04/02/2024
I decided to write a letter to my past self.
Dear Angela,
I know you’re tired. Not just the regular, “I didn’t get enough sleep last night” tired. The “I’m so exhausted I can’t function properly” tired. I see it in your eyes. 😩
I know you aren’t happy. I see the sadness in your eyes too. 😔 They say the eyes are the picture into your soul. Your soul seems weak, feeling helpless and discouraged. I know you feel like you’re failing as a wife and a mom. You are too tired to play with your kids. Instead, after a long day of taking care of everyone else’s kids, you lay on the couch and turn the TV on for your kids so you can rest. But then when it comes time for dinner, you can’t even get up to cook. Instead, you order out because your family needs to eat. 🤦🏼♀️ So you can’t take care of your kids properly. You can’t make a home cooked meal. Your home is a mess. You are struggling to function.
I know there are nights where you hear your babies cry out for you but your body is so run down, you literally can’t pick your head up off the pillow to go to them. Feeling like a failure, you beat yourself up over and over again. You drown your emotions with food. The vicious cycle continues and you spiral even farther down.
You are trying your best to be a positive light in your career but it’s getting too hard. The negative thoughts are taking over. You are praying for a solution. Something that can finally help you show up as your best self. The person you know is deep down inside of you. The person you were made to be.
And then one day you hit ROCK BOTTOM. You are desperate. You’ll do anything. Eat anything. Try ANYTHING just to feel better. So you reach out to a woman you barely know. A mom from the school you’re working at. You’ve had a few conversations with her but don’t really know her.
TRUST HER. She has what you need on so many levels. Little do you know she is going to be a lifelong friend and become like family.
At first, you will be scared and skeptical but after just a few days, you will have that energy you have been desiring and it will not go away! 😍
After just one week on plan you’ll WANT to play with your kids and take them for walks, you’ll WANT to cook dinner for your family, you’ll EASILY get up in the middle of the night to comfort your babies and wake up RESTED in the morning. 🤯🤯🤯You will be a BRIGHT light at work. And your life will FOREVER be changed for the better. I know you don’t know it yet, but the community you are surrounded with will support you, guide you and help you through REALLY tough times ahead. And instead of going back to old habits, binge eating and comforting yourself will food, this community will pick you up and help you create healthier habits and hold you accountable because that’s what you do for each other!
And years later, you will remain the healthiest you’ve EVER been in your life, you’ll have that amazing community cheering you on and you’ll personally help hundreds of people and impact thousands!
Just keep going. You were made for more. Trust the process. Say YES and you will be forever grateful
Love,
Your future self ❤️
