Day 10: All the Feelz (31 days without sugar)

Good afternoon!

I’ve been struggling a bit this past week with emotions and feelings.

I’ve been feeling angry, sad, disappointed, and more frustrated these last 10 days than typically, and I’m trying to figure this out.

It’s not necessarily a bad thing. It’s good to feel these kinds of emotions, as they spur me toward change- change the things that aren’t working for me in life, or change my perspective/attitude about them (if I can’t actually change the things.) I think I’ve been using sugar as a literal way to “sugar coat” my feelings so I don’t have to really feel them. If I don’t feel any discomfort, then I don’t need to do any work to change anything.

Rather than drown my feelings in sweetness/satiety, I’ll continue to explore my emotions this week, now having this realization that I’ve been “numbing out” a bit with the sugar. Maybe there are some attitudes I can change, some routines I can change, and maybe I can make more time in my life to do more of the things that bring me joy.

What have you been feeling these past 10 days?

Here’s to all the feelz…

Cheryl