**This past week went well.. Continued to Keep on track with all things "Healthy" (meals, water, activity, & Even sleep was somewhat better this week). Taught all of my Zumba classes this week, & got some longtime Bills "paid-off", (YAY!), and got a surprise check in the mail! (Woop!)

**Weather has continued to feel like the "Fires of HELL" This past week! ..... Literally standing outside for 5 minutes feels like you are completely melting..... Teaching classes this week was pretty brutal b/c of that but we made it through..... However, Got in LOTS of pool time this week, which was nice~. And finally got that Summer "Golden-glow tan" that I've been waiting to see.

**This weekend will be pretty busy...intentions are to get in a very early morning group fitness class, then got several errands to take care of. And then afterwards, will be heading out of town to the Coast for a few days~ Looking forward to it since I've never been to this particular place. Trying to get as much in as we can before the summer ends.~ And then immediately upon return, is my Stepdad's (and my Doggie's) Birthday! So we will celebrate "Both" when we get back mid-week. Then its back to business again~


ENJOY THE WEEKEND AHEAD~

@PoliteOcean Thank you

** What is One thing that you learned about yourself this month, or One thing that you would like to change for yourself going into the new month ahead?
This month I learnt that I work best under no pressure.
So, for next month I would be looking to find ways to feel less pressure (if at times I do)

** JUST FOR FUN: What is your "Favorite T.V. Show"?!
Many, but currently rewatching Frasier

** What have been your "Highlights or Challenges" this past week?
Just low energy and cold *achoo*

@PoliteOcean hi there!! my week has been alright, though i have some tough things to get through, i'll be okay and i'll be able to celebrate my birthday on monday in peace. this month went really well though! my biggest accomplishment this month is allowing myself to be happy and to indulge in my favorite things without worrying about being judged and being overall affectionate. i was really scared to touch people and share deeper connections for a while, and it saddened me because it was something i loved doing so much and it felt like it was taken away from me, but i was able to work myself up and it's much much better than it used to be. the best thing was letting myself be more free. i feel more like myself than i have in a long long time. one thing i learned about myself is that i can get worked up pretty easily and i don't do well with holding things in and i'd like to learn to be more okay with letting myself be vulnerable with my friends and listening to them vent without fearing that they'll use me and things like that. my highlights this week are i'm more comfortable with physical touch! though a challenge im facing is cutting off a friend soon, but im sure i can handle it. some of my favorite tv shows though are mob psycho 100 and invader zim!! thank you for the check in ❤️

• This week was so so so much better than last week. Anxiety is still a daily thing for me in the form of worry and some slight sleep issues, and emotional eating (I gotta work on that), but, overall I wasn’t gripped by constant anxiety attacks like last week, and, I’m sleeping better little by little and eating more fruit and vegetables and hydrating. So that’s all good! • Not health care related specifically, but I suppose financial wellbeing and health… I’ve been working on trying to funnel clients to my own business webpage where clients can pay me directly, instead of the service I’m independently contracted with that takes 2/3 of the wealth I create to “manage the website” (poorly) and make it harder for me to pay my bills. Granted, the service does bring in more clients than trying to do ads and SEO optimization for my own business page, but ultimately I hope to bring my clients over, charge them less than the service provider charges them, and take home more money in the process. I’ve set up the webpage and got some of my clients to look at it. It’s a start! • Best thing about this month is fixing things with my SO / partner. Starting with the fact that I can call him my boyfriend finally after all these years. Maybe hopefully fiance or husband soon. I’m really so happy about that 😊 • I learned that while most of my life I valued my independence, and this is a good thing, there’s still nothing wrong with being deeply connected to and spending a lot of time with someone. I discovered I crave affection and quality time a lot more than I ever realized before, and that my “need for space” in the past was more of a quality over quantity issue. It’s not that I want to be left alone, it’s that I want to have time where I don’t have to fit a role for someone like with family or work, and I can just be 100% myself with no judgement. When I feel safe to be fully me, I don’t mind having someone there while I unwind and actually prefer the company. • I’d like to continue building my business so I can stop getting ripped off with my job, hopefully this August. • Man… I haven’t caught up with the last several seasons of it, but I really liked American Horror Story, and Stranger Things (I really need to catch up with TV eventually 😅). I also grew up adoring Xena: Warrior Princess, The X-Files, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. • Highlight: My boyfriend calling himself my boyfriend 🥰 (overcoming avoidance and relationship trauma from past relationships for both of us, so this is a big deal). Challenge: Adjusting my sleep schedule. The sleep tincture is helping a lot, but there’s still a bit of a curve to this thing it seems. • Honestly? Cats. Or cake. Just something super lighthearted and funny I’d love to talk about, sometimes I need the laugh for my sanity.

