farewell, september

You were the push I needed to start putting myself first again. I have dealt with a lot of hard things head on this month, recognizing that you cannot go around them. The only way to make them go away is to go through them and come out on the other side stronger and more resilient than before. 

I have been practicing self care. Knitting Christmas presents & listening to podcasts, actually picking up a book instead of scrolling on my phone all night, challenging myself with a book of soduko puzzles. All of these things lift me up instead of dragging me down.

Taking care of my mental health also involves recognizing that every day I go into work hating my job. I think 5 years is my job limit. Anything longer than that, I get comfortable and I get bored and then I grow to resent everything about working there. So I’ve been applying for jobs. And I put my blog on my resume because it’s basically a record of everything I’ve done after my sham of a college experience. I have an interview for seriously a DREAM JOB next week. I am over the moon pumped for this interview. 

I have also been taking the steps to figure out how to restart my own business, Anna Gutermuth Photography. I bought an eCourse from A Beautiful Mess and I am slowly working my way through the lessons, taking the time to plan everything out before making the plunge into the scary world of working for myself again and all the unknowns that come with it. I hired one of my childhood theatre friends to design a logo for me. Taking the steps to do what I love has inspired me to help my friends do the same. 

September, THANK YOU for lighting a fire under my ass and giving all sorts of get shit done energy. 

Tomorrow is my last day of work for a whole week. Tuesday is Justin’s birthday & Thursday we go in for teeth extraction part 2! October is going to be an interesting month for sure. 

See you next year, September.