November is National Blog Posting Month {NaBloPoMo} and I jumped on the bandwagon last week and signed up to blog every day in November. After completing my Blogtober challenge in October, I was excited to see if I could keep the streak going and blog two months in a row!
Everyone participating in this year’s NaBloPoMo challenge were given the daily writing prompts for the first four days, and because I already had some blog posts already scheduled for the first few of days this week, I thought I’d go ahead an write my answers to the first three questions. Question four was about which fall TV shows should be cancelled, but since I don’t watch much TV at night {unless it’s on in the background}, I thought I’d skip it.
So here goes…
Nov. 1: When you’re having a bad day with your mental health, what do you do to help yourself?
I blog. I watch bad reality shows, like Keeping Up With The Kardashians. I sit outside with a good magazine and read, or watch the donkeys across the road from me rolling around in the dirt. I take a walk along Melton Lake. I watch a movie that I know will make me laugh. I don’t have many “off” mental health days. Some people ask me if I’m a morning person or a night person. I simply reply that I’m an all day person. I do take “mental health days” and meet my mom for a girls day out, where we do a little shopping, grab a bite to eat, and then watch a movie. I think it’s important to take mental health days so you don’t get burnt out at your job.
Nov. 2: When was the last time you did something brave? What happened?
I honestly don’t know the last time I did something brave. Websters Dictionary defines brave as “feeling or showing no fear, not afraid.” So I guess the last time I felt like that was in August, while attending the BlogHer #16 conference in LA. After one of the night sessions, I venture out into LA, by myself, to get me some food because I was hungry. It was night, and I was a lone female walking to the burger joint. I totally acted like I knew where I was going, and like I was from the area. Did not act like I was just a tourist. I walked to the burger joint and then back to the hotel with purpose and determination, and a growling stomach. And you want to know what happened? Nothing, except that I ate a good, greasy bacon cheeseburger, and good fries, while watching the Summer Olympics on my hotel TV.
Nov. 3: If you could be completely honest with no regrets, what would you say and to whom?
This one is hard to answer, because if I were to say something to someone, being completely honest with no regrets, it would hurt some people that I love dearly. And that’s not how I roll. There were a few people that I would love to be completely honest with in regards to their actions toward me, my husband, and my family, but spending that amount of time and energy on discussing my issues with them are a complete waste of my precious time. But who knows, I may write these people and have the letters mailed or put in a time capsule for future generations to open and read. Because how can I say, “F*** you” in a nice enough way to these people that I’d love to be completely honest with, and with no regrets, without hurting the person or people I’m defending or standing up for? So again I say, it’s not worth my time.
So there you have it… NaBloPoMo, days 1-3, completed!
Yours Truly,
Vanessa