Oh hunny you need a 🤗 hug and I am sending u a big one. You have a lot on your plate, please be kind to your self. I think u said the right things to that young girl. Hope you are taking a break over the summer. Blessings lovely big hugs from Colleen NZ.
“How many times,” you ask? As many times as it takes to get through each day, week, month and year, Emily. We are all in this together and we love to cheer you on!
I'm feeling adrift, too. Sometimes it's nice to know someone out there is feeling the same. Watching you put together your pages was comforting. Thanks for putting yourself out there for us, Emily. xo
What the hell? Why has UA-cam never recommended you to me? You are the exact person I search for. You are hilarious and so relatable. Love your take on things, just like me, so obviously you are perfect.
I am also languishing. I don’t mind your ramblings, it helps affirm that we all struggle as we are human and imperfect. I don’t know what I feel most of the time- not exactly unhappy, but a little bit blah. I honestly think it’s the state of the world right now. Journaling is important because it’s important to capture those mini moments where you see the beauty that helps you get out of bed every morning. So yup, pasting images like a 4 year old can help spark joy.
I feel like that often as well. Sometimes you just need to take a break and just accept it. You don’t have to journal everyday. For you or for us. And you could just do collage or paint or whatever. I do it right in my journal where my daily page would be. Sometimes I just have one collagey page for the whole week. Do something that makes you happy!
I truly feel you!!! I wish I had the picture where you are desperately seeking balance. It totally explains my life!! Nice to know Im not the only one. Thanks for sharing your life with us!!!
Can I be jelly that you made it to Costco? I think this is the current state for a lot of us - at least for me…adrift in an ocean of anxiety. Thanks for the chat.
Emily...I just want to run over and give you a hug! Too bad I live in Ohio! 😉 Thank you for continuing to be real. THAT is an inspiration! One day at a time is all we can do. It must be difficult to juggle two jobs, also. Praying you're having a good week!
I totally get the need for change. My husband recently helped me rearrange the living room and I was working on re-organizing my sewing area because once things started moving it made more room to move other things and I ended up having a back spasm so bad that I ended up in the ER. So needless to say I’ve been laid up in bed for a couple days now and the entire project is on hold and I can’t do anything about it. But I’m so restless wanting to finish moving things so I can get back to doing my projects.
I just love to watch you plan! I had 4 grandchildren start out in the NICU. I can’t say enough good about the experience. Everyone was so wonderful. One stayed a week, one stayed 15 days, and the twins, born at 26and a half weeks, stayed four months. They will be 15 this Saturday. Blessings.
I now have almost 3 mo of blank pages with a random entry here and there. I was sick with Covid in Feb (lasted a week or so) went on vacation in March, 5 birthday weekends, easter and now here I am. and i just dont wanna.. lol but its so sad looking at those blank pages.. i will ctch up what i can, and move on, but i am definitely in a funk right now.. climbing my way out tho.
Ok, I resisted the urge to pause and write, pause & write more. Boy was THAT difficult! Lol. Ok: that lil girl... you did awesome. I'm going to have to remember "haterade". Lol! Honestly, I wish someone had said similar to me when I dealt with bullying - and kept repeating it. It's true... I only remember a handful of people from my school days - especially that age. 2nd: Physical therapy will likely help. Not only will it teach/train your muscles (especially the "core"), but they can evaluate your walk and determine if that is contributing to the problem. I'm supposed to wear special shoes (that I cannot afford) to help mitigate the issues I have due to "loosey goosey" hip joints (amongst the other joint issues). Ironically, the closest I've found in my price range are crocs (but they're not that great for arch support, etc, not to mention.. they look bad lol). So... check your shoes. Try insoles. Try arch supports. The 1st couple days may cause pain elsewhere as your body adapts to it, but you should see results in under a week (so sayeth the hubs, firm believer in inserts & arch supports lol). I also recomend finding an osteopath. (For anyone not knowing what they do, they deal with bones & stuff, but can also do chropractic adjustments - if your insurance doesn't cover chiropracty, they likely will cover this type of doc & what they do!) I still, every few months, go visit my old osteopath (he helped me navigate the waters of getting my Ehlers-Danlos diagnosis & is the onky one I trust to adjust me) - for a day or two, I'm sore & aching, but OMG, the RELIEF! My spasms ease, I'm more comfortable and have better movement. Please, take care of that issue. It sucks having those spasms. And, feeling like your journaling is... same-old, same-old. You're in a rut & its easy to get tired of what feels like pure repetition, right? But breaking out of something that works is hard, too! Here's a thought, though... find a supply you HAVEN'T used in a while - maybe it's craft paint. Maybe alcohol markers (for that, use it on a separate paper & glue in the results - the