It’s seems to be working out!

Yesterday I woke up and put away laundry, cleaned my bedroom, and put away laundry. I also cleaned the kitchen. Felt great to get done! I was planning on going on a walk with a friend sometime at 11am or later. She didn’t end up waking up till later so I decided to go to NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) and talk to someone about public speaking. The In Our Own Voice program I used to speak with is in transition, but I was able to talk with the woman who runs the Ending The Silence program which is a presentation for High School and Middle Schools. I told her I am very interested in that and she gave me a quick little interview to make sure I would be a good fit. She said I would be great! I am so excited. She is going to email me a 2-3hour module training and once I do that, I will come back in the office to talk with her and go over the presentation. Then I would just go shadow a presentation and then I’d be ready to be the lead presenter with Ending The Silence. I am still waiting for the email. Hopefully she just got busy. She even said I could wear my Stefanie’s Safe Space shirt to presentations cause I happened to have it on when I last minute decided to go to NAMI. She just said I can’t give people cards and tell them about my business. But if someone asks me about it, I can share what it is all about.I also asked if there are any paying part time jobs at NAMI, and she said they are actually looking to hire a few assistants. She is not sure if part time or full time but she gave me the card to email the executive director. I knew I did nit get those other 3 jobs for a reason. I knew something better would come along. It would be really rad if I could work part time at NAMI and also present with Ending The Silence to the students and then also eventually to the families of the students. I would be doing what I am passionate about while continuing to blog, write a book, and plan on starting my own foundation. The annual NAMI walk is coming up on April 11, 2026. I hope some of my friends will join me and wear Stefanie’s Safe Space shirts with me. And hopefully by next year I will be successsful enough to have my own booth set up there. I woke up at 3:30am today and made it to the 6:30am AA meeting. Before and after the meeting I have been going back and reading my past blogs and have been editing and deleting some from my manic days. I want people to know how I feel and what I do when I am manic, it’s part of my story and journey, but there is some stuff that needed to be deleted at least for now. I have to go get a mammogram in a few minutes and then am going to go to Costco for a few things. Hope everyone has a great day!