Taking stock

After arriving home from my road trip I think it is now time to take stock of things.  Where am I in this journey, what are my successes, where can I see there is more work to be done?

Successes:

• Writing this blog
• Sharing my story
• Admitting to depression
• Taking time to think about what I need
• Letting others help me
• Knowing better what I need and how others can help me
• Finding new ways to bring balance into my life
• Digging through the muck (thanks Amber, such a great word) in my head
• Feeling and processing a lot of painful things
• Finding many of the causes of depression

Things to work on:

• Confidence that who I am is ok
• Paying more attention to what it is that I need going forward, rather than dealing with the past pain
• Letting people know who I am on the inside
• Connecting with friends on a more consistent basis

I am sure there are others for both categories, but that is the list for the moment