Comments on: All the Lessons 2018 Taught Me

By: Crazy Supernatural fan🤪

Crazy Supernatural fan🤪 — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 21:37:38 +0000

I love how I have the exact same thoughts about guilt and motherhood, and needing help as well as same goals as you but I bet your income is waaaay higher than mine. It goes to show you how similar we all are. I could have written the above^

By: Mandy Callen

Mandy Callen — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 18:06:28 +0000

Love the words of this post! Everything struck a cord with me- especially #2! It’s hard to remind yourself that not everyone will like you…and that’s ok. Cheers to 2019!

By: hannah

hannah — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 16:12:30 +0000

I learned not that much in 2018, but what I learned is important for me. Many friends told me that I should try to no if somebody wants something in a situation where I don’t feel comftable, but I’m a person who has then the feeling that I’m letting the person down. And yes, it’s very similar to one of the lessons 2018 taught you, but I think many people knew that problem. I’m very happy that my friend told me to watch Supernatural, because so I found you. You are a really inspiring person and reading your blog really helps me through everyday life. Your blog also helps me to switch off after school no matter how hard the day was. And yeah, I am still in school and like to read what happend in your life. In addition, English isn’t my mother language and reading your blog is training my understanding the English language. In the end I just want to say thank you for document what is happining in your everyday life.

By: KATRINA JONES

KATRINA JONES — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 18:15:30 +0000

Hi Gen! I just recently had weight loss surgery so i am working to a better an healither me. I follow you and your such an inspiration to me on many fronts. i have cahnged my views on alot of stuff since my surgery. i am much more positive about myself now than i have ever been. Ive been made fun of my whole life.

By: Kathy Lippke

Kathy Lippke — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 16:32:57 +0000

Gen!
I have read through alot of the comments on here and I pray that all of ya’ll proud of yourself for speaking out on what you would like to accomplish this year! I pray that ya’ll will do the very best you can do accomplish them all! if you don’t it’s alright! just DON’T GIVE UP! ever! try again!!
2018 was about discovery and how 1 show changed things for me! it sounds crazy to alot of people out there but it’s true! I have discovered that I want to do do much in our little world. There are so many ideas that have been running around in my mind that it’s crazy! I’d love to do a round table of 5 ladies where we talk about different things from how we found who we are to a little show and how it changed us. The reason it would be good for me and I’m willing to bet that I’ll learn alot about me and other ladies. I would like to design more spn shirts and jewlery (I’m not artsy but I do have ideas) I have already gotten 2 shirts designed it’s just I don’t have a home for them as far as how much to charge and shipping. I also want to continue to coordinate meet ups at either FBBC , San Jac, Stereo Type anywhere else that would be fun!
I guess in all of my rambling and go off left field ya’ll can pretty much see what I would love to do this year….. 2019….. back to what this originally was supposed to be is BALANCE…. when it comes to taking care of myself vs overly helping others and placing myself in the backseat. I need to stop doubting what my faith tells me and believe with child-like faith that it WILL happen! I need to stop dismissing myself too bc I have had a habit of doing that. I am worth it and my dreams will come true!
Gen, I’m here if you need any help or if you are interested in any of my ideas OR if you want to take one and run with it ! You and Danneel are the MOST human and MOST honest ladies please keep going! don’t stop!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 06:17:42 +0000

In reply to Shauna. I just want to first say i absolutely adore your beautiful family! Second let me be the first to admit i am not perfect, please love yourself you do wonderful things and you should be proud of your accomplishments!! Much love from Nebraska Rebecca S.

By: LC

LC — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 02:46:55 +0000

Hi Gen! I would love to hear more about your marathon training regiment. I also want to do a marathon soon and I’m studying exercise physiology. I’m simply curious what methods work best for you personally to prepare yourself for such an accomplishment physically and also mentally.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 02:29:31 +0000

Oh man, I can relate to SO much of this. I have two kids- 16 and 4.5 (why yes, that IS quite a gap! :D) and it’s like I’m being pulled in about 90 different directions every minute. I’m doing my best to stop and smell what I would love to be roses but is probably a sippy cup of milk left behind the couch for a week, on top of stinky teenage boy socks, because it does go by fast, but you’re right, it’s hard when so much of it is left up to us. My husband is at work in the city for 12 hours a day, so I’m the one that makes everything on the homefront happen for everyone, and it’s exhausting. You’ve absolutely got it right to take advantage of every chance for a break that you can get, because the potential for burnout is so high otherwise (would you like to hear about the 18 months where I got no more than 3 hours of sleep at a stretch and no more than five hours total a day til the point where I was hallucinating due to sleep deprivation? Yeah, I wouldn’t either…)

Making time for date night- or something that counts as date night- is SO important. My husband and I were finding ourselves in the same place as you and yours did, and it was rough. We don’t have access to a regular babysitter, but we’ve made it a point to spend time together every night after our daughter goes to bed and it’s helped so much.

