Let that Ish Go: Everything that’s Not Serving You or Your Purpose
Happy International Women’s’ Day. I love this month! Not only is it my birthday, but we get Spring Break at the studio. Hopefully, the world is still open, so my husband Paul and I can take a Baby Moon before Baby Boy #2 gets here in May.
Nevertheless, it’s also Paul and my 31st birthday. His was March 2 and mine is March 27th. Things looked a lot different last year. I was planning my 30th birthday on my actual birthday which was also my book release party. Covid hit and the world stopped on March 17th (insert Beyonce World Stop)
Instead of being sad and depressed like I wanted to, I had a dance party in my kitchen with my son, Baby Paul. My husband ordered good ol takeout from Long Horn, and I rested. However, I told myself I would go sky diving before I got pregnant again. So on June 27th, my dad and I went sky diving. Here’s a picture of me before the jump.
I chose to go Sky Diving because I needed to let that ISH go. My mom had passed in December 2019, newly opened studio had grown to 75 students, then ended with 34 for our recital, I was juggling being at home as a wife and mom, which I love to be on the go, and just balancing faith for God’s protection vs. the fear that constantly being projected through media concerning the Corona Virus. My husband and my different views during this season. It was a lot of things that I just needed to let go. Here’s the list that I made before I jumped. And I thought about the list as I jumped, never to bring it up again!
Let that Ish Go!
Everything that doesn’t serve me
Perfectionism
Feeling Unsupported
Being combative
not trusting people
not liking people
mad at Paul (my husband)
being extra critical
blaming others
having unrealistic expectations
thinking everything has to be perfect
worrying
doubting God
being scared
Anger
Unforgiveness
Bad attitude
Care what 1 person thinks
Not talking about the great things happening in my life on social media
Excuses
Wastefulness
Laziness
Not exercising
Not drinking enough water
sweets
breast feeding
As you can see my list was exhaustive, but that’s what I needed, and I can definitely see the change from March 2020 to March 2021.
