Rebuilding Rob

As WordPress continues to recycle old prompts, I pulled another prompt from The Coffee Monsterz Co to respond to today

What is something negative that stopped happening?

While I can’t say it has stopped entirely, recently my anxiety is greatly diminished. I’m a lot more confident than I usually am, and I just feel like I’m at peace.

See you later anxiety

Again, this is not to say that my anxiety has completely evaporated. I still get anxious about things. And I’m sure that eventually, once in a while, I will have a full anxiety moment, one that is almost paralyzing, forcing me to stay home. But for now, I haven’t really had much anxiety at all.

Confidence is high!

I know, certainly in the workplace, I’m definitely more confident than I’ve been before. I’m interacting and socializing a lot more with my coworkers, which is always a good thing. We have some things going on in our school right now, and as a staff, we’ve all really had to lean on each other more than we have in the previous two years I’ve been at the school.

I’ve received praise from my coworkers as they realize I know how to handle things—both content-area related and technological—that some of them don’t. I am seen as a valuable asset and a good resource to the team.

I’m at peace

Things are going pretty well in my life, and I’m more comfortable and at peace. Probably more so than I’ve been in a long time, if not ever. I feel like my time being single has been good for me. It has really helped me to remember just who I am, and it has given me an opportunity to truly indulge in my own personal interests.

That, and I’ve been able to be more involved, more active, and more supportive of the boys than probably ever before.

Looking Ahead

I’ve talked about this before, but I feel a clear need to set some new goals. I’m comfortable in my life right now, and I want to ensure this peace doesn’t turn into complacency. I know that in the next few days, and certainly at the end of next month, I’ll get a prompt or two asking me, “What are you hoping to leave behind this month, or this year?”

This year, I plan on leaving my anxiety and my low self-esteem behind.

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