I went to Sam’s Club yesterday. It was the first time I’ve been outside of my neighborhood in two weeks because of this pandemic. I was excited to be able to get out and see something, even though it’s only 5 minutes from my house. But I was also nervous to be out with others because there were still a lot of people out and about. As I got out of my car and started walking to the entrance, I…
I know stress levels are higher than ever right now. There are so many unknowns in the world that it’s hard to not feel worried. But I think it’s also time that we get ourselves in check. Over the past two several weeks of this coronavirus pandemic, we’ve become addicted to it. We can’t seem to get enough information. We watch the news. We read social media. It’s like we need to know what the updates are at every minute. I talked…
Coronavirus. COVID-19. Income. Bills. Social Distancing. Health. If these words have fear and anxiety flooding through your body, you’re not alone. The current pandemic (there’s another word) that we’re under is affecting people around the globe. These are uncertain times and we just don’t know what to expect. When the outbreak started in China, my 13-year-old daughter was constantly worried about it. The first few weeks that this was starting to impact America, I was addicted to the media. There…
Wow, it’s been a hot minute since Stuck in Your Rut has been active. I’ve never wanted it to really shut it down but had shifted my focus towards my content marketing clients through my business Rising River Marketing. I found I was struggling to balance all that I wanted to accomplish (can anyone relate). I had to make some choices for my own mental health. But 2020 hit and it hit hard. I was so excited for the new…
A few days ago someone told my husband about a change that they wanted to make in their life. He knows that my husband and I have had a crazy couple of years picking up and moving out of state and that we’re getting ready to do it again. He told my husband that he just isn’t “adventurous” like we are. Last week I was also scrolling through my Facebook feed from the past few years and noticed that someone…
Back in 2010, I started to focus a lot on personal development. Some areas of my life had completely fallen apart. I didn’t know what to do, what had gone wrong, or why I was having so many problems. Then, I learned about the power of my thoughts. And, for the first time ever, I realized that I could control what I thought about. I had no idea! Choosing your thoughts I was used to just thinking about whatever happened…