Bad Blogger!!
I started this blog and then walked away. Many reasons…many excuses. Life sometimes gets in the way of our greatest ideas. Y’all…here is the deal…I’m lonely and depressed. It snuck up on me…I did not see it coming. I have neglected my health, my job, my friends and family, this blog and so many other things.
Please, PLEASE, take care of yourself…physically and mentally. I started diamond painting as a way to disconnect and calm down. It was meditative and I needed that at the time. When I started diamond painting, my kids where struggling in college, my job was intense and i was recovering from knee surgery so I needed something to do during my down time.
So much has changed since then. My kids are doing great and really need very little help any more, my job was down to about 12 hours a week and then I got sick and now I am afraid to go back (I work in home healthcare) and risk getting my boss sick. My knee is fine and I am perfectly capable of being more active but, now all I find myself doing is diamond painting. I have disconnected from my life and turned everything inwards and got caught up in my head and spiraled into depression.
Diamond painting is very therapeutic and calming, but please don’t let it take over. Set a timer and get up and walk or move around at least every 30 minutes. Given the choice between spending time with friends/family or diamond painting…choose your loved ones, the diamond painting isn’t going anywhere, it will still be there later but your friends and family might not be (dramatic, I know…but true).
If you are lonely (like me, sometimes the only other person I see in a day is my lovely husband) shoot me an email or find me on facebook (DiamondPaintingBlog). I am going to try and post more often and work on both my mental and physical health. I need a mental workout buddy, please consider coming along on my adventures with me. There will be lots of personal growth (hopefully) and lots of beautiful diamond painting (definitely).
Stitch For Power 