Don't Start With The New Year, New Me BS!

Well, the posts have already started.

Kill me.

Now don't get me wrong, I think a lot of us can agree 2017 was a tough one.

And a lot of us are ready to see it go.

2018 will be much better.

BUT, that doesn't mean go off and start setting a list of "New Year Resolutions"...

Because the way that I see it, every day is a new day for a new beginning.

So why not start now?

Why not start when the thought crosses your mind that today will be the day you make a change?

You see, 2014 was a very TOUGH year for me. 2015 was better. 2016 again, tough, but so much amazingness happened, and 2017 has been a year of so much growth and just going with the wind.

But looking back I see how much I've grown each year.

That's one thing I love to do the day before my birthday. I like to reflect on how much I have grown since the last birthday.

But, I will say something that I have changed about myself this year is just going with the flow.

Wherever the wind blows me...that's where I'm headed.

Just chasing my dreams and really focusing on what I want.

But I had a friend say something that really hit home.... he said just as long as you're blowing with the wind and not against it.

That speaks volumes because often times I think as things happen instead of just letting them happen we try and stop them or alter their route, rather than just letting it happen.

So I have a New Years Resolution for you....

Don't make any.

Start today.

Go with the flow.

Notice the change that needs to be made, and make it.

Don't wait until tomorrow.

Start now.

And I promise you, your days to come will be better than you've ever imagined them to be.





Until next time....

Trusting Someone

Trust. 

Those 5 letters make me want to vomit sometimes.

How we give them to someone and they break it.

Relationships, friends, family.... so easily broken.

I can remember as a little girl the first time I felt deceived by my best friend. She had told one of the boys we grew up with something I asked her not to. Something that never really happened with us but we were going through changes in our life. We went from being one of the boys to actually liking them. So, naturally things changed, and our lines of what secrets should be kept and shouldn't had also.

That stung a little. 

I can remember when I was 17 and being so in love with this guy I was dating. Everything was perfect, we spent tons of time together, went on dates and riding around in his truck. Until one day he started acting weird, he told me he would be at my house at a certain time and he never showed. I ended up running into him at a local store, a girl sitting in his truck with him.

That one stung a little more.

I've lost trust from friendships and relationships plenty of times...

When someone betrays your trust... let it hurt... then let it go. 

Forgive them. 

Release that negative energy so you don't harbor a root of resentment in your heart.

Sometimes it takes being the bigger person to be compassionate.

Put yourself in their shoes.... what caused them to betray your trust.

What are they going through that doesn't make them see clearly that definition of trust between you two.

Everyone has freedom of choice.

Whether they choose to keep your trust, or throw it away, that's okay.

At the end of the day you know your worth, and you're worth it.

And someone out there will admire that.

They will not break your trust.

Just remember not to give it out too easily.

Not everyone deserves it.

And don't worry about all what you're wanting someone to trust...

We’ve all got baggage.... just have to find the one who’s willing to help us unpack. 

Only you know deep in your heart who deserves your trust.

Until next time....

Always Choose Happiness

As a writer I constantly have a lot on my mind. 


Things I want to write about.

Things I probably should write about.

Things I need to write about to submit to get more blogs published.

But here lately I really haven’t been writing a lot.

To be honest I’ve really just been focusing on my self.

I spend a lot of time alone, in the car on the way to work or anywhere, at home, alone.... so it's inevitable that I just think

If I have done any writing it’s in my book and gosh I want so badly to get that book finished and published.

My goal was this year but due to finances and moving and focusing on me, I’ve put it off.

But it stays on my mind constantly.

I call my sister daily and we laugh about how the book is and SHOULD play out.

I can’t really go into detail but if you heard us, you’d laugh.




Moving to San Antonio I was scared.

My first week here I thought real hard about my job and if it’s something I really even want to do.

I thought about just going home and moving back into my house and “settling” somewhere I don’t want to be.

I thought I don’t really belong here seeing as I know literally 2 people in this town.

But then I thought to myself, “no you need this, Lisset.”

I thought to myself that home didn’t really feel like home anymore and that at the end of the day home is what you make it.

Now I’m living in an apartment with roommates and I don’t have even a 1/4 of my things not to mention my CLOTHES, I don’t have even 1/16th of my clothes.  I’m sad I don’t have my girly decor, I’m sad I don’t have freaking Christmas decorations, but at the end of the day I have a nice place for now, I go to work all day, come home and work more and then sleep.

I have a different mindset being self employed now. The word HUSTLE is embedded in me. I think it always has been but it really is more than ever now.

And all while I’m learning a new city, learning a new line of work, and still trying to sell my house back “home”..... through it all I still choose happiness.

When things around keep trying to show the negative.... I still decide happiness.

It's not always easy... but it's the better way.

Through this entire process I’ve been learning so much about myself.

I think we are always a work in progress and we should always take the time to focus on ourselves and learn new things, I have the opportunity to really learn and focus and decide what I truly want and don’t want.

And one thing I don’t want is unhappiness.

So while I’m in a new city, alone, at a new job, which some weeks can be very frustrating, in a brand new home that isn’t mine and dealing with the hell of a nightmare “for sale by owner” has been for me, I STILL choose happiness.

Because why let the negativity of things bring you down.

Why let you things you have no control over take your happiness.

And it’s crazy because 6 months ago I would've been throwing a fit. Hell even 2 months ago I would've let the negative overcome me. But nope. I have a support system that I call, vent about it and then let it go. If there's nothing I can do about it then why be mad about it. And if there is something I can do about it then I will still choose to be happy. Because at the end of the day there's so many more things to be unhappy about and why let the little things bring you down.

This move has had so much change in my life, and while the last couple of weeks have been nothing short of amazing and me finding out so much about myself I’m seeing so many beautiful things. 

This past weekend I got to watch my very best friend shoot a buck. Not her first but a nice trophy for sure and all while getting to shoot the shit, drink some cold ones and get some more meat to add to the freezer. 

To say it’s an adrenaline rush is an understatement. 

I’ve never shot a deer because the one buck I had in my cross hairs I let it go, but the adrenaline to be in the stand with my best friend and to watch her take it down was unexplainable. 

I’d replay that afternoon any day of the week. 

Then I went hiking, fishing on the Guadalupe River in Guadalupe State Park. Talk about some breathtaking views. 

I think this view on life has always been embedded in me, I just had to peel back some layers to truly get the full outlook on it. 

A good friend told me this recently and this is enough to keep me going... “I see a big and bright future for you ahead. You have what it takes. You have the desire in your heart. And most of all, you have God covering all the bases for you. He wants what’s truly best for you. I promise. But you have to be patient. And not settle. Enjoy this time and learn the lessons He wants you to see and grow from.”

Until next time.....