So this is my third week of school, and my first week living in California. I am in the neighborhood I lived in more than 20 years ago now, and I didn’t have enough time to explore it as much as I would have liked back then, so I am enjoying the time I have now.

I am not enjoying school nearly as much, but that’s okay I can live with it. 

I’m finding that as things settle down, they get better.

Yes, I know that intellectually, but when you’re in the midst of everything – when you’re in the midst of grief and living in a place where you’re not fully comfortable and starting a new endeavor and everything seems to be happening all at the same time – it’s hard to remember sometimes that things will settle down, things will be OK.

Things will progress.

And that’s what I’m celebrating this week. I’m celebrating progress, I’m celebrating taking a single step at a time towards making my life better. I’m celebrating taking a single step at a time towards making me better.

Even though they may be tiny steps, even if occasionally I step backward instead of forward, overall I really feel like I’m making progress.

These affirmations are in the hopes that you can also celebrate whatever progress that you are making in your life.