Chit Chat GRWM: reflecting on 2023, my goals for 2024, a fresh start!
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In today's chit chat get ready with me, let's do some goal setting for 2024 the new year, plus we reflect on 2023 and talk about my words of the year.
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✨ T I M E S T A M P S
00:00 intro
07:25 what I’m proud of from 2023
11:08 perfectionist mindset
12:50 my viewpoint on working out
14:50 social media
15:39 journaling
17:55 being more present
19:10 my words for last year
22:29 my 2024 goals
23:23 taking time off
26:15 post it notes
27:05 routine routine routine
29:25 bible study
30:00 book reading goal
32:05 my words for 2024
33:52 a note on gentleness
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The beautiful thing about your content is that if you stay a youtuber, you share ALL the changes and wonderful things you learn with us. For me, I'm 55, and in menopause. Why is it such a hush-hush thing!? I Love all your content and hope to be watching you when I'm 65!🥰🤗
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Love ya, Jess! Thanks for this chat, friend ❤
I've been waiting a couple years to sign back up, because my daughter is now 18 months and I just want all the healthier snacky snacks you've been posting about. Tonight's the night, baby.
New things I’ve started in my 40s…cooking, baking bread, tap dancing, weight training, yoga, pilates, glass art…the train keeps rolling, Jess, and at almost 47, I am learning something new every day. ❤ So glad you had a great 2023.
Right!? I’m 57 and keep doing new things all the time! You go!
At 72 years young, I so enjoy your content, your honest videos about life, makeup, etc., Your honesty and humor are so ageless and relatable. My guiding words would definitely be gratitude, optimism, humor and love. But this year I hope to be more disciplined on a personal level. I stopped watching the news in the morning, and instead take my coffee outside to my patio, watch the sun come up, the birds at my feeders and erected out loud my gratitude for that day. Most days, I follow that with a 45-60 minute walk. This year I plan to be better about adding free weights more often. I totally agree Jess, that the media want to divide us, to deepen differences…but I truly believe we are all more alike than we are different and most just want to be well, have a job , take care of our families, etc. I plan to keep that belief in myforefront as the year moves on. Be well and hope 2024 is great to you and your family.🙏😊
My phrase this year is to Do It Scared - I always psych myself out with new situations or from doing things I've been wanting to do. Recently I joined a community band and a new church. Both are things I put off for YEARS and I finally decided the only thing holding me back was me. So now if I'm thinking about doing it and just fear is holding me back, I'm just going to do it anyways.
Do it scared-I like that! Thanks for sharing!
I LOVE this!!!
I love that! Do it scared! I will write that on my journal that I will decorate now due to Jess’s encouragement! “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt
As a woman approaching that “Senior” status, my word for 2024 is HEALTH. My decisions need to support my health in 2024. Eat whole, less processed food, work out consistently, just move more, etc.
Finally at age 50 I block off my vacation weeks - the same every year and take a year end break. After too many years of working nonstop. You will always try new things! I've tried tap dancing, pottery, calligraphy, knitting, and now found kickboxing.
2023 was my year of me. I finished uni at the end of 2022 which was a rough time. I took care of my physical health, my mental and emotional health. I was able to learn how to rest and just enjoy each day ( I love my job so this was easier) 2024 is a big adult year for me. Buying an apartment, moving out, promotion. 2024 words are Strive, Care, and Kind. I want to be kinder to myself and recognise my achievements. I hope everyone has a wonderful 2024!
I had a really, really bad year, and I relate to you wanting to use Gentle as your word. It's such a good reminder to be gentle to ourselves, to the people around us, to our families, remembering that we are all going through it in some way. My word for 2024 is Resilient, because I need that reminder that no matter how bad a year has been, I am resilient enough to get through it, and learn to thrive after it.
My word for 2024 is Audacious. I have reading goals, writing goals, financial goals, and spirituality goals.
My word for the year is courage. Courage to change, to move, to take steps, even courage to not move if needed.