I love your resolutions. I’m in on all of them except the being late- I’m perpetually 30 minutes early for everything (thanks, anxiety!). Not a necessarily a terrible thing; arriving early is a great way to fit in more reading time. 😉 Thank you for the wonderful post; it absolutely radiates authenticity and makes me feel like I’m not so alone in all of this. 🙂

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 02:09:34 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing so many things with us. I have been following your website for the past six or so months and you have some really great things to share. I appreciate your approach to looking at the past as lessons learned, which is difficult to do. You learn from lessons, making them a positive experience, instead of looking at them as regrets. For me, I’ve gotten care and professional help after hitting rock bottom with my mental health almost three months ago, so I’ve started asking for help, not taking on too much, not beating myself up if I can’t do everything, and carving out a little bit of time every day for me. This has allowed me to build exercise and distance running back into my routine…something that I stopped doing after a few injuries that sidelined my running aspirations. Now, after physical therapy and appropriate braces for support, I have gotten back into running after watching you and the crew on the Bad Idea Tour run the half and full marathons late last year. What an inspiration that was for so many people! This year, my goal is to run the half marathon again for the first time in almost 3 years and then, running a full marathon in December. Right now, training for the half and the full marathon training will start in late summer. I look forward to watching your training journey for the Boston Marathon this year and will likely pick up some great advice, especially with you also being a mom with young children and finding the time to have for yourself, your relationship with Jared, and still be amazing for your kids. It’s a lot of work and pressure, but you are doing it with grace and strength. Thank you for sharing all of this with us and I look forward to seeing what else comes out of this amazing blog you’ve started up. Cheers and happy running!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sat, 19 Jan 2019 22:56:34 +0000

This blog showed up in my newsfeed on facebook. I have to say you did an amazing job expressing yourself. I feel like I can relate to some of the things you have talked about, except for the having kids part. I’ve always wanted to have kids, I just felt like I needed to have my life together first. 2018 was a really rough year for me. It taught me that life is too short to wait for things to happen. Last July, I ended up collapsing at home from a spinal tumor that fractured my spine. I temporarily lost movement in my legs for almost 2 weeks in the hospital. The tumor just missed the spinal cord. The doctors had to get me walking to become an outpatient due to my insurance refusing to pay for the cancer scan as inpatient. I had to do 16 radiation treatments on my spine. The pain meds were the only reason I was walking. At age 29, i was diagnosed with stage 4 mestatic breast bone cancer. Monthly, I have to get my ovaries shut down because the cancer is hormonal fed. The cancer was in my spine, two lymph nodes, and in my right breast. I tried getting help at the beginning of the year, but the doctors didn’t know what was wrong with me. My obgyn ignored my breast pain saying it was normal before your cycle. She didn’t send me to get tests probably because of my age. I didn’t know at the time to press the issue of getting a mammogram or ultrasound. She gave me birth control telling me it would help. Thank God I didn’t take it because the cancer is hormonal fed. I went the hospital in May experiencing severe back pain, where I couldn’t bend over. Doctor’s missed the tumor and sent me home with pain meds. Now i’m currently taking chemo pills. I had to have back surgery because the tumor deteriorated my disc causing my back to start collapsing forward. Luckily through all of this I have a wonderful man who’s been by my side. Friends and family have been there for me as well. I was young and healthy and this sort of happened out of nowhere. Insurance company has been horrible, and rejected my chemo pills and some scans at first. They are refusing to pay past bills. My life has completely changed. On a positive note, I did another cancer scan in December. 2019 is starting to look up for me. The results show that the chemo pills are working, the lymph nodes show no cancer activity, the back looks good, and the breast tumor shrank. I haven’t gotten back to work yet. I’m still trying to regain my strength. I guess my number one wish for 2019 is to be cancer free, and hopefully have positive news that I might be able to have kids in the future. The doctors tell me that most people that get this type of cancer are in their 60s or 70s. That me being so young will help me fight through it. So I also have to eat healthier for 2019 and get back to work. Sorry for venting so much. Take care, and I look forward to reading more of your blog.