The thing is life can get overwhelming so I challenged myself to become this hopeful girl

Hi! I go by "Bri" and I'm this hopeful girl, although I can't say that's always been the case, and still many times it's not. I'll talk about that a little bit more in a bit.

I found out about steemit through my best friend, as well as husband, @bre telling me about it (well, more like talking my head off about it. Lol. He was pretty excited about it).

He believes that steemit is going to be a huge social media platform. Well, this sounded cool and all, but I was mainly interested because it's a forum to write on and converse with people about matters I'm passionate about such as God, philosophy, faith, music, poetry, relationships, physical health and fitness, budgeting, and mental health. I used to be "that girl" who posted exhaustively long posts on facebook, but began to think that wasn't the proper forum for all I had to say. So I stopped doing that almost a year ago. It's hard with so many things to talk about; all the racist events going on, all the religious and philosophical controversies, all the this and that to talk about... I've been bubbling over crazy wanting to post something longer and more heartfelt than my few tweets on twitter, occasional "status update" on facebook, and pics with short captions on instagram. Hubby knows I'm an enthusiastic person who loves to talk about a plethora of things (in other words, I'm very opinionated lol) and even though he may be excited about steemit for slightly different reasons, I'm excited to have somewhere to chat about things and viewpoints with people from around the world. Oh, and I also like to write poetry and lyrics from time to time but haven't had any place to share. Now I do!

A little more about me, I became a Christian around age 20 and I loooovvveeee discussing what I believe and why I believe it as well as listen to and understand another's story, because we all have one and I LIVE for my love of them. I also am deeply intrigued with philosophy and spirituality. I'm open to debate however I prefer loose discussion, mainly because debating can be quite time consuming. I'm a recovering "people pleaser" who struggled with tons of anxiety seemingly all of the time. A little over a year ago I decided to become this hopeful girl and embrace optimism over catastrophizing everything and being such a pessimist about the future. The smallest things that went wrong in my day used to discourage me. For example, like in the picture above I had cut a pretty bad gash into my leg with some heels I was wearing earlier that morning. I knew I wanted to do a photo shoot with hubby later for my grad invite pics but I had a large ugly band-aid with bright red blood showing through the patch. Ew! Ikr!!! I already knew what I wanted to wear, and it was supposed to rain every day the next week, so instead of get frustrated about the shoot I decided to continue and do the shoot with poses that covered my leg (hence my left hand covering my upper calf. Yeah, not a modeling pose, just me tryna make the shoot work lol = ) So nowadays when my day, or week, or month, or even year, doesn't quite go as I "anticipated" it (to say the least) I simply modify my behavior and change my attitude so I can move on to what today can be like instead of dwelling in the past and worrying about tomorrow. I'm still not as peaceful and full of faith as I'd like to be, but I'm far more hopeful than I've ever been.

I have a handful of close friends.

I used to have a head full of hair..

But I shaved half of it when I started my hopeful girl journey..

Sometimes you might see me rock a wig in pics. But don't worry, it's still me. And no, it does NOT mean I cut my locs off ; ) I just like to try different looks from time to time. What girl doesn't?

Last, but certainly not least. The loves of my life are my three beautful children. They are the reason I decided to change my attitude about life. They didn't need a stressed out mom who was constantly on edge fussing at them about ridiculous little things I found a nuisance simply because of my lifelong battle with anxiety.

God is too good, my husband is too awesome, my children are too amazing, and my life is too wonderful to worry anymore. With faith over fear I'm going to be shamelessly hopeful and hope I can be an inspiration to at least one person out there to do the same. I've started a website thishopefulgirl.com It is currently open to the public, but I will be working on it to make it more than a blog. Stay tuned.

May God's grace cover us all. Truth, life, and love to you. This Hopeful Girl = )