My word of the year is Presence! I made it a hard rule for myself that when I wake up & grab my phone, the first thing I just do is read the verse of the day on my Bible app. Then if I want to check social media that’s fine but I at least start with Gods word 🙏🏼 A lot of the time after I read the verse it then just feels natural to do my Good morning prayers❣️
I love your suggestion on looking at your kids hands when you’re frustrated with them. I am definitely going to do that from now on. My phrase for this year, which was for last year as well, is “lighten up”. I take things too seriously and get anxious and worried about too many things, so that is my mantra!
I have a big year coming up. Moving 6 states away and finding a new job. Selling a house, buying a house. My word is grace. It’s very similar to your word gentleness. I want to have grace with myself, with others and with the situations that arise. My other word is me. I need to focus on me for a change in all aspects of life. Although apprehensive, I’m excited.
My word is “acceptance”. Acceptance of things/people I cannot control. Self-acceptance. Not lay down and take it acceptance, just having more flow around my life, circumstances, work, relationships. I think so many people crave connection and this type of video encourages us to connect. You and your family are lovely. Thanks for the content you put out there.
One thing that really helps me with my putting my phone down is the reminder that if it’s something I absolutely need to know, it will get to me one way or another
My word for 2024 is bravery, I’ve gotten way too comfortable settling in my comfort zone
i absolutely love how you described journaling as moving thoughts to new shelves. sometimes they need to sit for a moment so we can see them with fresher eyes
my word for 2024 is relentless! i am relentless in my pursuit to be a better person. working on not settling into comfortable habits & really pushing myself this year ❤
Letting go of the perfectionism was freeing this past season. I cut my Xmas gift list in half by only gifting to the kids in our family. I let my 9 year old daughter wrap all of the gifts and she was happy doing so. I let go of the vision of perfectly curated and wrapped gifts. I let the kids decorate the tree and the mantle. I didn’t buy extra gifts and accepted that one gift was more than enough. Didn’t get around to hanging my wreaths….oh well 🤷🏽♀️
Jess, I’m so glad you’ve unlocked the “secret” to being consistent with exercise. No one exercise is harder than having less than optimal sleep or having anxiety and/or depression consume you. When I don’t have the bandwidth, it’s a 20-30 min walk, and if I’ve got more to give I’m strength training.
Also, so random but thanks for the o’keefs heel balm recommendation, it changed my life 😅
my resolution is to be better to myself. What that looks like is taking my vitamins, eating some better food, gettin some movement in (starting with a 30 day yoga journey), trying to stop anxious thoughts in their tracks, and allowing myself treats sometimes because I'm worth it. I'm trying to avoid the all or nothing mentality. Any day that I do something nice for myself is a good day, even if it's rest and chips, as long as I'm moving and eating a veggie some other days.
My word is DISCOVER. I want to discover new places, discover my strengths, discover things that bring me joy etc. 2024 is going to be a great year 😊
One year my husband and I wrote down something we were grateful for each week on a slip of paper and put the slips into a jar. We aren't New Year's Eve partiers, so we got the jar out on New Year's Eve and read the slips. It was a great great way to end the year!
I too graduated with my degree in theater and then I took a 15 year break to have my family which includes five children! Then I went back to Theatre and it has been so much fun! I jumped back in with playing Audrey in little shop of horrors, and oh my goodness… What a great way to jump back in! So, as a fellow Theatre kid, I hope that someday you’ll do shows again, just for the fun of it!
My Word for 2024 is Community. My daughter will be arriving in February and I know that motherhood can be so lonely. So I am being intentional about surrounding myself with people who I can connect with and can support me and vice versa.
Congrats on your upcoming new arrival! ❤
@@francescaagogo Thank you!🥰 We can’t wait to meet her!
