How I Gave Myself an Inner Make-Over

A Writer's Story of Healing Her Mind and Body

I gave myself an inner make-over, and I've never felt better.

The past year has been a real learning experience for me. I've really learned a lot about who I am, and who I want to be. I feel like I have been given a fresh start. Here is a look at what I did to help myself.

1. I stopped letting things bother me.
2. I got rid of negative energy- mentally.
3. I got rid of negative energy- physically.
4. I became a vegetarian and implemented organics and soy into my diet.
5. I showed gratitude to those in my past.

Not Letting Things Bother Me

"It is what it is."

That quote right there can take care of anything, period. I decided not to wallow in things anymore. I decided that if something cannot be changed then it is not worth wasting energy on. If I were to get spoken to at work about something that I did wrong (or didn't do wrong), I used to feel like crap and let it get me down. If my fiancé got on my tail about something around the house, I used to get upset. If I missed a bill, got a ticket or something else negative happened, I used to focus on that. Now, I simply don't I adopted the Buddhist mentality that "it is what it is." Those five words have helped me tremendously in life as of late. Getting angry or sad will not change a thing. I've realized that. I just move on.

Getting Rid of Negative Energy Mentally
Naysayers are the worst possible people to be around. I had a job that I enjoyed. But I did not enjoy the limitations my superiors put on my creativity. I did not like that there was no room for growth. I did not appreciate that they did not appreciate all I had to offer. I can't explain it, but being in that corporate environment really brought me down.

When I found out The Man (as I collectively call corporate America) was not going to approve the last day of my one-week vacation due to a mandatory training session, I gave my two week's notice. This was because it was not for a vacation, but for an eight-day creative writing residency-the first for my MA in creative writing. For cripe's sake- I worked for a school and they didn't want me to go to school?