As WordPress continues to recycle old prompts, I pulled another prompt from The Coffee Monsterz Co to respond to today
What do you want to bring into September, and what do you want to leave behind in August?
One thing I started doing in August that I want to carry forward with me into September is that I’ve been more relaxed lately. That’s not to say that I’ve been very tense. Rather, I don’t let things bother me, anger, me, or get a eyes out of me quite as easily as I was doing for a long time.
I have a confession to make: I’ve been very annoyed, for lack of a better term, about going to visit my mother and what is essentially a daily basis. I have absolutely no sympathy whatsoever for her anxiety, and even the pain that she’s in, I’m not inhuman, but I feel like more often than not, she’s reactive about being in pain that she has tried to be proactive. I try to tell her to be more proactive, but she simply doesn’t listen to me. It’s hard to be sympathetic. When someone voices a problem to you, you offer solutions, and they would rather do nothing and hope the problem solves itself. But going out of town to move kid 1 into Wisconsin and getting a change of scenery for a few days was very helpful.
As for work, it’s a little bit of a different dynamic this year than it was in previous school years. Our classes are significantly smaller; although I’m sure we’re going to get more students as the year goes on. But even at the school, I find that I’m being much more… Not really laid-back as much as I am being confident.in the past, I felt like I have to raise my voice in order to get loud and get noticed. Even though I know for most people that’s not true, it’s a skill that I feel like I’m just starting to master myself. I don’t feel that I am necessarily more flexible or softer. However, I do feel like I’m figuring out which battles I can pick and choose, as well as finding more assertiveness in my voice without having to raise the volume.
Meanwhile
Today’s the last day of August. Tomorrow March 1 day of September and what would’ve been the old man’s birthday. I can’t help but think about them at this time of year. Also, we are starting to transition from summer into autumn. I don’t hate the fall, but my problem is the fall means the end of summer which means winter is on its way.
I’ve always struggled with my anxiety and at times depression, the most during the winter. So I’m always trying to brace myself for the changing seasons.
Then, of course, for me, fall also means baseball season is winding down. I know that I said before that baseball has become so synonymous with summertime for me. But this year, I am looking forward to the Tigers, hopefully going deep in the postseason. This will be a better fall than I’m used to I think. 
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