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I used to dwell on everything bad.

Bad things that happened in the past, bad things that were happening around me, bad things that were going to happen if I didn't do this or that, bad things that were bound to happen in the future that I have no control of.

It was almost borderline out of control. Ask the therapist I saw for a few minutes.

If you need more details or clarification on what I mean by "bad things" there's a page tab somewhere next to this one titled "#trigger." It ought to clear things up for you. I hate for people to be vague too.

But as a mom of (almost) three kids, I've finally recognized the importance of looking on the bright side. I noticed my oldest child, my daughter, was starting to exhibit signs of paranoia. So I had to stop. For a second I chose to be ignorant and ignore some people and ignore the news stations. But then, I don't remember how it happened exactly, but I realized ignoring bad things didn't really make any of them go away, and maybe it was actually irresponsible of me to turn away from these things. Doing so was in no way going to help my children grow up in a better world.

So I have decided to take action against this inherently evil world.

But that's not what this blog is about. That taking action stuff is in the works in another form. This blog's just here for me to practice taking life one day at a time, and practice finding the worth in daily life; because I too often felt like there was none. Even though my husband and kids could make me smile and make me feel grateful, I truly felt deep down inside that this world wasn't worth my kids living in. It wasn't good enough for them and I wasn't a good enough mother for the fact that I brought them into this stupid world knowing damn well it was a stupid place for them to be.

My last blog was a place I used to go to write and share things when I was feeling down, hating the world, and feeling hopeless. Here I hope to get into the habit of approaching life with a more positive outlook. Taking it day by day, as I mentioned before, has been working for me, which is why you'll notice that, for now, each day has a post theme. That way I'm not grasping for ideas and letting the useless feelings that are so easy to come by creep back in to fill up the page.

So this blog really is an experiment in being optimistic. Let's see how it goes.