I’m glad my caseworker; said state 🪪 IDs were $11. Hopefully I will receive my Birth Certificate before June 9th. After we had my Psychiatrist appointment with the new psychiatrist. He drove me to the Shell 🐚!
I am going home to my parents house on Saturday morning and spending till Memorial Day Monday with them.
It’s Saturday Morning; and although I wish I could have slept in, I woke up 6:30AM and now I have been up for two hours. Our caregiver 🍪 is here and arrived at 8am and is making us some coffee in the new coffee maker. We also have a new oven installed and she is making breakfast. Smoked half a cigarette and drinking my cup of coffee.
After I drank my one cup of coffee I finished my cigarette and walked upstairs to open a new box of Lucky 🍀 Strikes and opened my planner to check on what I wanted to write today. I’m learning about strengths today and questioning what are my biggest strengths.
What are my biggest strengths? I’m honest, humble, Faithful, Simple, Motivating, Assertive, Content, Forgiving, Loving, Kind, Respectful, and Peaceful.
When it comes to strengths; I found it easier to focus on them using a list I found on Pinterest and wrote a list in the back of my planner. We’ll save weaknesses for another Wednesday and just focus on strengths for today. It’s 9:35AM and our caregiver is passing out medication and cigarettes. I’m glad I have a place of my own although I share the house with about six others. My caregiver said too keep doing what I am doing and too never give up.
Sat outside and smoked two cigarettes and talked. She is a good caregiver to talk to; and she’s one of my favorite. One of our housemates likes to talk aggressively to him/her self and is the loudest out of all of us; and our caregiver is constantly telling her that it’s going to be ok and that he/she shouldn’t talk the way they are talking.
I enjoy getting constructive criticism and learning ways I can improve. I have received several complements about how I turned my life around and started doing the right things.
How can I make better use of my strengths daily?
I have been reading and writing and smoking; still sitting outside smoking and it’s my third one. I am about to go up too my room; I need to clean my room and organize my stuff. I also use a vaporizer and my dad said he’d take me to “Luxor’s Vape Shop” in Arlington, when I need a new coil and I would also like to get some new vapor liquid when we go. Though I probably won’t see them again until Father’s Day.
I need to learn how to be more independent and less codependent but any help I receive makes me feel special. It rained last night and the ground is still wet outside.
How do I change struggles into strengths?
As I think about the many past situations I have been in; I don’t see how I could have walked away from here. We need support more than we need an escape and I have done better. My caregivers, caseworkers, immediate family, and the family here at the group home have been proud of me for not wondering around on the streets and resulting to the use of drugs or having sex. I am also very proud of myself and have seen a lot of progress.
Common Strengths include Influencing, Executing, Strategic Thinking, and Relationship Building.
It’s the last day of the week and I am excited to see my family this weekend. Drinking my second cup of coffee and thinking about what I can focus on. In order to grow and mature as a daughter of God. I have been reading my devotionals from the Bible App about prayer and waiting. Rather than being depressed I need to know that any trials I face, God uses my personal abilities and strengths to make me the person that I am.
Instead of focusing on the things that could go wrong, I need to focus on the things that bring me and my group blessings. The Pastor picked us up and we arrived at the center at 9AM. His wife said we are changing buildings next week and a few of us will have the opportunity to work to get the building in order. She said we will get paid for the work we do next week. This is a blessing and although I have liked being at The Lions Center, we are on to the next chapter.
A new chapter, as it is becoming summer. I talked to the guy who lives with us at the group home and he said he is proud of me for having great resilience and being able to turn my life around to doing better. Through the help I receive and being diligent I have turned my life into a life I am starting to love. Though trialing times in the past were mostly my fault. My friends and family have really been there for me.
Focusing on how I can be creative and hopefully I can draw something good today. As I have my sketchbook I got for Christmas and have only used a few pages. Seems Creative Ideas and solving problems is one direction that I want to follow in my life. I am proud of myself for blogging more this week then I have to begin with.