I have been dealing with a lot of physical health issues throughout this year. For the past few weeks, I have been feeling pressure in my pelvic area. At the same time, I was dealing with digestive issues and acid reflux. And to add on to that, my mental health started acting up. I was feeling overwhelmed and anxious.

I was more frustrated about my mental health issues because I’ve been working on a lot of projects and when I started having issues, I knew it was time to slow down. It was challenging for me to admit that I had to listen to my anxiety.

I knew my anxiety was showing up to warn me, but I also had lots of tasks that needed to be done. I was finishing up the publishing steps for my book, working on setting up this blog, looking for side jobs/gigs to do, and more.

I listened!

Despite my stubbornness, I slowed down. Of course, after a few days of slowing down, I admitted that my anxiety was right. I’ve been putting way too much pressure on myself with the different projects I was working on. Even though I was productive, it was too much.

Notice how I mentioned I was putting too much pressure on myself. Notice how I mentioned at the beginning that I have been feeling pressure in my uterus.

All the symptoms that I have been having made me realize that there was a lesson to be learned.

The pressure in my pelvic represents the pressure I’ve been putting on myself. The acid reflux I was feeling where I felt my food coming back up (sorry for the gross visual) represents all the fact that the pressure is because of everything that’s coming up from not relieving the pressure. So, something was about to come up if I didn’t give myself a relief.

One of the reasons why I was putting so much pressure on myself is because of my strong desire to leave NYC.

The Biggest Lesson I Learned

I have to be temporarily uncomfortable living in NYC until I make the permanent change to move.