I can't spend my days watching Netflix + reading Harry Potter. [Motivation Monday.]

Well, hello there.. Did you think  I had forgotten you? My last update was almost a month ago, and in that short time, I have started both schools again - one where I am the teacher and one where I am the student. 

I could list how amazingly busy I have been, or talk about the length of my assignments, but that would be lying. To be honest, I've been in a magenta place. Magenta being the adjective that I use to describe a 'meh' feeling - it's a Golden Girls reference and one I find to be so true. I hate magenta, but it accurately describes my feeling I have right now. Winter break took a toll on me - totally wrecked my hard working spirit, and I have been struggling to get that back. I hadn't realized how hard I had been working, or how tunneled my vision had been. 

Winter break hit me hard in the face with rest, good food, and family, and I have struggled to gain my drive back. I binged watched Peaky Blinders (check it out by the way - 1920s, gangsters, and British accents -swoon), I reread Harry Potter and feel even more in love with Draco Malfoy and the Deatheaters (spare me on the greater good lectures) and I snuggled with my cat much to his chagrin. 

In order for me to regain my drive and my relentless pursuit of greatness, there has to be a mind shift. There has to be a change in how I am pursuing the situation, and I am sure, for many of us, that is a daily conquest. It is a daily activity to remind yourself why you do what you do and for what purpose - T.D. Jakes says that to hold on, in spite of everything, is a winner's quality. Well, today, my friends - let's be winners! 

Today is also the celebration of someone who changed our country and hearts, and it is so important that we remember the real struggle that he faced, the real challenges that he endured, and cast aside the glamorized notion that his pursuit was filled with constant high moments. My favorite quote by Dr. Martin Luther King is below, and let it serve as a constant reminder for today and every day that your mind has to change, you have to decide that will pursue what you want at any cost, and you will hold despite the challenges.