The part where you said, “when you start to get frustrated with your kids, just look at their cute little hands.” That brought me to tears. It’s so true. I’ve got a 3 year old and 1 year old. They’ve only been around the sun a handful of times, they need grace as well. Way to make this pregnant woman cry on a random Wednesday, Jess! 😅
My word of 2024 is “Revival”. The last year and probably year before has been all about Survival because of my divorce (after 22 years of marriage) and my mental health issues of my teenage so. This year I need to revive my joy to be alive. My goal is to do the things I have neglected and forgotten about during my marriage that bring me joy. Another goal is to relax and meditate to deal with my anxiety better. Love your videos and wishing you all the best for 2024!
Something I've learned throughout 2023 is that goals can be dynamic. They can change as we change or as our circumstances change or as our priorities change or as the things we want from life change, and they can change or our approaches to them can change as we get to know ourselves better. They're dynamic, they evolve, they change, and it can be unpredictable, and that's OK, even when it means that we don't always meet certain goals that we set for ourselves once upon a time (even if that time is the start of the year).
Lately I've also been thinking that sometimes if we don't meet certain goals, maybe we're not meant to, at least not yet, and maybe it wasn't going to be the right thing for us but we just didn't know it when we first set it. It might be disappointing, but I know I've had goals and aspirations in the past that, in hindsight, definitely wouldn't have served me well if I'd achieved them, like they would have been worse for my mental health and overall wellbeing than any sadness I felt from not achieving them.
Something else I've learned about goals over the past few years is that there's no 'one size fits all' approach that actually works for everyone. For example, SMART goals work well for a lot of people, but I find them insanely stressful and I find that I start feeling bad about myself whenever there's an obstacle or whenever I just don't have it in me to do something and it means there's a delay in meeting the goal (and those bad feelings are not conducive to trying to recover from severe mental illnesses), and I'm much better at achieving my goals if I set broad, flexible goals that are a bit more general and not time restricted (e.g. one of mine for this year is to cook and bake more often - it's broad, it's flexible, it means I'm more likely to give myself grace during weeks I'm struggling and not let myself feel bad that I'm just not up to working on something sometimes).
I have a complicated relationship with goals, but I want to remind everyone to be kind and gentle to themselves, and that it's OK to take a step back from some things if you feel like you need to.
Excellent post. Very on point. The older I get, the more room I make for flexibility. We can drive ourselves crazy "trying to achieve all the things", when we are younger. All in God's timing. 🙏Breath🙏
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What a year. I agree. Been watching you since before the girls and in the apartment. Best of luck in 2024
My Bible study group has a jar where we can drop post it notes for things we are thankful for that week or answers to prayers. At the end of the semester we read all the notes out loud. They are anonymous if want them to be. It's so much fun to hear all the ways we've been blessed over the course of one semester.
I love that!
My 2024 word : Remain steadfast 🍉
Every day, I try to do 6 things: 1. Wake up early (usually I wake up at 6am,now I wake up at 5.15am. Love it. More time for me in the morning). 2. Meditate (No.1 helps with no.2), 3. Walk/move/exercise 30mins a day (helped my mental health and body), 4. Read and 5. Journal every day even just a page/paragraph. 6. Eat better ❤
I appreciate your honesty and being so authentic. You inspired me to change my career this year. At 44 I started working in the medical field. You take my mind off of the stress of my work day. Thank you for all your content but you also need vacation time away from work!
Focusing more on my mental health, spending more time praying for my family, and focusing more on my design business would be my three ultimate goals. Maybe starting yoga or something else to help my physical health as well as my mental health 🩵
My word of the year is “sabotage”. I honestly got it from my dad. I want to work on the process of stopping the sabotage of my personal health, whether it’s physical, mental, or spiritual, by doing things I don’t need to do or by not doing the things I need to. Here’s to a new year and a better version of ourselves 💜
Words for 2024......grateful, compassion, learning to say no, less stress more praying and more relaxation!
Discipline and Grace are my two words for 2024.
