Springing Forward & Other Ways I'm Losing Sleep

What this Week, Determination, & Road to Atlanta

Tea Recommendation: Earl Grey with 2 sugars

Hey friends,

Am I the only one who feels just slightly bamboozled by this year’s Spring forward into Daylight Savings Time? Although I’m excited for that extra hour of sunlight, truly, I’d also like that extra hour of sleep back, please and thank you. I feel like I tripled my caffeine intake and still moved like the sloth in Zootopia this week lol

But I won’t complain about the beautiful sunshine and temperatures we experienced in Charlotte this week.

Feeling the effects of losing that extra hour? How have you been coping?

Pushing Myself

I truly looked forward to my lunch break audio walks this week to soak up the warm yet still somewhat cooler temps and sunshine. I’ve shared before that I have a habit of spending way too much time in my work from home cave. So these walks help force me to not only move more but also with getting fresh air as well.

My walking path is about a two-mile walk in the neighborhood, and I average about 3,000 steps.

Here’s the thing though when walking the Beltline, I average double that amount easily. So I wanted to push myself to accomplish the same feat while in Charlotte.

I challenged myself to doing two laps instead of my usual one. I won’t lie, by the end of that first lap, I wanted to give up. Created every excuse in my head to feel like my usual would be enough. But then I kept going. Tapping further into my current audiobook read, I took the time to really take a look at my surroundings, even smiled at a few fellow walkers. (I’m a New Yorker through and through and still haven’t developed the habit of just saying hi to people lol.) I even breathed through some of the anxiety that had been building over job interviews and pitch emails as well.

I’m proud that I pushed myself in this way. Who knows, maybe by the end of Q2 I’ll up the ante to three laps 😂

Road Back to Atlanta

Next month will make a year since Nia and I packed up our apartment.

What they don’t tell you about moving and having to start over that it isn’t so much the big things but rather the small ones that get to you. Like knowing exactly what aisle to go to when grocery shopping, having a space to decompress the day away, and roaming around the neighborhood just because you can. These are all things I’d sort of given up.

By the end of December, though, I’d made the decision that come hell or high water, 2025 would not end without my return to Atlanta. Of course, I needed to take the first two months of the year to sort of get out of my head a bit. But now, with this month’s trip back, I’m excited to hit the ground running. And I figured, why not bring y’all along! Though I haven’t figured out how yet.

As I’ve mentioned in previous newsletters, closing this chapter was beyond difficult, and in more ways than one, I felt like a failure. I also felt like I was losing a part of myself, and I wish I’d known it then, but it was the start to my spiral into a severe depression episode. But this year, I’m sticking to my guns and taking care of me, first.

For my fellow work from home folks, how have you gotten your steps in? Also, for my Road Back to Atlanta series, what are you interested in seeing? Apartment tours? Townhome tours? Behind the scenes planning etc. Let me know in the comments.

Once again, we are at the end of another week and newsletter! Thank y’all so much for tuning into my musings, and I’ll catch you in your inboxes soon!