bleed-through is a witch lol). Maybe glitter glue. Who knows what lays lurking in the back of the supplies. Challenge yourself to use it in ONE day's Journaling. Change it up a bit (you seemed more enthusiastic to journal when you had watercolor splashed on your pages, and it made me think of it). And hey... life does this. You find a rhythm and suddey... it's like it's the same stuff, over and over. Grabbing a new art supply can give you just the right oomph you may need to view these "routine" events a different way. And... balance. Good grief, I hear "work-life balance", "I feel unbalanced", "I wish I could balance my life better" a lot. And, we ALL yearn for it. Every single person. Any little thing can throw off our "balance", too. It's amazing, tbh... but... one thing I keep working on is realizing that balance is that calm place we want where everything seems to easy & effortless... and we'd go absolutely nuts if we had to endure perfect balance for long. You see, while balance seems healthy, so we work hard to get it... it's actually NOT healthy long-term. It's another rut. It becomes boring because there's no challenge to it. There's a perfect amount of dark and light. We humans self-sabotage ourselves when we get too close to it (and, if we achieve it, we end up finding either ourselves - or the Universe - will kick you outta it). Why? Because we cannot grow as individuals if we do not face challenges. If we aren't growing, we become stagnant and start withering. Balance, for short periods of time, is good - it's a calm spot to recuperate, rejuvenate, revitalize... but if we stay too long in it, the opposite occurs. I now look at my life as a juggling act. If I can manage to keep those balls going, I'm doing awesome. Trouble starts when too many balls drop (health, work, social, etc). But, IF I can keep everything in motion... that's now my "balance". It doesn't matter if, for now, I am holding onto the "social" ball and it's not mixed in, because it's all part of the "act" of my life. Eventually, I'll toss that sucker back up into the mix and enjoy the pretty balls flying around. (Oh lord, this sounds terribly NSFW if read wrong lol). There are a few "balls" you can't pull out of the juggling act (health, work, life-partner, children - just to name a few), but others, like posting videos, dusting, etc.. you can easily pull them out of the act, hang onto them, and continue with the others until you're ready to toss one back in. So... Emi... what balls are you juggling? Which ones can you remove and hang onto without dropping everything that's vital? It's good info to keep in your mind when the inevitable ebb and flow of life leaves you feeling unbalanced. Conversely, which ball might you have dropped that you thought unimportant? Was it one that brought you joy? Was it something important, even if remotely, to one of the "core vital" balls? Viewing aspects of my life things as this juggling act has helped me release "balls" that no longer served to help me grow as a human. It's also taught me to not focus on any single aspect too long, or the others will "fall" from neglect. And that, my friend, is the true balance. Remembering that, at times, certain things will need a bit more focus than others (like, sick kids need more focus than making a video, and other times, the video is needed to be focused on because it helps support mental health, etc). And girl... if you ever find a method to shut up that mental "debby downer" voice, please let me know lol. You know, the one that turns supportive comments into weapons against you =D Just know that we're here, we're patient because we love you and your wonderful family, and we want YOU to post (and update us) whenever YOU are up to - not on our schedule. Btw... that mouse pic, toooo cute! And skinny & Michael? HILARIOUS! Kinda like when I "steal" hub's recliner and HIS "baby girl" (I'm tolerated lol) kitty jumps up and looks so offended that it's just me and not him that I cannot help but laugh. Cats (and dogs!) are seriously the best for laughs. =D And 1 last thing to everyone who reads this... if you take nothing else from this, please take this: YOU MATTER.
I found the same thing that I didn’t want to keep writing the same things. I also found the older my children get the less time I have to journal which makes me sad. Thank you for being honest and inspiring xx
Good to see you! I’m finding balance starting a “new” clinical instructor job, really just resuming my old job after getting my master’s and riding out the big wave of Covid. I can’t wait 😜 to stop feeling new at what I’m doing again. I guess nursing always keeps you on your toes.
Loving this chat as you create! A powerful reminder that a hug can heal also! Especially our children right now who are still adjusting to being back amongst the chaos🤦♀️ and my high schooler and friends ALL live theirs Snuggie sweatshirts! And love the review of the moon cycle and pink moon… so grounding 💗
Awesome counseling with the girl. I love the smiley mouse picture. We all can relate to feeling adrift at times. Push on through. ❤️ BTW, you are one of my people I can count on. 😉
What do you say to the person who wants to journal but doesn't have magazibes and can6buy stickers? Where to get the journaling stuff for cute stuff to journal ? Love your videos, btw! 💘
Hi Emily, I hope this note finds you well. I've been rewatching your videos and I'm hoping you make another one soon. We all miss you and hope everything is OK. Happy June.