I resonated with so many things you discussed. Loving my body as it grows and changes, striving for strength and health rather than a certain shape or weight, journaling just for myself even if it’s not perfect or organized, being more present. The other day I heard someone say the most time you spend with your kids is before 18, then once they’re adults you’ll probably have a cumulative of one more year in total in terms of how much time you spend together. That opened my eyes and makes me cherish every second I have with them. Time passes too fast and life is short. Make the most of it and be surrounded by peace and joy. Happy 2024 😊
You’re not being braggy, be proud of yourself. My phrase for the year is be present. With the world being so crazy I can’t obsess over it because I can’t control it. I’m also trying setting a timer for 20 minutes and doing a project that overwhelms me. Instead of not doing it at all, I can do anything for 20 minutes.
I used to journal all the time. Once I got married and had children I stopped. I have always wanted to get back into it but like you, was hung up on having a bunch of different notebooks! 😅 Thank you for the encouragement I needed to just use one for everything! This entire video was God speaking to me through you. Thank you Jess! God bless you!
I’m 55 closer to 56😂 and strength train. PR’d my deadlift last year @ 225 lbs and had 4 unassisted pull-ups. Shortly thereafter I herniated my neck. I’ve had to learn grace for myself and being content with my state of recovery. Definitely hard, but God has shown me how important self grace is. Thankfully doing well and lifting and playing with my grandbabies.
My 3 words for 2024 are Abundance, Spirituality, and Me. I want it to be an all around year of growth in every aspect of my life.
I’m reading Four Thousand Weeks right now because you and Taylor Wynn spoke so highly of it. A lot of what you are talking about changing this past year resonates with the advice in the book! I’m looking forward to making some changes this year based on what I’m learning as I read. Thanks for the book recommendation.🤓
Exciting! I teach and we got let out a half day due to flooding. Terrible storms in Maryland. Pray! Dear Jess, you have been a God send for me this past year and one of my goals for the year ahead is to keep watching you and allowing my self esteem to grow in an upward direction. I’m a 52 year old wife, mother, teacher….and have lost myself over the years. You fall into the trap of putting yourself last and feeling as though you are not worthy. After a while, you start to believe it. Takes more than a day to build yourself back up. You have become my angel and have “counseled” me without even knowing it. Your family feels like part of mine. I’ve even rekindled my love of Disney and am in the process of was of creating a Mickey Mouse Club in my 5th grade classroom as an incentive for my students! They are ecstatic!! Is there a Disney scent that would smell good and not be overpowering in my class? Another fun suggestions? It’s so sad how so many children never grew up with Disney and have no clue who the characters and movies are. I’m striving to bring it alive! How I wish you lived closer and we could get to k ow one another the way I feel like we do! Funny how you feel as though you know someone just from watching their videos! Speaking of which, I need to keep watching this one! Btw… I got a Disney devotional for Christmas and read it daily. Definitely recommend that! It validates who I am and why I am a Christian every day. I too am a people pleaser and perfectionist and I’ve had to realize that it’s ok to please yourself first and worry less about being perfect. Hard lesson to learn! Love you! ❤️❤️ Susan in Maryland
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You've totally got this!
(I relate in so many ways.)
Cheering you on from the PNW.
Hi Susan, what part of Maryland are you in? I’m in the eastern panhandle of WV.
@@MsK_in_CA I’m on the Eastern Shore. Rhodesdale, MD
Jessica a good video. Most people feel overwhelmed as you did this year. I have observed you and Tyler are on the go alot. The traveling itself is very tiring. I know that Tyler's work is travel. You may be underestimating the toll all the Travel is having. Must people only get the one trip a year. You are very fortunate to have what looks like a good income. Try less travel and more of that time home.
I found myself unconsciously nodding along with you during this video as if we were having an actual conversation. That is the charm and relatability that makes you so great! At the end of a very tumultuous day, u were a godsend❤
Thank you so much for saying that!!
My 2024 words are curiosity, clarity, and compassion :)
Love your GRWM chats. Bible study always makes me feel better. I’m excited to see your new filming set.
I had a rough year with sickness including having a stroke. I have since not truly been living my life. My sons are about to graduate high school in a couple years and I have been moping over my deficits. I want to look beyond them and see the life I am missing and live it.
