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Isabella Schwartz
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- Boiceville, NY
- United States
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- Why I'm choosing to give:
- I heard an interview with Cami on NPR. I was in a scary negative emotional space and needed to drastically change my life. 29 gifts resonated for me.
- What I'd most like to receive:
- I'm so tired of being miserable. I want to feel real happiness again and say good bye to anger. I want to be able to support myself doing what I love which is medical massage. I want to have a full and successful practice. I want to be proud of myself and have my children be proud of me.
- How did you hear about the 29-Day Giving Challenge?
- NPR interview with Cami Walker.
- About me:
- I am a massage therapist trying to build a full time practice after working part time while raising my children. I have been trying to get a divorce for over 3 years. I have recently been suffering from anxiety /panic attacks and have been thinking obsessively about suicide. I realize how stuck I am and two things I have given myself are, permission to stop worrying about money for a month (to see if that changes anything for me) and to stop myself when I start thinking that dying is an option. I started to "practice" conscious giving while reading Cami's book (but haven't officially started) and I immediately felt lighter. I've been reluctant to give myself a real start date so here I am. My biggest fear is that it won't work even though I believe it will.
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- Yes
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Round Two Day One
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 4:59am 5 Comments 1 Like
Happy Thanks Giving! I finished my first round yesterday and I love that I'm getting to start my second round on TG! The changes within me have been monumental. For the first time in ages, I enjoyed my own company. I loved being in my clean house working on my gift for the day which was to call/text/fb clients, friends and family to wish them a happy holiday and to in some way let them know that they are important to me. It was exhausting but gratifying. I felt high afterwards. A…
Continue Day Twenty-three
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 1:20pm 4 Comments 3 Likes
I reread Mbali's comments on scarcity. I then gave $25 to my local library instead of the $10 I had originally planned on giving. I'm trying to find that balance between overspending and living in deprivation. For the past year I have been very careful with spending. I had gotten to the point where I would have anxiety attacks if I even thought of going to the mall. I feel like I'm in a better place now in terms of spending. Through the giving challenge I've stopped having anxiety…
Continue great week
Posted on November 6, 2011 at 2:58pm 6 Comments 3 Likes
I'm on day 12 of the Giving Challenge. I'm having a hard time believing that I'm the same person I was for the last months. I didn't think I would ever be able to reconnect with this person, this better me, the Isabella that I actually like being. I had a few disappointments that didn't destroy me. I seem to have developed fortitude. The ability to weather life's storms without crumbling into a state of hopelessness. I made money, I laughed I reached out and I gave with my heart. My…
Continue worrying
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 12:14pm 4 Comments 1 Like
I woke up this morning worrying about money. I have given myself permission to stop worrying about it but it snuck up on me and with it came the anxiety and all the other negativity.
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GOOD MORNING MY DEAR FRIEND! XXO
Have a lovely weekend! xo
Hope you enjoy a wonderful weekend! xoxo
HAPPY WEDNESDAY! LOVE YOU, ISABELLA.. XOXO
Hey there pretty Lady! xoxo
Happy weekend to you and your loved ones~ xo
Been thinking of you every day and hoping you are enjoying the weather and are well and happy! xoxo
Love you, Isabella! xoxo
GOOD MORNING TO YOU! LOVE YOU, IS. XOXO
I think she is a bit jealous. I do up flower beds and decorate for all holidays and seasons, Get lots of compliments and she gets mad. She tries to copy me too. Too funny....
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