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Day One: Self-Discovery

Today is Day One.
The day called Self-Discovery.
The day I was supposed to learn something new about my personality on my self-discovery journey with The Untold Chapter.

And to be honest…
I did.

Today I learned that I have both sides.

I have a good side of my personality.
And I have a mad side of my personality.

The good side of me?
She’s always happy.
Always looking for the brighter side of life.
She’s strong.
She gives everything she has to anyone she’s bonded to, all by the grace of God.
She wakes up blessed, knowing God gave her a second chance at life.

That’s the side people usually see.
The smiling side.
The grateful side.
The “I’m okay” side.

And I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with that.

But then there’s the other side.

The mad side

And no
I don’t wake up mad.
I don’t wake up angry or upset.
That’s not who I am.

But once I’m mad…
I’m mad.

The reason I get mad is not because I want to be.
It’s because sometimes I feel caved in.
Like there’s nowhere to go on this self-discovery journey The Untold Chapter.

The space I thought I had?
I’m sharing it now.

sharing space with my kids.
sharing space with my husband.
And yes, the dog too but let’s take the dog out of it because Otis is quiet.
He just sits back and relaxes as I relax.

My husband, though…
Yeah.
I don’t even know what to say sometimes.

Some days I just want to scream.

Most days, I get through it.
I determine to get through it because I married him, right?

But sometimes it feels like I need space…
And I can’t just go into another room and magically let another room appear.
I can’t do that.

I’m sharing my room.
That comes with being married.
The kids have the upstairs.
Otis even has his little love room.

And I thought I had the front room.

I made the front room my peaceful place.

Most of the time, nobody is in there.
Teenagers stay in their rooms, on their phones, in their own worlds.
So it was just me or so I thought.

Every night, I put my laptop on the table.
Every night.
And I respect that it will be there in the morning.

My mornings matter to me.

I wake up.
Say my prayer for the day.
Make my tea dandelion tea or mint tea.
Take my ginger shot with beets.
Make a little smoothie.
Get in the shower.
Work out for about 30 minutes, doing my stretching.

Then I come sit in the front room, expecting my laptop to be right where I left it.

But today…
It wasn’t there.

Because somebody got up.

Why?
Just why?

My husband got out of his sleep at 2:00 AM, took a bath at 2:00 in the morning, and decided to touch my laptop moving it from the black table to the entertainment center.

Now we all know my laptop always goes on the black table.
It’s been that way since I got it.
And he knows this.

So why move things?

And that’s when I learned something else about myself.

I didn’t just learn about my two-sided personality.
I learned that I am human.

It’s okay to be upset.
okay to want to scream.
It’s okay to need space and breathe when you feel like you have none on this self-discovery journey.

Yes, I understand this comes with being married.
I understand this comes with having kids.
understand this comes with having a dog.

But can I just have a break for one minute?

Can I please just be mad for one day?

Like how people say they want a cheat day—
Let me just stuff my face for one day.
Eat ice cream.
Eat cake.
Not care.

But I don’t do that.
Y’all already know I eat 100% healthy.

And sometimes I don’t even want to eat.
Sometimes I don’t want to be bothered with the kids, the dog, or my husband.

Just one day.
One day of peace.
One day of space.

That’s all I’m asking.

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✨ Motivation of the Day

You are allowed to feel grateful and overwhelmed at the same time. Both emotions can exist without canceling each other out on your self-discovery journey The Untold Chapter.

✨ Bible Verse

“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”
— Psalm 34:18

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What I Learned

I learned that having two sides doesn’t make me difficult it makes me human. I’m allowed to feel joy, frustration, love, and the need for space all at once.

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