UNPLUG, DISCONNECT, REAP THE REWARDS OF QUIETING YOUR SOUL

If you remember on August 10, I announced that I’d be taking a 6-week social media sabbatical to rest and focus on personal growth. Today is September 11. I have two more weeks and look forward to huge breakthroughs in all areas. Note: I did check messages twice a week and re-post a few articles during this time and a few photos of my trip. I paid attention when my sister posted photos of her new baby and that’s about it! I did not spend time scrolling my newsfeeds, stories, or creating new posts, etc. BIG SHOCKER: I survived and so did the rest of the world, LOL!

A FEW BENEFITS:

Getting the “noise” of social media out of my head resulted in the below heartfelt resolution. I also did an unexpected 7-day fast from food during this time that brought so much freedom in my unhealthy food addictions (I drank liquids during the day and ate one meal in the evening). My digestive tract was so inflamed and bloated with acid reflux day and night, causing me pain and discomfort. I am adding CBD oil as well and feel much better.

Monday, I started a 30-day R3 weight loss plan of no sugar, flour or alcohol and joined Camp Gladiator, a kick-butt team fun workout! Check one out in your city.

I also had the unexpected blessing of taking a 3 week business trip/vacation. I flew to Indianapolis to train a dear friend who is a Nurse Practitioner, how to start her own wellness business. My friend of 13 years, was moving from Minnesota during that time. She sold almost all her belongings in her 3 bedroom condo, said goodbye to her son who just graduated, left behind all she’d known her entire life, and packed up her car with the necessities for a brave adventure moving to Florida for a fresh start in career and life. She has invented an amazing new light touch technology for a woman’s shave club that will be wildly successful! See www.littleacornshave.co.

Tracy picked me up in Indiana and I took the rest of the road trip with her, stopping at AirBnB’s in Kentucky, Alabama, Panama City Beach, with a final destination in Clearwater, Florida. She introduced me to Pho, a Vietnamese cuisine and my life will never be the same! We spent days at the beach, bonded, made lifetime memories, laughed until our sides hurt, made new friends, got acquainted with her new surroundings, and I got to meet her amazing business partners who live there and own Pitch Media company. My trip was cut short due to Andrew, our son, having an emergency surgery. He’s fine, it’s of a delicate nature though.

After four weeks of my sabbatical, I feel like someone cleared the cobwebs out of my brain and I am thinking more clearly and at a much higher level spiritually and professionally for my career and interpersonal relationships.

My Resolution after many trials, heartaches, crushed dreams, financial losses, broken relationships, and dark days the last two and a half years:

“I am a beautiful broken MESS and God is using my past and present circumstances to better my future and bring Himself GLORY that will turn hearts to seek Him as they see the beauty He brings out of ashes in my own life!”

I keep thinking of the verse, “When you pass through the fire, it shall not burn you. When you walk through the waters, they shall not overtake you.” I can attest to the truth of this!

I have cried buckets of tears, had a crisis of faith, been very mad at God, my husband, and the enemy. I have repented and forgiven and I am free and healing every day as I seek to know true intimacy with the Father and hold His hand, letting Him guide my next step, not having to know the answers to all my questions or the future. As a futuristic visionary, this is a huge growth for me.

My theme song during these dark days:

The President of the wellness company I have represented for almost 17 years is a man I greatly respect and he taught me the following:

What is a “GRACE CARD”?
a lifetime pass of forgiveness and love no matter what you do in the future and no matter what you have done in the past.
I won’t surrender my power to anyone!
I choose to forgive!
I choose to be powerful!
Who is with me???

“When you don’t move the mountains I’m needing you to move, when you don’t part the waters I wish I could walk through, when you don’t give the answers as I cry out to you, I will trust in you!”

If you are considering a social media sabbatical and want some encouragement and accountability, please reach out to me! It’s a very brave and scary thing to do, but oh so worth it!

Enjoy a few photos from my trip: