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The Beauty of Brokenness: How Hard Times Can Lead to Growth - Breaking Down, Breaking Through - Mental Health and Self-Discovery
This year has been a rollercoaster, and many of the events in my life have not been events I would have chosen to go through (if a choice was offered).
I've lost loved ones (both human and non-human) this year.
Our RV needs serious (expensive) repairs, so our travels have paused (with no restart date in sight). As a result, the life I got used to living over the past two years (with my partner exploring nature, where my heart is full) suddenly came to a halt without much warning.
We'd been moving for so long, but suddenly, we were stalled, and I felt very stuck (out in the country, in an area with no public transportation, nothing around to walk to, and no safe working vehicle).
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Further complicating this issue (of needing to raise funds to fix our RV, which is our only vehicle and our home), business has been painfully slow the past six months (primarily due to the anti-DE&I movement and the uncertainty about the economy and our country's political climate in the next few months).
Depending on how the election goes, I may be forced to pause the work (that I LOVE) if the environment grows more hostile. This work has given me meaning and purpose over the years. I'm not ready for it to end.
David and I have been looking for work locally since returning, but not having a working vehicle has constrained our search. Many of the best jobs are several towns away (out of reach for us).
I'm doing okay.
Yet, despite these challenges, I'm doing reasonably well (all things considered). I'm proud of myself and the growth I've had to go through this year with all this life has thrown at me.
It wasn't how I envisioned my year to go, but I'm grateful that I have better coping skills than I used to have.
Once upon a time, dealing with any of the above would have crushed me, and though I've been struggling this year, my ability to cope with things is much better than it was back when I first learned that I am NeuroDivergent (8 years ago).