You are fabulous Emily. Thank you for your real and entertaining videos. I also sound like a child most of the time with my craft but I love it!!!! I loveeeee these ‘real time’ videos. I enjoy your rambling. I love your videos but would hateeeee you to feel like you have to put them up for us.
There are bullies and there are bullies. What were they doing to her? I was bullied my entire school life. It was fortunately mainly just name calling and people playing nasty pranks. The worst thing some kids did to me was throwing me in a giant tin waste bin / barrel, my arms and legs being the only thing stopping me from falling completely in. I ended up with mega bruises behind my knees and under my arms. I felt too ashamed to tell an adult. If someone turned around and just said they don’t matter, I don’t think it would have made me feel any better.
Instead of memory keeping vids how about going back and doing art journaling? This will take the pressure off yourself. I know I enjoy just your thoughts and I can relate to so much that you say. You could just do doodles and not talk if you’d like. I enjoy just virtually hanging out with you😊
Glad you’re back, but I had a big cringe moment when you pulled out that big rodent pic, since his “ cousins” have eaten the wiring in my range and I have to get a new one! Such is life!
Loved the advice you gave the little girl. You'd be an amazing therapist too. ❤ Great journal session as always.
Oh hunny you need a 🤗 hug and I am sending u a big one. You have a lot on your plate, please be kind to your self. I think u said the right things to that young girl. Hope you are taking a break over the summer. Blessings lovely big hugs from Colleen NZ.
“How many times,” you ask? As many times as it takes to get through each day, week, month and year, Emily. We are all in this together and we love to cheer you on!
I'm feeling adrift, too. Sometimes it's nice to know someone out there is feeling the same. Watching you put together your pages was comforting. Thanks for putting yourself out there for us, Emily. xo
What the hell? Why has UA-cam never recommended you to me? You are the exact person I search for. You are hilarious and so relatable. Love your take on things, just like me, so obviously you are perfect.
I am also languishing. I don’t mind your ramblings, it helps affirm that we all struggle as we are human and imperfect. I don’t know what I feel most of the time- not exactly unhappy, but a little bit blah. I honestly think it’s the state of the world right now. Journaling is important because it’s important to capture those mini moments where you see the beauty that helps you get out of bed every morning. So yup, pasting images like a 4 year old can help spark joy.
Loved the rambling...I'll listen every time!!
I feel like that often as well. Sometimes you just need to take a break and just accept it. You don’t have to journal everyday. For you or for us. And you could just do collage or paint or whatever. I do it right in my journal where my daily page would be. Sometimes I just have one collagey page for the whole week. Do something that makes you happy!
"Haterade" OMGoodness, gonna have to use that one for sure!!!
I love all your videos, doesn’t matter what the content is!!
I truly feel you!!! I wish I had the picture where you are desperately seeking balance. It totally explains my life!! Nice to know Im not the only one. Thanks for sharing your life with us!!!
Because... I'm 61 and needed to hear that advice of the grade schooler!
Hopefully soon 🤞🏼lol missed your videos 🙃
Can I be jelly that you made it to Costco? I think this is the current state for a lot of us - at least for me…adrift in an ocean of anxiety. Thanks for the chat.
Emily...I just want to run over and give you a hug! Too bad I live in Ohio! 😉 Thank you for continuing to be real. THAT is an inspiration! One day at a time is all we can do. It must be difficult to juggle two jobs, also. Praying you're having a good week!
I totally get the need for change. My husband recently helped me rearrange the living room and I was working on re-organizing my sewing area because once things started moving it made more room to move other things and I ended up having a back spasm so bad that I ended up in the ER. So needless to say I’ve been laid up in bed for a couple days now and the entire project is on hold and I can’t do anything about it. But I’m so restless wanting to finish moving things so I can get back to doing my projects.
Oh Emily! You are the BEST 🥰 I wish you could be in every school nurse’s office 🌈
I just love to watch you plan! I had 4 grandchildren start out in the NICU. I can’t say enough good about the experience. Everyone was so wonderful. One stayed a week, one stayed 15 days, and the twins, born at 26and a half weeks, stayed four months. They will be 15 this Saturday. Blessings.
I now have almost 3 mo of blank pages with a random entry here and there. I was sick with Covid in Feb (lasted a week or so) went on vacation in March, 5 birthday weekends, easter and now here I am. and i just dont wanna.. lol but its so sad looking at those blank pages.. i will ctch up what i can, and move on, but i am definitely in a funk right now.. climbing my way out tho.
