I've come to terms with the fact that I am a HUGE procrastinator! I've been meaning to post updates months ago and kept telling myself I will do it, I will do it, but never did it! OK so I left off with me talking one of my notorious mini vacations up to the snowy California mountains. Let me tell you that was quite a trip and California is always a good time with great friends, I was bummed I had to leave on Sunday night while everyone left on Monday.
After I got back things at my job were going great. As you know I've been working as a consultant since November and enjoy what I do. A good friend of mine at work informed me that he was interviewing for another internal position, but I didn't think much of it at the time. Come to find out a few weeks later that he actually got the position was transferring. You're asking why this is important? I was bumped up to a full-time employee (hooray)!!! I've been in this new state a little over a year and work has been a bit up and down. Its good to actually be a part of something much more permanent, and I think I deserve it because I work my ass off. My first official day as a full-time employee was at the beginning of April and I've been doing pretty well, lots of Overtime. My full benefits don't kick in until about 90 days but again I'm just happy that I got the job!!!!! A HUGE weight lifted off my shoulders as I'm still transitioning into life out here. I'm settling much better, splitting my time between my family, friends, and my job.
Let's get to the good stuff...anxiety. Well my anxiety is my anxiety and I deal with it as best I can. I've been having much better days looking at the big picture. I wake up daily and recite my positive affirmation (If you don't remember, I posted it around Thanksgiving 2011), Stretch, and have my cup of Chamomile tea. No matter what the day throws at me I just keep chugging on and carrying on with my life. What I want to stress here is that no matter what you do in your life, don't let anxiety affect it. This is easier said than done but with practice you will learn how to overcome your anxiety and continue with your day. Sometimes I feel I only post here when I'm having an off day because I'm too busy living my life to let anxiety affect that in anyway. The other part of that is because I keep putting off updating my blog!
Now onto the big news....I've joined the gym! Yes I've joined the gym, I've been meaning to for quite some time however with the new job I decided to treat myself a bit and do something good for myself instead of buy something for myself. Now within the last week I was sick and did not go as much as I would have liked to but I'm figuring out how to work the gym into my life with my schedule. The gym is an awesome place to exercise, interact, and it has an overall good feel. I did have a small anxiety attack in the gym, because I was afraid to workout my upper body muscles (when I was in High School I damaged some muscle in my left shoulder/chest area that has stuck with me and I was afraid to do the same thing. It gave me chest-like pains that basically freaked me out because I used to think Oh that's my Heart somethings wrong!) Still a bit afraid but I will be getting a complete physical soon and will have it checked out by a professional. In the mean time I do some cardio, play some basketball, and racquetball to get my blood pumping and keep myself in shape. A few of my friends joined with me so that was good, glad to have some company at the gym.
What's in store for my blog? I've got some thinking to do, I want to roll it into a weekly blog about a few additional topics that Interest me and still cover anxiety, just not sure how I'd like to go about that.
Stay tuned.
In my next post I will Cover: Identifying what's causing your anxiety and why its important.
After I got back things at my job were going great. As you know I've been working as a consultant since November and enjoy what I do. A good friend of mine at work informed me that he was interviewing for another internal position, but I didn't think much of it at the time. Come to find out a few weeks later that he actually got the position was transferring. You're asking why this is important? I was bumped up to a full-time employee (hooray)!!! I've been in this new state a little over a year and work has been a bit up and down. Its good to actually be a part of something much more permanent, and I think I deserve it because I work my ass off. My first official day as a full-time employee was at the beginning of April and I've been doing pretty well, lots of Overtime. My full benefits don't kick in until about 90 days but again I'm just happy that I got the job!!!!! A HUGE weight lifted off my shoulders as I'm still transitioning into life out here. I'm settling much better, splitting my time between my family, friends, and my job.
Let's get to the good stuff...anxiety. Well my anxiety is my anxiety and I deal with it as best I can. I've been having much better days looking at the big picture. I wake up daily and recite my positive affirmation (If you don't remember, I posted it around Thanksgiving 2011), Stretch, and have my cup of Chamomile tea. No matter what the day throws at me I just keep chugging on and carrying on with my life. What I want to stress here is that no matter what you do in your life, don't let anxiety affect it. This is easier said than done but with practice you will learn how to overcome your anxiety and continue with your day. Sometimes I feel I only post here when I'm having an off day because I'm too busy living my life to let anxiety affect that in anyway. The other part of that is because I keep putting off updating my blog!
Now onto the big news....I've joined the gym! Yes I've joined the gym, I've been meaning to for quite some time however with the new job I decided to treat myself a bit and do something good for myself instead of buy something for myself. Now within the last week I was sick and did not go as much as I would have liked to but I'm figuring out how to work the gym into my life with my schedule. The gym is an awesome place to exercise, interact, and it has an overall good feel. I did have a small anxiety attack in the gym, because I was afraid to workout my upper body muscles (when I was in High School I damaged some muscle in my left shoulder/chest area that has stuck with me and I was afraid to do the same thing. It gave me chest-like pains that basically freaked me out because I used to think Oh that's my Heart somethings wrong!) Still a bit afraid but I will be getting a complete physical soon and will have it checked out by a professional. In the mean time I do some cardio, play some basketball, and racquetball to get my blood pumping and keep myself in shape. A few of my friends joined with me so that was good, glad to have some company at the gym.
What's in store for my blog? I've got some thinking to do, I want to roll it into a weekly blog about a few additional topics that Interest me and still cover anxiety, just not sure how I'd like to go about that.
Stay tuned.
In my next post I will Cover: Identifying what's causing your anxiety and why its important.
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