Daily Journal #8
October 22, 2018
I am usually a night owl but we went to sleep early last night so I could start the day early. It was a long work day. Early morning prepping and cleaning the store. I got to train two of our new hires today. We also had our Week Action Report Meeting with the management team as well. I squeezed in a few naps including one in the office. I was so SLEEPY but in good spirit!
Daily Journal #6
October 20, 2018
Saturdays always feel like my biggest opportunity to be super productive. I always have so much in mind I want to do but it seems to never happen as planned. Learned to be more forgiving of myself, push through and get what I can done and be more intentional with my time as I figure out the best workflow. Small changes everyday. Celebrate the small wins even on your hardest days. Small wins: pushed through emotions to get work done and hired 2 more employees. Grateful for a relationship where we both do the heart and the hard work in making it all work.
Daily Journal #5
October 19, 2018
The days have been feeling really long. It was an extra busy day at the shop, but I felt much better emotionally and mentally than the day before. Physically exhausted by the end of the night.
Daily Journal #4
October 18, 2018
Tough day. Woke up with a headache. Lots of ups and downs. Emotional at some points. I just got back on the pill so I’m in that transitional period where I’m not really sure if it’s the PMDD or if I am just a “normal” kind of emotional. Posted on Instagram with details of how my Tuesday went. Overwhelmed by the responses and support. Had a friend reach out about her personal experience with PMDD. So grateful for my community and for the love and support from those around me!
Daily Journal #2
October 17, 2018
Second full day not on the pill. Yesterday was fine. PMDD kicked in pretty hard today though. Slept in, wanted to sleep more. Body felt heavy and drained. Good thing Ralph brought me some Advil to take for the pain. My day off so the plan was to take it easy. I was really hoping to get some work done but that didn’t happen. Went to the pharmacy to pick up the rest of my birth control pills. Something got missed on their end and I ended up waiting there for almost an hour and a half. I was getting impatient and felt terrible for my dogs, since I had them with me and they were in the car. I had a break down and cried. Felt miserable. So once I finally received the pills, went home and slept some more. As miserable as I felt, not the worst that I have been and it was my day off so I didn’t need to be out in the world today. (Except to pick up my birth control pills which is medicine to me and I could not go another day without it.)
October 17, 2018
Second full day not on the pill. Yesterday was fine. PMDD kicked in pretty hard today though. Slept in, wanted to sleep more. Body felt heavy and drained. Good thing Ralph brought me some Advil to take for the pain. My day off so the plan was to take it easy. I was really hoping to get some work done but that didn’t happen. Went to the pharmacy to pick up the rest of my birth control pills. Something got missed on their end and I ended up waiting there for almost an hour and a half. I was getting impatient and felt terrible for my dogs, since I had them with me and they were in the car. I had a break down and cried. Felt miserable. So once I finally received the pills, went home and slept some more. As miserable as I felt, not the worst that I have been and it was my day off so I didn’t need to be out in the world today. (Except to pick up my birth control pills which is medicine to me and I could not go another day without it.)