Overcoming negative self-image.
As part of a bingo fundraiser for my dance team, a friend of mine requested some thoughtful advice on a specific topic:
“How to overcome negative self-image and negative self-talk, and being hypercritical about myself”
I thought this was an excellent topic because I think many of us struggle with the same issue at some point in our lives, myself included.
When I think of what causes negative self-talk or having a negative image of oneself, two ideas come to mind:
What 2023 has taught me about health, success, and love.
At the end of every “Year in Review” mega-post, I compile a list of all the major Life Lessons I’ve learned that year. A couple years ago, I started the tradition of separating this into a separate post from the main 2023 Year In Review post.
In compiling these lessons, I noticed they fell into 3 major categories. I have grouped them accordingly:
Feel free to skip to the sections most interesting or relevant to you. Or just go through them all if you’re feeling in the mood.
Continue reading “2023 Life Lessons: Love, Health, and Success”Blessings, achievements, goals, and life lessons of 2023.
Hello friends, followers, and various people on the internet 👋 Happy New Year! 🎊
2023 seemed to pass by so quickly! But even more astounding than that, for the first time in my Yearly Review history, I’ve managed to get this published right on January 1st 🥳💪🏻
Table of Contents
This post allows me to simultaneously:
These year-end reviews give me the space to recap memorable events, express gratitude, compile my personal statistics, and examine how much progress I made on my personal goals.
Since 2016, I’ve been doing these posts mainly for my own records. However, these reflections may also be beneficial to others, so I write them with the intention of a public audience reading them.
For those who don’t know, I do 3 other types of journal reflections: daily, weekly, and monthly. This yearly reflection is somewhat of a compilation of those reflections but formatted in a more digestible way for the public.
Past Years In Review:
In a separate post, I’ve compiled all of the life lessons I’ve learned this year. My hope is that sharing my own hard-earned lessons will benefit those who may encounter similar challenges. I also want to compile these into a book one day, since it’s my long-term dream to become a published author.
Continue reading “A Year in Review: 2023”What 2022 has taught me about health, happiness, and leadership.
At the end of every “Year in Review” mega-post, I compile a list of all the major Life Lessons I’ve learned that year. A couple years ago, I started the tradition of separating this into a separate post from the main 2022 Year In Review post.
In compiling these lessons, I noticed they fell into 3 major categories. I have grouped them accordingly:
Feel free to skip to the sections most interesting or relevant to you. Or just go through them all if you’re feeling in the mood.
Continue reading “2022 Life Lessons: Health, Happiness, and Leadership”Blessings, achievements, goals, and life lessons of 2022.
Hello friends, followers, and various people on the internet 👋 Happy New Year! 🎊
I’m always excited to do this yearly recap because it’s a great way for me to force myself to look back on the past year.
This post allows me to simultaneously:
These year-end reviews give me the space to recap memorable events, express gratitude, compile my personal statistics, and examine how much progress I made on my personal goals.
Since 2016, I’ve been doing these posts mainly for my own records. However, these reflections may also be beneficial to others, so I write them with the intention of a public audience reading them.
For those who don’t know, I do 3 other types of journal reflections: daily, weekly, and monthly. This yearly reflection is somewhat of a compilation of those reflections but formatted in a more digestible way for the public.
Past Years In Review:
In a separate post, I’ve compiled all of the life lessons I’ve learned this year. My hope is that sharing my own hard-earned lessons will benefit those who may encounter similar challenges. I also want to compile these into a book one day, since it’s my long-term dream to become a published author.
Continue reading “A Year in Review: 2022”What 2021 has taught me about success, people, my well-being, and social media.
At the end of every “Year in Review” mega-post, I compile a list of all the major Life Lessons I’ve learned that year. A couple years ago, I started the tradition of separating this into a separate post from the main 2021 Year In Review post.
In compiling these lessons, I noticed they fell into 4 major categories. I have grouped them accordingly:
Feel free to skip to the sections most interesting or relevant to you. Or just go through them all if you’re feeling in the mood.
Continue reading “2021 Life Lessons: Success, Relationships, and Content Creation”Blessings, achievements, goals, and life lessons of the past year
Hello friends, followers/subscribers, and various people on the internet. It’s that time of the year again! I’m always excited to do this yearly recap. It allows me the space to take a step back and review everything that has happened in the last 12 months.
This post allows me to simultaneously:
I’ve been doing these year-end reviews where I recap memorable events, express gratitude, compile my personal statistics, and examine how much progress I made on my personal goals.
Since 2016, I’ve been doing these posts mainly for my own records. However, these reflections may also be beneficial to others, so I write them with the intention of a public audience reading them.
For those who don’t know, I do 3 other types of journal reflections: daily, weekly, and monthly. This yearly reflection is somewhat a compilation of those reflections but formatted in a more digestible way for the public.
Past Years In Review:
In a separate post, I’ve compiled all of the life lessons I’ve learned this year. My hope is that sharing my own hard-earned lessons will benefit those who may encounter similar challenges. I also wish to compile these into a book one day.
Blessings, achievements, goals, and life lessons of the past year
It’s that time of year again! I both look forward to and dread this time of year. I enjoy it because I get to reflect on my year as a whole, revisit good memories, lay out my achievements, and express gratitude for all of the blessings in my life.
I don’t enjoy it, however, because it’s such a huge endeavor. That’s why I put it off each year. I think last year I didn’t finish it until the end of March? That’s already 1/4 of the year gone. *facepalm*
As of this writing, it’s almost the end of February. I only put it off this time because I wanted to catch up with my January book notes before getting started on this. (See my most recent book notes: The Autobiography of Malcolm X which is a fantastic read. I highly recommend it!)
And now that I’m caught up, I have no other excuses haha.
I would be remiss if I didn’t mentioned what an unprecedented year 2020 has been. Not only did we have a global pandemic that claimed a lot of lives, completely tanked the economy, and halted travel around the world, but it was also a time of social unrest. The BLM movement gained momentum in response to police brutality, and racism was stoked by white supremacists supported by arguably the worst president in modern U.S. history, Donald Trump.
This year forced us as people to learn how to cope with adversity and adapt to hardships many of us have never experienced before. Unfortunately, some of us had to also deal with the loss of family, friends, careers, and overall a sense of security.
While I’m grateful that none of my immediate circle of family and friends have gotten sick, I do know people who have lost loved ones. But as we wrap up the 1st quarter of the year with several vaccines being distributed, there’s light at the end of the tunnel. They’re projecting that by May, there will be enough doses for all adults in the country. So hopefully I’ll be able to travel and fly to the Bay Area and visit family.
For me personally, this year has been a year of creative growth, deeper personal connections, and honing in on developing my skills. But I’ll go over these later on in this post.
Since 2016, I’ve been doing these yearly reviews mainly for my own records. However, these reflections may also be beneficial to others, so I write them with the intention of a public audience reading them.
For those who don’t know, I do daily, weekly, and monthly versions of this reflection process.
This yearly reflection is a culmination of all three of these at a higher level.
Writing this reflection is an arduous process because I have to comb through all my reflections and synthesize them into something like an annual report.
The reason I make this public is to
Past Years In Review:
This year, I’ve also separated out my 2020 Life Lessons section into a separate post as a sort of addendum to this main post.
Continue reading “A Year in Review: 2020”
Marlo Yonocruz 