@PoliteOcean

**This week was very cansative but also productive, still feeling a bit sad about have lost my dog but it is a natural feeling and it will goes away sometime, i just have to be patient.

**This month for me was very challenging, motivator at the same time, what i have accomplished more was working on my book and also did my part here. The best thing for me not only on this last month but every month, every day is just being alive and being able to change, to do things better, to learn more about everything.

**I have learned to take more care of myself, to be more patient, what i want to change is the fact that i want to take things slow and not rush everything.

**The voice is my favorite T.V Show.

**My challenge was still to overcome the fact that my dog died and highlights was being here and supporting the community.

**I want to thank the community, all the people who support the website and the whole 7 cups website for existing and for the job that are done here. This is so important for so many people and for the world i believe.

wishing a very great month ahead for everybody.

** Hey Everyone! How was your week?
Hey there,I hope your week was better than mine....

** This is our "LAST" Check-in for the Month of JULY!~ How do you feel this month went for you Overall? What do you feel you accomplished the most this month for yourself? What do you feel was the "BEST" thing about this past month for you?
Honestly, there wasn't any thing spacial, but I did by some new make up and skin care products if that counts

** What is One thing that you learned about yourself this month, or One thing that you would like to change for yourself going into the new month ahead?
I'd like to be more active, and to drink less coffee during August

** JUST FOR FUN: What is your "Favorite T.V. Show"?!
I'm waching a Turkish show called "The Teacher", not all time favorite, just currintly, but It's interesting. At first the idea reminded me of "Thirteen Reasons Why"

** What have been your "Highlights or Challenges" this past week?
Getting some house chores done

@PoliteOcean Here's how the past week went. Monday I went grocery shopping and also for a walk. Wednesday I went to acupuncture, and Friday I went to physical therapy. The acupuncturist needs an authorization from my doctor to give to the insurance company in order for me to continue treatment. My regular doctor is on leave, so hopefully another provider will step up to the plate. For this upcoming week, Monday I'm going grocery shopping and for a walk. Deysi is going to be absent from the 4-6th, so no acupuncture. I'm still trying to overcome bitterness. I have these defense mechanisms so I want to be more open, but the question is to whom, and what sort of information do I tell them. There's a problem with my mother's estate. Too complicated to get into here, but I've been depressed about it for a few days. I'm losing my motivation to read poetry since being a poetry discussion leader seems like such a long ways off. I've been consistent with my spiritual time but isn't always bearing fruit.

** Hey Everyone! How was your week? This week wasn't too bad. I rescheduled my physical therapy. I want to clear my OBYGN issues first. I have PCOS and my female problems make physical things very diffcult.
However I was upset yesterday. . . my mom and I got a lyft to do laundry and grocery shopping and the two drivers that we had were good, but the canceling drivers in between were rude and just mean. He had a guy drive up to us and just said no. I had a mask, but didn't want to do deal with our laundry. They could have been nicer about it, and then drove to a bar in the same outlet. It made me feelt bad and rejected. It's people like that, in which makes me not want to leave my place (I just want a nicer place not to leave: like with a kitchen, bathtub, my own privacyand a family cat.)

** This is our "LAST" Check-in for the Month of JULY!~ How do you feel this month went for you Overall? What do you feel you accomplished the most this month for yourself? What do you feel was the "BEST" thing about this past month for you?
I did manage to finish my personal writing goal of typing up 20,000 words in spite of my carpal tunnel. I worked through the pain and tingliness. I finished the month with my word count of 21,333.

** What is One thing that you learned about yourself this month, or One thing that you would like to change for yourself going into the new month ahead?
I am stronger than I knew. . . I can work through miniumal pain.

** JUST FOR FUN: What is your "Favorite T.V. Show"?! Big Bang Theory, Supernatural, Dharma and Greg, and Bones (I have more, but those are first that came to my head.

** What have been your "Highlights or Challenges" this past week? Challenges: Carpal tunnel, traveling, pain in my knees, and dealing moments of exhaustion and depression
Highlights: I have made good food. . . good coffee, awesome chocolate oatmeal.

** What would "YOU" like to talk about or share with us about your Week?! WE want to hear from you!