DAY 10: LEARN

It’s day 10! Only two days left in the challenge. Today’s prompt is:

Learn.

October was a month of transition. It was the month following my creative adventures, and the month before a mass amount of change. I was about to move towns, jobs, and general social circles.

Needless to say, I was skeptical. Never had I been faced with such a big change in my life. The worries could be deafening at times, but once I got past my initial concerns, I was pretty excited. But the mindset didn't change overnight, and it never stayed exactly the same.

I had my moments of resistance, and those of acceptance. But the hardest thing I had to learn was that change, this move, and the future was inevitable and it was my choice whether to embrace, or merely survive it.

I've actually made it a clear intention lately that of all the goals I had for 2020, embracing positivity and opportunity was high on the list; and not in the unrealistic way of always expecting things to be happy, or awful. I just want to keep a greater awareness, or mindfulness, if you will, of how I react to circumstances.

In the past, I've let myself drop into a hole of negativity, and self-sabotage instead of facing things for what they were. Standing where I am now, I not only know it's possible to grow from that, but to grow further. Somewhere along the lines, I learned to pull myself out of that hole completely, and now I want to practice this so that I never have to feel that stuck again.

I am grateful for all that I've learned in 2019, and years before. It's satisfying to watch progress in action when you learn to embrace life for what it is.

Now it's your turn!

What lessons did you learn from 2019? What did you learn about yourself? What do you hope to work on in 2020? Make it a priority and go for it! You can do it.

Share your responses in the comments, or on social media using the hashtag, #grateful2020 !