Day of Hope #1

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Goal: End Long Distance Stress

Quote: “When you stop chasing the wrong things, you give the right things a chance to catch you.” - Lolly Daskal

This was my first day of hope. After this month, you will see my days of hope are not quite as serious as this one but looking back it was the smartest thing to tackle on my day. I am somewhat of an overachiever and when I was first starting out with my days of hope, I decided to tackle a big stress item for me.  

I had been in a long-distance relationship for two years. I knew that our arrangement was bringing me extra stress. There were lots of obstacles in our relationship, besides just the distance. I felt like I could not move forward when I felt so stuck. It was hard. We got along well and had lots of fun, but it was time for me to exit and leave it behind. I was not feeling any real lasting joy from the relationship, so I knew it had to go. 

I wrote an email then made a phone call in January 2013, breaking up with him. He was not shocked and agreed. I cried a lot and felt down for a bit. Slowly things started turning around. Thanks to my day of hope and planning my ideas each month, it helped me get through it. The day of hope gave me something to look forward to each month, and the hope to move ahead. It ended up working out perfectly, as it opened me up to fully enjoy my newfound days of hope.

It was finally time for the sun to set on this chapter of my life.

My lesson of hope: If something or someone is holding you back from being your true self and there are more down days than uplifting days, let it go in order to move forward.