Happy New Year!

Good Morning & Happy New Year!

This year my new year's resolution isn't to lose weight, eat healthier, go to the gym, blah blah blah. That should be something you do without a resolution. Those things take self motivation & the will to want to change. If you don't have it, you won't do it. The idea is to keep it realistic. Something you KNOW you can do. So, mine is to hunt the good stuff.

Yes, that means 365 days of negative situations. Some days more than one. Face it, we all know that happens! Anyways, in each negative situation I will be hunting the good stuff. In other words, I will be finding the positive in each situation. No more negative thinking. Positive thinking leads to a healthier mind & body. It makes you happier. Happiness leads to many good things.

I have decided to share all mine. Now granted, my situations may not seem negative to you, to me they are. They may also be worse than one you had or extremely minor. We all have different struggles. I'm not doing this for pity. I'm doing this for myself but also to encourage everyone to hunt the good stuff. Smile more. Pay it forward some how. Open the door for someone. Tell a random stranger hi. If you live in my town, EVERYONE tells you hi & smiles. I love it! It starts with you and let me tell you, it is contagious!!!

I know it's early but I have one that carried over from yesterday. I went to get my hair trimmed. I told them not to touch my bangs as the were finally growing out. The trim would have made them the same length. SHE CUT MY BANGS! Not only that, my hair which was at an angle, is no longer at an angle. I cried, right there in the chair. The girl was new to cutting hair, I had no idea. I even told her going to the hair salon makes me more nervous than the dentist. After messing it up she went to get a more experienced stylist. She tried to fix it as best as she could. I cried some more. My hair is shorter than I wanted. Like I said, it is no longer at an angle, except for the back. Which makes it look weird because it angles then just goes to the same length. I can't put it behind my ears without looking like a boy. I got in the van, called Cory (my husband) and cried. I had to go pick up my son's prescription yet. My anxiety went through the roof. To make matters worse, I had forgotten to take my anxiety medicine this morning. I did NOT want to go out in public. I thought everyone was looking at me. Fast forward. I got home, found a way to pull my bangs back to make it look cute & was ok. Queue my negative situation this morning. I wake up, look in the mirror & want to cry. I still hate my hair. My anxiety starts over it so I hurry up & get my medicine in me (it didn't take it away but it lessened it).

Now to hunt the good stuff. It's just hair. It will grow back. I can speak to the salon manager & give corrective criticism. The girl is new, we all need to start some where. I can fix my hair to make it look cute. The lady who came to help thinned out my hair a lot. Which is something NO stylist has ever done no matter how much I beg. They are too afraid to do it. Mind you my hair is THICK. The stylist (the one who came to help) was even surprised at how thick it is. My hair is deceiving. lol Below is a picture of before & after my cut.

Before

After

Well, this is all for now. I'm sure I will have more throughout the day. I have to take my 4 kids to get some stuff from Walmart. That is always an adventure!