Flashback Friday: A New Attitude
Last summer I was having a bit of a rough time. Ella was 2, I was struggling and stressing about my blog and where I ranked in the blogosphere and worrying about why I wasn’t good enough. I was hiding more and more inside the 4 walls of our house, shying away from friends and family and allowing my negative self-talk to affect me dramatically. I was having an identity crisis. Who was I?
After having troubles sleeping, not wanting to get out much at all and having my good friend Sabina tell me that I just wasn’t myself anymore, I decided to go to the GP to talk about my troubles. He listened, he offered to prescribe medication and I politely refused. I asked to be referred for counselling. I went to about 4 appointments. It helped to have someone listen to me and tell me that what I really needed was to just GET OUT more, reconnect with my husband, get some exercise every day and GET AWAY from the confines of the internet. And you know what? They were RIGHT! I’ll show you what else I did…cut my hair…
It may seem ridiculous but simply having my frumpy, mumsy hair cut and getting a bit of punch and giggle back in my life made a mahoosive difference. A year later I am back to my good old self. I stopped worrying about where Cafe Bebe ranked in the “blogging league tables” (I took myself out of most of them), stopped watching the stats so intently, stopped comparing myself to others and wondering why I wasn’t good enough. In fact, I was good enough!
I have an amazingly wonderful daughter, a loving and attentive husband, a thoughtful family and life is pretty darn good. And this summer, here we are, pregnant with Bebe number two! Who would have predicted that! So one year on, a new attitude toward life and Karin and Family are infinitely more happy that we were last year at this time. What a difference a year makes! Ella thinks so too!
So now it’s your turn! What has happened in your past that makes you want to relive it and share it with others? Do you have a “what a difference a year makes” moment? Or “what a difference 20 years makes?” Share your memories with us! Write a post on your blog, pop back over to link it up and visit a few other happy Flashback Friday’s while you’re at it.
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Great post Karin. I remember you being stressed and worried about your blog and your stats last year , and and was so pleased for you when you turned the corner and made a fresh positive start starting with your hair
Ella looks beautiful xx
Ps. You have just inspired my FF theme going on your post and as soon as I get the chance I will write and link it up. I have been absent the last 2 weeks *slaps wrists* sorry about that xx
Wow you really do look quite different with your hair cut. Whenever i feel like i need to kickstart myself the first thing i do is head to the hairdresses.. It seems to give me the kick i need to sort myself out…
What a fantastic post, I just love your “new attitude”! I had already written my post before yours came online so did not follow your lead. Will save that for another post… ;o)
If only you knew just how inspirational you are to me and have been since I first bumped into you virtually over a year ago for my first vlogging challenge, I too have been swept up in the league tables dilemma and hopefully am now more calm about the whole shebang – I still study my stats too often though
Great haircut, great attitude and lovely to hear such positivity xxx
Great post, so pleased to hear you’re feeling so much more positive one year one, especially when you have an exciting new addition to look forward to. I have become a bit obsessed with stats and rankings, need to rein that in a bit. I love your blog and always enjoy reading xx
It’s amazing what a haircut can do isn’t it