Do You Know About the Power of Yet?

Moment of transparency, y’all. 2024 has been KICKING. MY. BUTT. We’re only a few months in, and let me tell you, the amount of mental breakdowns I’ve had would be enough to alarm you.

To sum it up as briefly as possible, here’s everything that has been going on so far:

• I was in a car accident in January and we just found out a couple of weeks ago that our car is totaled. We spent three months fighting with insurance companies and rental car places, even though I was found 100% not liable.
• I have PTSD from the car accident, and as recently as a few days ago, will burst into tears any time it looks like someone is about to hit me.
• I went through a lot of family drama that caused me to doubt my instincts and my worth.
• Therapy uncovered a lot of ugly truths about myself that I didn’t know existed, and I was forced to confront them if I wanted to make a change.
• I have severe imposter syndrome in my new position as a Program Director because, in my head, I’m just some girl who has little to no confidence in herself in her everyday life. I constantly think, “How am I supposed to lead someone else and manage an entire program to help these juniors and seniors get to college?”

It feels like I’m so far off from my vision board, and I spent a lot of this year unhappy. It wasn’t until last week when I was sitting at my desk at work and thinking about what posters to take down that I saw a poster that we put up last year.

We have a lot of motivational posters that we put up for our students, and I never really give it much thought (and honestly, the students don’t either lol). However, I needed it at that moment. 2024 has been incredibly difficult for me and my family, and quite frankly, it hasn’t been our year…. YET. I realized that I needed to reframe the way I was thinking. Instead of focusing on how hard this year has been, I should focus on the fact that there are still so many months left this year.

The power of “yet” is incredibly strong and is a source of hope that things may be difficult right now, but it has the potential to get better. With this mentality, I’m cautiously hopeful that the rest of this year will be better. I have eight months to turn this around in our favor. We have a lot of great things to look forward to in the coming months, and it’s just a matter of time until I can reclaim this year.