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This is very anxiety producing to say the least. I am amping up my self care to counteract the anxiety. This morning, I went for a run to work out some of my anxiety. I am grateful that I live near the Jordan River, which enhanced my run. One of my biggest concerns has been my household. I want to make sure we are okay throughout this pandemic. My roomies are my family. If you have met them, you know how important they are to me. They have all been stressed out and worried. I am a little more prepared. I had an experience with a recession. I worked at DiscoverCard in collections from 2008 to 2012. I was able to see the impacts of this economic downturn. It taught me to save, save, save. I have been lucky enough to save money. I am lucky enough to have a savings account and have a job that I can pay my mortgage. I can take care of my little group of people. <3 Additionally, another concern has been the amount of information that is available. It is important to me to keep myself ...

I feel like that I have nothing valuable or different to say. I just say what other people say. I don't write because I am afraid it won't be any good. I am afraid it will be just average and average isn't good enough. I am an imposter. So I never take the risk to learn how to write. Writing is a skill. It requires practice and risk. If I would write only for myself, then I can judge my own work. There is this online environment where everything you do has to be something unique and beautiful. I don't know that I can really say something that hasn't been said. Maybe I can say something in a different way that might appeal to an audience. But then I ask myself, what is the purpose of me writing? Do I write for others, or do I write for myself? If I am honest with myself, I write because I have a voice that wants to be heard. If writing is about expressing myself, then I don't need an audience. If it is in the act of being heard, then it is depende...

Everything going on has me thinking. There is the COVID-19 virus that has turned into a pandemic. Swarms of locust have infected Africa and the Middle East. And Utah decided to rumble. It is my belief that what we are seeing is a call to transformation. Humans have been poor stewards over the Earth. We have factory farmed sensitive creatures, raped the oceans of their wildlife, chopped down so many forests, murdered so many species of animals. The planet is crying. Some people have been acting like animals, reacting off their panic, and not stopping to contemplate their actions. The "us versus them" mindset has been magnified, where it is important that my family has all of the toilet paper, groceries, gas, etc. It's too bad if your family has none. Should have beat me to it. There is severe competition. Or, even those who have taken advantage of others' misfortune and proceeded to price gauge to benefit from others suffering. On the other hand, you have seen m...

Anger has this bad rap as a bad emotion. Newsflash - Emotions are not bad - They are signals to us about what we need.  What can be negative is the way that we respond to anger. So many people are used to anger being used as a weapon. Anger can be a trigger for some, to past unresolved trauma, which is stuck inside the body and leads to a negative reaction. These triggers are ours to heal. Anger is not a bad thing; it is a tool. Anger can be productive. It can help us take action when we need to make a change. It can be used to create movement, where we have been stagnant. It is a call to action to get our shit together. When you are angry, allow yourself to feel your anger. You won't feel this way forever. You won't be trapped by the feeling. Sometimes emotions are overwhelming and it feels like forever. But emotions are waves, they ebb and they flow. There are so many things to be angry about. There is injustice in abundance throughout the world. Hurt peop...