My 3 words are: grace, heal, live
I did a lot of things that scared me too in 2023. A big one was taking a trip to Boston in July with my friends. I'm in a wheelchair and traveling without a caregiver never happened before. I will be doing another trip in 2024 😊
I love that once a week gratitude/ writing down a wonderful moment idea! Really want to try, seems more attainable than trying to write something every day
I have a prayer box that I write my prayers and worries and drop in the box. When I pray I ask for special intentions directed towards my prayer box to keep me from dwelling on those issues or worries.
I can tell you as a mom to two grown girls there is definitely a point especially after I had both of them where I was just more confident and more comfortable. There’s a maturity and growth and peace that just comes and it’s such a blessing. I can tell you’re an perfectionist and a bit of an overachiever so I just wanted to say, give yourself grace. Especially when it comes to working out and routines. You’re still in the very young toddler/child stage. There are still sleepless nights with teething and sickness I’m sure. So don’t put so much pressure on yourself that, oh I have to work out on Monday cuz Monday is my workout routine day or I’m a failure. Sometimes, you just need to skip it, rest, reset and come back to it when you’re able. Otherwise, you wear your own body down and get sick and stressed out. And I think I speak for all of us when I say we love watching your videos because we love hanging out with our friend. We don’t need the perfect filming space with the perfect lighting and the perfect background. So don’t put that on your shoulders either. Happy New Year💕
My words for 2024 (the year I stand on my own after a sixteen year relationship) are Stability and Freedom. I'm cautiously optimistic
I loved this, Jessica! Thank you for sharing your heart with us. I’m going to carry the gentleness word with me this year. That’s perfect! My word last year was conscious. I’m a teacher and we learned about conscious discipline in a training. This was truly life changing for me, my family and my classroom. Staying in my ‘executive brain’ was difficult sometimes but I feel proud of where I’m at today. ❤❤
Vitamin B in high doses is very effective in helping people who are burnt out. Vit B complex plus B12 shots done regularly help very much. Also include VitB supplements whenever you are stressed.
The ruthless elimination of hurry would be a wonderful read if you haven’t yet!! All about slowing down from a Christian mindset. It was pretty life changing for me!
Abundance. In Every way in my life . Happiness, wealth, health, love.
My fav kinds of videos are ones where you open your heart to us!!❤❤ I think my words for 2024 are balance, listening, and a touch of minimal so I can purge out all of the unnecessary things bogging down my body and mind.
I journal every so often and when I reread some entries I find that alot of entries are so negative
I feel that I need to try to be more positive . I have much to be grateful about.
Oh and before I forget. We need a bread video from Tyler for 2024
My words for 2024 are Health, Faith, Fitness and Connection
My word is worthy. As in, I am worthy. Innately worthy. I don't have to prove myself to others because I know who I am. I dont need to consume things (like trendy products) to be worthy. I am worthy as I am.
I loved this video. My biggest take away was at the end when you were talking about gentleness. I have an amazing therapist now, after going through many years of very bad ones and the most powerful thing she has ever said to me is be gentle with yourself. And when I feel myself being hard on myself or others I remember her words and it helps me give myself grace at that moment. Thank you for this video, I really needed this right now. ❤
The post it note idea...I actually write it in my journal for the week and then put in a fave picture from the week if I have one. I have a sprocket printer that works great for it. Then at the end of the year I can look back at the weeks and the good things I noted about the months 😊
Hi Jess! First of all, I have been watching your channel for a while and even though I’m significantly older than you, I really enjoy your content. I’m a midwesterner as well, so your personality and verbiage is just very comforting to me. I loved what you had to say about implementing changes now because you may not be as likely to make them later in life. I wanted to give you some hope! I am 46 years old and I have accomplished more in my 40’s than I ever did in my 20’s or 30’s (aside from raising my beautiful kids). When I turned 40 I ran a half marathon and I wasn’t even a consistent runner before that 😂 I take better care of my physical and mental health now than I ever have. I think it’s great that you are getting a jump start on all these things, but don’t be surprised if you accomplish some pretty big things down the road too. Please don’t ever change and thank you for the time and effort you put into your channel❤
My word/intention I set for 2024 is Gratitude, and there are two parts to it.
