So you know when life...

So you know when life gets like crazy busy? I mean really busy. Pretty soon a month has gone by and then two without realizing it. That feeling when you feel like you have just time traveled and missed a couple months of your life?

2017 started with big goals. I have really made some amazing progress. I have learned so much, learned to cook in a new way, tried some amazing foods, connected with complete strangers on social media to find an amazing support system with book club and the autoimmune community, I have lost weight for the first time in years, there have been moments when I have actually felt amazing looking in the mirror instead of focusing on post baby bumps, wrinkles, and hair falling out, I have tried to be more in the moment with my kids, with my students, with my friends, with my husband, I have really given more effort to self-care than I have... well - ever.

There have of course been challenges, but I am still staying positive and focusing on progress. This is a voyage not a destination.

I recently purchased Izabella Wentz PharmD, FASCP book Hashimoto's Protocol. It is a 90-day plan for reversing thyroid symptoms and getting your life back. The book was released at the perfect time to help me keep sailing and remind myself that self-care is not selfish. "Healing cannot happen if you're constantly on empty, and running on empty will eventually interfere with not just your health but also your ability to care for others... Remember, an empty cup cannot fill another." I am accepting her challenge to designate at least one hour each day to my self-care. I started this blog to help me reflect, keep me on the voyage, connect with others, help others in my life understand this journey, and maybe one day help inspire others too.

"It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage." George William Curtis

I have a renewed self-love for my ship through more skillfully sailing with this autoimmune disease. Through book club with the Autoimmune Tribe, I have learned to love my disease instead of fighting it. Hashimoto's is teaching me self-care. I love my voyage and learning how to sail.