Monthly Check-In and Spotify Playlist: May 2022

Happy May everyone! It is finally starting to feel like spring here in DC, and I could not be happier about the warm weather! After going to Phoenix in March (see my travel guide here), I had no tolerance for winter anymore. The weather has been playing GAMES lately, so it better stay warm from here on out!

Anyway, I don’t know about y’all, but April was TOUGH for me! I have been really struggling to adjust to living with my family again (for the second time…smh), since getting back from Arizona, and it really came to a head last month. Between constant bickering and screaming matches with my siblings, painting my room and then moving all my stuff back home from storage, having a full on mental breakdown, and then having my grandma pass away after spending two weeks in the hospital, it’s definitely been a lot! (Thank you to everyone who sent me a sweet message about my grandma on Instagram btw. I appreciate all of you! 💕)

I am sharing all this because I want everyone to remember that we are all going through it, and if you are too then you are not alone. Almost everyone I know and have talked to recently is struggling with something or another! I took two weeks off of social media to try and get my mental health under control, and unfortunately it did not help as much as it usually does. Now that I am back on, I am really enjoying reconnecting with my “online friends” (many of whom I know in real life but talk to more on IG than anywhere else), and putting my energy into creating content about things I love and care about.

To honor Mental Health Month in May, I will be creating a lot of content around mental health on Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, and possibly YouTube (and hopefully here as well). For those of you who do not know, I am a full time therapist in addition to creating content for my blog and social media channels. I have struggled with figuring out how to create content on that topic, but I am going to put more energy into it this month!

If you have any questions you want answered on the topic of mental health, therapy, or being a therapist, please comment below so I can include that in my content! Hope everyone has a wonderful month 🤗✨