My Supports

The biggest supports to my emotional well-being are my friends and family.  They support me in all that I do through their encouragement and assistance.  On a daily basis, they give me someone to share my life experiences with and that is one way that I process my day.  Two of my biggest supports would be my Mom and my boyfriend, Tony.  I talk to my Mom on the phone daily.  Days when our schedules don’t match up, I feel a little out of whack.  She is the person I share daily successes and hardships with. 

Tony is my rock.  He immediately calms me, without even trying.  When I leave work at the end of the day, my mind will be reeling with things that happened and things that need to get done.  As soon as I see him it’s as if those things melt away.  I am able to take a step back and process things better.  He makes me realize that the things I worry about as big things are really just little issues that don’t matter in the long run. 

If I didn’t have their support, I would be a much more emotional person.  When things would go wrong, I would struggle to sort through them on my own.  Life would be very overwhelming without someone to share my burdens and celebrate successes.

Another support in my daily life is lists.  I am an annoyingly organized person and always have a “to do” list a mile long.  To my recollection, I have never actually completed a “to do” list as I am always adding more as my day goes on.  List making is a support for me because I have a horrible memory! 

If I didn’t have the support of making a “to do” list and putting sticky notes everywhere, I would be very unorganized.  Many events and projects would be forgotten as I would have nothing to keep me on schedule.  I also think I would lack motivation, as my lists are always a reminder of what I need to get done.  Friends would grow frustrated and my boss would not appreciate missed events and deadlines.