Welp! I'm Back =/

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Lol
It's necessary to greet you this way, because more than a year has passed since I last wrote. I must apologize to myself for that. Some of you dear readers know that I returned to the United States at the end of September 2018; so it is has almost been a year since I returned from life abroad...and GIRRRRLLL the transition has been full of UPS and DOWNS...Break ups...moving twice....three new positions....incorporating exercise at least 3 days a week... adjusting to a change in my eating habits to lose 40lbs in order to help an injury that happened a year prior...ending a first-time car lease to buy a new car...returning to therapy to address childhood trauma...re-examining my struggle with codependency in order to encourage healthier relationships with my parents, siblings and close friends...continuing my daily and weekly self-care routine... and living single (cue sitcom theme song) in the States alone for the first time. All I can say is that REVERSE CULTURE SHOCK is REAL!!! =P

 December 2019 Update: I lost 20lbs so far and have continued to work out 3 to 4 days a week to lose the remaining lbs. 

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