I was breaking my rule and doing some thinking in between Crime Drama episodes on TV this week, and I asked myself? What did I accomplish this week? Last week was a trying week for me Finishing up Master’s Thesis Putting together the Self Master Lab Group coaching program that will launch soon Corona Virus – Self-Quarantined Protests over police violence Initially, my response was nothing, nada, zip. As I began to think about it more after moving through feeling sorry for myself and segueing weighing into harsh self-condemnation, I realized something I had some significant experiences Nothing I had planned to do for the week, I think I only accomplished two of the dozen things that was on my weekly action plan So you may be wondering, Michelle, what does this have to do with me? I’m glad you asked Let’s get into it. Like I was saying Have you ever been down on yourself and watching the thoughts in your mind gang up on you And decide if you are going to be bullied by yourself or stand up for yourself and admit the truth and move forward When I planned this week, I knew I would be super busy, because I have several projects that are due at the same time and I’m plowing through things, Because I have to get these things done Between life happening Trying to complete too many projects at the same time The world is exploding with its issues affecting me even though I have fought to distance myself from those things. On top of the things I mentioned before Master’s Thesis Self-Mastery Lab group coaching program launch Corona Virus Protesting Police violence I also have six other goals that I’ve classified in my planner as four goals because I don’t want to admit to myself that I’m trying to do too much. But that’s me – all or nothing What I realized is that even though I have 24+ items to complete this upcoming week because I didn't get the dozen things I planned completed last week I had some very significant Small Wins achieved this week I call them Small Wins Not because they were insignificant in size They were major in Clearing my soul - the emotional & psychological weight that was lifted Specifically -  Self-Care I allowed myself to feel every emotion that I was capable of feeling in the moment it occurred I cried and when that became overwhelming I looked for things to make me laugh Listened to Gospel, Praise & Worship and Hip-Hop music Staying up late I wrote lots of responses to social media posts – that I didn’t send Without editing, I spoke raw and truthful Then I slept until I woke up and did the same things over and over again until I conquered every emotion and said every word, I wanted to and needed  to say Until – I didn’t have a need or desire to respond to a post, or forward breaking news, or cry I didn’t bottle anything up – like I do a lot of time because it’s not something I should do, or I will hurt someone’s feelings, or that’s not behavior considered “proper.” It was all about processing what I was seeing,