Are You Surviving or Thriving?

Small Steps to Your Best Life

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Hey Readers!

This week I want to talk about surviving vs. thriving.

Have you ever felt like no matter what you do, you just can’t get ahead? Like you’re working so hard for a dream, but you never seem to get there? Or maybe you’re just tired, burnt out. Crushed under responsibilities, bills, demanding jobs, or other time suckers that have you thinking, this can’t possibly be all there is to life!

Sometimes, we find ourselves just surviving.

When I was first starting out, I lived in a tiny trailer that had a hole in the bathroom floor. I used to stare at that hole and the grass beneath it, judging my worth. I was 19, working full time for a nonprofit, helping families in situations not that far removed from my own. I was also a full-time college student simultaneously battling various health crises, broken-down cars, and h…