November is becoming a trying month

in only positive ways. There is so much to contain and so many up and coming things, that they almost seem they’re beginning to whiz by me! I am wanting to take full advantage of all the fun and cheer that these holidays hold. 

However, there are several things to accomplish over the next couple of weeks. Crafts to be made, decoration to be also made and hung, parties to plan, food to make, house to clean, loved ones to see. I’ve really had nothing over the past two or so years that has demanded my planning and organizational skills (which came so easily in high school) and I’m slowly seeing them come back to me. It’s sort of like riding a bike, yet I really have to practice these skills to get back to my full potential. One thing that I have never in my whole life have made a priority that I really need to embrace is good time management. That is one of the few (but big) changes I need to make in order to enjoy all that is approaching to the fullest. 

This is also a skill I know I will need to permanently adopt to see the big plans God has for my life come to be. I’ve also really come to appreciate my girl friend relationships. I really love my alone//quiet time where I’m able to reflect upon and seek wisdom from God which I know will be my refuge in times I begin to waver. However, there are so many daily tasks and trials that have come to pass where in no way I would have made it through a bigger and better person were it not for the support, advice, and encouragement from the women in my life that I trust. 

I’ve always been mostly girly, but in building my relationship with my Savior and the ladies around me, I’m rediscovering the good bits of who I was in the past  that got lost in all I was trying to let go of my old self. I feel like I’m back for the first time in a long time. I feel like all I was good at and all I was made for before are being reintroduced and hopefully shaped by all that is around me. I’m so excited for what’s to come.

How do you feel about your girl friend relationships? Do you have women you can trust and lean on? How do these friendships affect your life? I’m now so curious to dissect them and embrace the power they can have on our individuality.