Ok, I resisted the urge to pause and write, pause & write more. Boy was THAT difficult! Lol.
Ok: that lil girl... you did awesome. I'm going to have to remember "haterade". Lol! Honestly, I wish someone had said similar to me when I dealt with bullying - and kept repeating it. It's true... I only remember a handful of people from my school days - especially that age.
2nd: Physical therapy will likely help. Not only will it teach/train your muscles (especially the "core"), but they can evaluate your walk and determine if that is contributing to the problem. I'm supposed to wear special shoes (that I cannot afford) to help mitigate the issues I have due to "loosey goosey" hip joints (amongst the other joint issues). Ironically, the closest I've found in my price range are crocs (but they're not that great for arch support, etc, not to mention.. they look bad lol). So... check your shoes. Try insoles. Try arch supports. The 1st couple days may cause pain elsewhere as your body adapts to it, but you should see results in under a week (so sayeth the hubs, firm believer in inserts & arch supports lol). I also recomend finding an osteopath. (For anyone not knowing what they do, they deal with bones & stuff, but can also do chropractic adjustments - if your insurance doesn't cover chiropracty, they likely will cover this type of doc & what they do!) I still, every few months, go visit my old osteopath (he helped me navigate the waters of getting my Ehlers-Danlos diagnosis & is the onky one I trust to adjust me) - for a day or two, I'm sore & aching, but OMG, the RELIEF! My spasms ease, I'm more comfortable and have better movement. Please, take care of that issue. It sucks having those spasms.
And, feeling like your journaling is... same-old, same-old. You're in a rut & its easy to get tired of what feels like pure repetition, right? But breaking out of something that works is hard, too! Here's a thought, though... find a supply you HAVEN'T used in a while - maybe it's craft paint. Maybe alcohol markers (for that, use it on a separate paper & glue in the results - the bleed-through is a witch lol). Maybe glitter glue. Who knows what lays lurking in the back of the supplies. Challenge yourself to use it in ONE day's Journaling. Change it up a bit (you seemed more enthusiastic to journal when you had watercolor splashed on your pages, and it made me think of it).
And hey... life does this. You find a rhythm and suddey... it's like it's the same stuff, over and over. Grabbing a new art supply can give you just the right oomph you may need to view these "routine" events a different way.
And... balance. Good grief, I hear "work-life balance", "I feel unbalanced", "I wish I could balance my life better" a lot. And, we ALL yearn for it. Every single person. Any little thing can throw off our "balance", too. It's amazing, tbh... but... one thing I keep working on is realizing that balance is that calm place we want where everything seems to easy & effortless... and we'd go absolutely nuts if we had to endure perfect balance for long.
You see, while balance seems healthy, so we work hard to get it... it's actually NOT healthy long-term. It's another rut. It becomes boring because there's no challenge to it. There's a perfect amount of dark and light. We humans self-sabotage ourselves when we get too close to it (and, if we achieve it, we end up finding either ourselves - or the Universe - will kick you outta it). Why? Because we cannot grow as individuals if we do not face challenges. If we aren't growing, we become stagnant and start withering. Balance, for short periods of time, is good - it's a calm spot to recuperate, rejuvenate, revitalize... but if we stay too long in it, the opposite occurs.
I now look at my life as a juggling act. If I can manage to keep those balls going, I'm doing awesome. Trouble starts when too many balls drop (health, work, social, etc). But, IF I can keep everything in motion... that's now my "balance". It doesn't matter if, for now, I am holding onto the "social" ball and it's not mixed in, because it's all part of the "act" of my life. Eventually, I'll toss that sucker back up into the mix and enjoy the pretty balls flying around. (Oh lord, this sounds terribly NSFW if read wrong lol). There are a few "balls" you can't pull out of the juggling act (health, work, life-partner, children - just to name a few), but others, like posting videos, dusting, etc.. you can easily pull them out of the act, hang onto them, and continue with the others until you're ready to toss one back in.
So... Emi... what balls are you juggling? Which ones can you remove and hang onto without dropping everything that's vital? It's good info to keep in your mind when the inevitable ebb and flow of life leaves you feeling unbalanced. Conversely, which ball might you have dropped that you thought unimportant? Was it one that brought you joy? Was it something important, even if remotely, to one of the "core vital" balls?
Viewing aspects of my life things as this juggling act has helped me release "balls" that no longer served to help me grow as a human. It's also taught me to not focus on any single aspect too long, or the others will "fall" from neglect.
And that, my friend, is the true balance. Remembering that, at times, certain things will need a bit more focus than others (like, sick kids need more focus than making a video, and other times, the video is needed to be focused on because it helps support mental health, etc).
