I’ve lived in recovery for 33 years so far.
What I’ve learned:
You need to like yourself when you’re in your own company.
It doesn’t matter whether other people like or approve of you outside your home.
Only you need to be impressed with the person you are and will become.
I would like to believe that kind and compassionate individuals exist in the world.
The point is that you should take pride in yourself regardless of whether you have a fan club or don’t.
Being jealous of others will only keep you stuck. You’ll be unable to move on when you’re living in a mental garret you’ve enclosed yourself in.
The remedy for this self-stigma is to go the other way as hard as it can seem to do this.
I love reading empowering books and memoirs that successful people publish.
I want to soak up their habits and wisdom. To see what got them where they are today.
No–I’m not envious. I want to join them in their winner’s circle.
In the spirit of empowering blog readers I’m going to continue to write about topics that are in the vanguard that relate to my book Working Assets: A Career Guide for Peers.
While the COVID-19 outbreak has not ended this has shifted my focus to topics like WFH–working from home and interacting with others on Zoom video conferencing.
In the coming blog entry I will talk about working from home. This trend might remain in effect after the pandemic ends.
In future blog entries I will give interviews with women with mental health issues on the topics of having a job and having a family while living through the pandemic.
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