One, looking back on the day/week/month and identifying things that happened that I’m grateful for, where I saw God’s presence in my life, versus focusing on the negative (and also not letting something negative happening spoil my whole day).
Two, doing things future me would be grateful that today me did, whether it’s eating nourishing food, taking that swing dance class I’ve always wanted to do, auditioning for things even when I’m anxious or don’t think I’m good enough for that theater company/that musical/that orchestra, etc.
Finally getting a chance to catch up on your videos. I just want to say I have been watching your videos and Tyler’s for years! You guys are my absolute fave because of the genuine realness I get from you guys. Thank you for sharing your thoughts in this video. It always inspires me to educate myself more or really just sit back and think about where I am in life. I am thankful I have someone like you to watch. ❤
I was really bad about thinking about work when I was home after I started my engineering job. After awhile of training myself to disconnect it has started to come easier.
"We are all judgmental, it's in the human nature." That's SO TRUE. Thank you for this video and for the encouragement to be kinder and less judgmental in 2024.
I really wish we had thrive market here in Ireland. I've noticed how chilled out you are, more relaxed in front of the camera and literally watching your little family grow, I've been here from before wee Genevieve was born. I found my holy grail misha bb cream. If I have makeup on my face I use that on my dry skin. Happy New Year from Ireland 🇮🇪 xx
My husband and my goals were to enjoy life more now that our kids are get. Well, having fun is tiring. We travel a lot, have season tickets to Broadway shows, go to concerts and date nights. I’m tired! My goal this year is to enjoy my home more, meal plan and make bread. 😂
I do my laundry on Saturdays and I reward myself with TH-cam.
Ok, I swear, last comment! 😃. When you started to talk about one of your words -- "gentle" -- I gasped. Because -- yes. THAT. I need to use that word for 2024, too. I have a career that is very, very demanding and I'm the head of a large office and have a lot of responsibility. It causes stress and I take that out on my husband and on myself. Just being snappy or short with him, when I don't need to be, I'm just tired or in a hurry or something happened at work, etc. I also started crying when you talked about being gentle with *yourself*. Yep, I need to do that, too. Anyway, thanks for a very inspiring chat. I appreciate you, Jess. 💖
Pregnant and due in July. So excited, yet really anxious/nervous for the coming year 💙💕
Congrats! ❤
It's been so neat to see you exploring and growing in your faith this year 💛
I really like that nail color on you! Classic, old-skool glam, lovely!
My word for 2024 is Alive. 2023 and many previous years were so rough, physical health, mental health, relationships with family and friends, so and so forth. I’ve realized I’ve began to let all the negative seep into my life and not truly living for what I want and who I am. So I will be aiming to remind myself everyday that I am still alive.
My word for 2024 is COURAGE!! I'm going to need it for certain trails & tribulations coming up... 💪
That's a great word! Sending you wishes of strength 💜
@@bethanythatsme Thank you Bethany! You're so sweet! 🩷
You have inspired me to grow deeper in my faith. For Christmas I got the Bible you shared and just got a new journal. I am looking forward to getting into the Word and also doing some Bible studies. Routine is going to be my word for this year. I've really slacked off after some medical issues and want to get back to a better place.
My word for 2024 is OPEN. I want to be open to new ideas, opportunities, and ways of experiencing the world. I feel like there are so many ways being open can improve my life and I want to approach everything with that mindset.
I could not agree more with the working out thing. My change this year was thinking "I get to work out" instead of "I have to". I also started lane swimming and for some reason for my whole adult life I never thought to do something I actually liked as a work out.