And girl... if you ever find a method to shut up that mental "debby downer" voice, please let me know lol. You know, the one that turns supportive comments into weapons against you =D
Just know that we're here, we're patient because we love you and your wonderful family, and we want YOU to post (and update us) whenever YOU are up to - not on our schedule.
Btw... that mouse pic, toooo cute! And skinny & Michael? HILARIOUS! Kinda like when I "steal" hub's recliner and HIS "baby girl" (I'm tolerated lol) kitty jumps up and looks so offended that it's just me and not him that I cannot help but laugh. Cats (and dogs!) are seriously the best for laughs. =D
And 1 last thing to everyone who reads this... if you take nothing else from this, please take this:
YOU MATTER.
I needed to hear this today. Thank you, internet stranger!
@@journalwithne5376 Anytime =D
Here's another one some of us don't hear often enough:
YOU ARE WORTHY! (You are worth it!)
I found the same thing that I didn’t want to keep writing the same things. I also found the older my children get the less time I have to journal which makes me sad. Thank you for being honest and inspiring xx
Your journal is fabulous with all its interesting pages. And the actual journaling is so pretty.
Good to see you! I’m finding balance starting a “new” clinical instructor job, really just resuming my old job after getting my master’s and riding out the big wave of Covid. I can’t wait 😜 to stop feeling new at what I’m doing again. I guess nursing always keeps you on your toes.
You better be back soon!!!!!! ❤️
We love you Emily, remember that 🥺💞
I love the vulnerability in all your videos. Can you recommend magazines that you use to decorate?
Loving this chat as you create! A powerful reminder that a hug can heal also! Especially our children right now who are still adjusting to being back amongst the chaos🤦♀️ and my high schooler and friends ALL live theirs Snuggie sweatshirts! And love the review of the moon cycle and pink moon… so grounding 💗
Your advice was so much more helpful. Hell, even I found it useful.
And honestly I am here for the rambling, the fact it comes with journalling is a plus. 😆
I found it useful too.
Your so adorable and likable!
Awesome counseling with the girl. I love the smiley mouse picture. We all can relate to feeling adrift at times. Push on through. ❤️ BTW, you are one of my people I can count on. 😉
I have surgery on Monday May second os that will be fun and you got this Emily
Ack. Wishing only the best for you that day! I have an all-day (med) appointment that day (routine), so I'll keep you in my thoughts. =D
@@abigailphoenixthepaperaddi2501 thank you so much
I love your channel and you as well. You make me laugh. I wish my journaling channel was a funny as yours. Great pages as always. Thanks for sharing.
What do you say to the person who wants to journal but doesn't have magazibes and can6buy stickers? Where to get the journaling stuff for cute stuff to journal ?
Love your videos, btw! 💘
Hi Emily, I hope this note finds you well. I've been rewatching your videos and I'm hoping you make another one soon. We all miss you and hope everything is OK. Happy June.
I've barely journaled this yr.
You are fabulous Emily. Thank you for your real and entertaining videos. I also sound like a child most of the time with my craft but I love it!!!!
I loveeeee these ‘real time’ videos.
I enjoy your rambling. I love your videos but would hateeeee you to feel like you have to put them up for us.
You can tell us you are struggling as many times as you need to x
As a Libra I’m looking for the balance but I can’t find it ugh ps i like your videos so much
You need to recharge. Take a break. Meditate. Do yoga. Watch favorite movies. Dance. Sing.
I love watching you journal. The volume was really low this time.
There are bullies and there are bullies. What were they doing to her? I was bullied my entire school life. It was fortunately mainly just name calling and people playing nasty pranks. The worst thing some kids did to me was throwing me in a giant tin waste bin / barrel, my arms and legs being the only thing stopping me from falling completely in. I ended up with mega bruises behind my knees and under my arms. I felt too ashamed to tell an adult. If someone turned around and just said they don’t matter, I don’t think it would have made me feel any better.
Instead of memory keeping vids how about going back and doing art journaling? This will take the pressure off yourself. I know I enjoy just your thoughts and I can relate to so much that you say. You could just do doodles and not talk if you’d like. I enjoy just virtually hanging out with you😊
Are you doing ok
Awesome and just checking to make sure
Hi is that a half year a5?
Yes!
Glad you’re back, but I had a big cringe moment when you pulled out that big rodent pic, since his “ cousins” have eaten the wiring in my range and I have to get a new one! Such is life!
Is everything ok ok Emily
I’m okay, it’s been so busy between work and kids’ activities😵💫😅❤️