward.

Do you feel a little beat up today? I’m not talking physically, but mentally. After everything that has happened over the last two years I want to give you a piece of advice I have had to take many times. Give yourself a break. A bunch has happened and things keep changing and it’s a bunch to keep up with.

I remember growing up that we watched the news once a day, maybe twice. But it wasn’t all day every day like it is now. I know personally I tend to get overwhelmed if I am constantly looking at the news. So now I look in the morning and then don’t go back to it. It’s just too much. Instead I focus on what I can control. Some examples are giving back to my community, creating, focusing on my family (with my daughter in college that is sometimes a lot in itself), and making sure I am taking care of myself.

With everything that has happened I have learned that what I put in my brain is what comes out. Fear breeds fear. Positivity breeds good thoughts. And so on.

I would encourage you to think of your mental wellness much like you do your physical wellness. Put good things in and you will get good things out.

Happy Crafting!

With inky fingers,

Joni 🙂