Burn out is real and can creep up on you….the silent killer. I’m learning to say no and to live more simply. I love my home and my family and find that I can be perfectly content staying home on the weekend cooking, reading, watching movies, playing games, etc. I also tend to be judgmental, especially as a teacher, as I strive for perfection and excellence. Am I perfect? Far from it and I’ll never be perfect. That’s ok and I’m coming to realize that. We could all benefit from being more gentle and kind. Words can hurt, but kind words can build you up and make you feel so good about yourself. I love complimenting others and seeing a smile on their face and a change in their attitude. I am going to strive to be less critical of others, but above all MYSELF! I’m a work in progress and baby steps are steps nonetheless. I have so much love to give others, but I have to love myself first. Love you and your family so much! God knew what he was doing when he placed you in my path. ❤🙏 You are beautiful both Inside and out! Hugs! Susan in Maryland
Hi Jessica! Tyler had shown a clip of you singing in a theater on one of your vlogs a while ago. When I heard you, I teared😢 up with how beautiful you sounded. You are amazing!!
I love the idea of the post it’s by the side of the bed for positive things that happened.
Wow you sure unpacked a lot to start the new year . One of the reasons I watch is you are so passionate about life and one of those lights even when you’re sharing your own struggles … your family and especially those girls they will be blessed! My words this year balance , Grace and flexible.
No longer conform to the patterns of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind…….
When I’m listening to people in conversation I will be validating them more changing my response to comments like help me to understand your position or let’s find some common ground , how can we work together, I don’t agree but I respect you that’s a start for me .
Taking out thoughtless things I say like ….can’t believe you said that, you always or you never ….that’s ridiculous….you need to….you should….your wrong I realized a lot of this was based on my cognitive distortion.. also when upset a friend shared the acronym HALT STOP A MINUTE ask yourself am I hungry, angry lonely or tired.. it helps . I keep a calendar and check off what I planned to do and circle what I don’t do add to the next day. Been doing it for years… when I started I needed an accountability partner I thank her ten years later.
I guess when you’re in 30s, 40 and 50 seem old! I am 57 and my husband of 31 years and I are always trying new things! We finally have the time and finances to do so! Also, your comment about, “ what did people do before cell phones? Housework? laundry?” That cracked me up! At the age of 57, I did not grow up with cell phones. And you know what we did? We actually talked to each other and interacted without those interruptions It can be done! Lol!
I don’t always comment, but I’m a faithful subscriber/viewer. I am also a bit older than the majority of your audience (almost 55). I think your words are beautiful, especially gentleness. I love the verse that talks about letting your gentleness be evident to a whole. I’m pretty sure that’s in Colossians but I’m not sure. Anyway, I think you and Tyler are on a treadmill right now because you have young kids, so the scheduling is going to be challenging at times. I think it’s great and I think it’s something to shoot for, but you are spot on when you said things may not work perfectly and you need to give yourself a break. I think you should be proud of all of the progress you have made, and you are just such a light to watch and listen to. I wish I had your maturity and Countenance when I was your age. And I will say that when you are older, you will still probably try to learn new things because we are all trying to build new neural pathways to stave off dementia. Also, fun fact: I also took voice lessons for a short period of time, and I really enjoyed the confidence they brought to me. I was 40 at the time, and super enjoyed it. And as a speech language pathologist, i hear you about warming up-I need to do that way more frequently than i do! Anyway, love to you in 2024. Still processing my word(s). Last year’s was “listen” to others, to my body, to my spirit, etc. I think it was a good one.
My autistic daughters new years challenge was to count every & in the Bible. She sends me a mini synopsis and the count by email daily and I am loving it as is she 😊
It’s nice to see how you’re becoming more settled in your spirit and more comfortable in your own skin. True signs of maturity/growth!
I’m still very much dealing with difficult circumstances. But I’m focusing on maturity, hope, faith, health and mindfulness in the new year.
