Meeting With Judy

 I met with Judy today.  I told her that Susie and I are getting a divorce.  I sounded so damn depressed.  I felt so little affect about what I was saying.  I was just going through the motions.  It was sad to see how I was being.  I hope this doesn't last much longer.  

I am meeting again with Judy in early January.  That will be good.  

She gave me four takeaways.  

1. Ask for what I need

2. Find a counselor to go through this with (search Psychology Today - Albuquerque)

3. Look for a new spiritual community

4. Write a letter to Susie and to myself about my feelings.  (I don't need to give the letter to Susie.)

Some other nuggets from our conversation.

I need to make healing from this a priority. 

This divorce is not personal, it's just part of life. 

Find a way to accept it and then begin to work on my attitude towards it. 

What can I do for myself and how can a create for myself a path forward?

What do I want out of life?

Take away things in my life that cause me stress.  

Make a list of people that I can be a part of. 

Get those plans in place.  

Can we together keep the house organized.  

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