Birthdays, Breakdowns, and Breakthroughs: My Journey to Self-Compassion in Chaos
From Survival Mode to Spring Renewal: The Art of Unplugging and How I Find Balance in a World on the Brink
My birthday is coming up soon, this Saturday (March 29th), and I'm looking forward to it this year (despite all the chaos around us).
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Spring in Texas (when all the tree buds pop and flowers bloom) is my favorite time of year. It is a time of renewal and jumping forward into all the plans I've been making over the winter (which I use as a quiet, planning time to rethink my life choices).
Recently, in this uncertain world (that feels like it could get exponentially worse at any moment), each day feels like a gift (because part of me struggles to let go of the idea that things could be exponentially worse than they are now and one day I may long for days like today, especially, if WW3 breaks out).
During the first few weeks of the Trump-Musk Regime, I found myself frantically scrambling as a great sense of anxiety, desperation, and despair all settled over me, pushing me to become a version of myself I didn't want to be.
Once upon a time, I wouldn't have had the awareness to catch myself morphing and slipping into that state, one that is all work and no play (or rest)—the one that neglects the Self and the Body until there's nothing left, depleting both to a dangerous degree.
The old me would have evaporated, disappearing into my trauma responses, without being able to stop this spiral, but the new me is more in tune.
As the weather warmed up, I started to look for the glimmers, pushing myself to "make time" to go outside each day, take breaks to care for myself, unplugging mindfully on weekends.
Nature is the great healer (for me). I go there for answers and to recharge when I feel low.
While spring is "my season" and March is my month, I didn't feel like celebrating last March. . . but this year, I find myself in a very different mental space.
This year, I'm going to take some time away to reconnect with the person I want to grow into in the coming year.