My word: follow-through, no more procrastination..❤
I don’t know if this will help, or even be seen, but your comments on being gentle struck a chord with me. When I was working crazy hours as an RN, especially during Covid, I really struggled with burnout and frustration. I got myself a few bracelets with just a word or two on them. Like , Grace, Joy, Serve. When I would wash my hands ( a million times a day) I would see those words and be reminded. Extend some Grace to that irritating coworker. Give more Patience to the demanding family member. My personal mantra is that I am here to Serve all Gods children. It helped me take a deep breath and recenter. And they I would place the bracelet in the sterilizer when I got home. LOL
Covid was a crazy time in healthcare. Thank you for working through it. I work in a personal care home, and throughout Covid we really struggled, and sadly are still struggling. One thing that got us through as a team, was praying or sharing quotes and sayings at the beginning of our shifts during shift reports. One of my coworkers would say daily, kindness is free. Just that short simple saying really helped me push through some tough moments
Needed this vlog, specially today when I feel out of goals .... thanks Jess for your always kindness! This gave me a bit of a kick to start things, slowly but to start! 💖
I love to watch you going through your spiritual growth and your life goals. There is so much value in Bible reading, reading devotionals and journaling what God is doing in your life. I have watched almost all of your videos from the very beginning and you have grown into such a beautiful, kind, gentle woman and I love watching your videos.
I was super into true crime podcasts when I worked out, and I realized (duh) that those things were not good for my mind and peace. So I stopped watching/listening and started filling my mind with the better things (which I always did before, but now I do it more) and starting my day always with my Bible reading. Gentleness and peace is my goal.
My 2024 words (thank you, Jessica, for the inspiration) are resolve, reset and renewal. I resolve to spend more time with God and living with intention, I am resetting my priorities (less screen time, more time making memories with my loved ones), and renewing my heart and mind spending more time in God's Word.
My word is unstoppable. I am determined to take more time for me and to focus on what matters most and what fills my cup. I also have incorporated the phrase learn to let go for every area of my life. It's going to be a great year! ❤
My word of the year for 2024 is faith. I really want to rely on my faith more.
JESSICAAA! I am so happy to have watched this video. Don’t get me wrong - I love all the vlogs and make up content - but these reflective moments were what attracted me to subscribe and follow. You’re kinda like the sister / non-judgmental, wise friend. “Someday, you’ve got to decide that that day has to be today.” Happy New Year 💜
Loved when you talked about the importance of actually taking time off. I'm my own boss and set my own schedule, and there have been times I look back and realize I worked 28 out of 30 days, even if it was just a couple hours. I have been trying to be very intentional about not working weekends. Thanks for letting me know I'm not alone in that!
Oh, the laundry! I have a family of 7 and the daily load or 2 getting done start to finish is essential. I've tried it both ways and this always works better for me, but the trick is that each of my kids get their own basket to put away in their room. It doesn't get done perfectly, but it's gets done. WIN
I’m very quickly reaching the golden years phase of my life. My brain tells me I’m still 30 but my 58 yr old body tells me I’m 75😂. But seriously, as I’ve aged I’ve slowly let go of trying to please people, trying to have things perfect and worrying about every little thing. I still worry about my grown kids and my precious teen grandkids but that’s completely normal. I used to not leave my house without a full face of makeup. I work at an Agricultural Complex and most days I’m shoveling manure and driving a tractor so makeup isn’t on the agenda. I’ve been quite sick for a year with stomach issues and I’ve had 100 lb weight loss. I’ve been to 3 different doctors with no real answers. My skin is just nothing but wrinkles and sag!!! The thing is…I don’t feel bad. I feel pretty doggone good. I’ve had so many people, just rude, walk straight up to me and ask me if I’m dying or if I have cancer!!! If I offer to tell someone, that’s fine but don’t come at me with that rudeness! Ms. Jessi…you are a beautiful reflection of Gods whole entire heart and I love you and enjoy you so much❤
Acceptance. In myself, others, things, times, anything. I just want to find more acceptance that things change, stuff happens, & some times it's just beyond our control. 💖
Love this, and agree with you!. I too am choosing the word, acceptance!
Thank you Jess , my words would be self love/ self care , time management , family time , encouragement ,kindness
Gentleness and grace are so wonderful together and i think work off each other. Glad you enjoyed the Bible study and glad keep that up. As a teacher, i definitely found boundaries are so important... especially email after hours. I need time to recharge, so do my students.