So my therapist said to work on my new non negotiable’s with life going forward. This is part of working through all this anger. Okay, well what won’t I deal with going forward. Not just with people, but with work and other aspects of life as well. This is hard. Sometimes you just get used to how this are. Stale, comfortable, complacent. So what won’t I put up with anymore? That’s a great question. I refuse to be someone’s verbal toilet. I want to travel more. I desperately want a real vacation this year. I haven’t had a proper vacation in over four years and it’s depressing. Not just a long weekend somewhere, but like an a whole week away somewhere. Honestly, doesn’t even really matter where as long as it’s warm. I want more friends. Like friends that are in Chicago friends outside of my husband. I have friends but honestly most of them don’t live near me so I can’t go hang out with them.
What would be your non negotiable’s in your life? Think about it. It’s really hard to come up with ideas or things that you just will no longer tolerate in your life. So what would be the consequences then for these non negotiable items? I don’t know what they would be if any. Just a guide for what you or me would be willing to put up with. I no longer want to just tolerate living life. I want to thrive again. I will get there, it’s just going to take even more time than I anticipated.
Just more work on myself mentally. Work that will pay off in the long term. I know it will. I will be a better person for it and have a better life for it.