Naturalle Drea

I have to say 2024 was a pretty eye opening year and of course I learned a lot. I normally do each lesson in a separate post but since I didn’t get around to scheduling them out, we will have them here. So this blog post may be a little long so grab a snack.

2024 Taught Me……

I Need To Take Better Care Of Myself – So this goes into so many things when I say that I need to take better care of myself. The number one thing is self care. I literally put it on the back burner and felt how it was taking a toll on me. I know I started therapy which has been helpful but actually doing more for myself. Also as I kept up with going to my doctor appointments, some concerning health issues were brought to light that have me a little scared and wanting to do better.

My blood pressure has been slightly elevated over the past couple appointments and it is concerning.I do have a history of that in my family and I really don’t want to be put on medication for it. It is just crazy the amount of salt that is in a lot of foods we eat. I have to been trying to watch the salt intake, what I’m eating and so on. I just want to get it under control so I don’t have any further issues and don’t have to be on medicine. Also, my sugar levels were a little elevated as well which is concern for diabetes. This is also something that runs in my family and I don’t want to deal with it either. I also have to watch the sugar intake and overall be better with my diet and what I’m eating. It is a little scary but I am hoping that I can get things under control.

I’m Still Struggling With Friendships And Having Those Difficult Conversations – I really don’t like confronting people and have a problem with telling them when I don’t like what they did or said. I have let so much slide lately and can’t continue like this. I also have been still struggling on what friendship looks like for me and how to maintain them as an adult. It has been difficult and just want to not overthink this like I have been and work on confronting people instead of staying quiet and letting thing go.

My Views On Creating Content Have Shifted – I got into this in another blog post but I am putting the fun and enjoyment back into it. I don’t want to stress about the numbers, followers, likes and so on anymore. I don’t want to be stressed out or frustrated anymore, I just want to put out the content and be happy with doing it.

I Need To Seriously Do Better And Be Better – This one really ties into everything I learned this year. I have stayed in places too long where I don’t feel like I belong or valued, I haven’t been so active like I wanted to be this year, I just let too much go when people do things, I haven’t been the best with my diet and eating habits, I haven’t been on top of taking better care of myself and all. It has been a lot mentally and physically this year but I really wanted to do and be better and I deserve that. I want to be around for a long as I can and just need to start doing better for myself. I’m too old to continuing to put things off, procrastinating, not having a sense of urgency to get things do and so on.