Katie Gagan
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Rest and Recuperation
It’s true the world has suffered a trying couple of years. For some this was a great opportunity to find some new motivation, improve themselves, learn a new skill or completely remodel the inside of their house. For me, I have spent much of the last two years trying time and time again to find the motivation to give myself a better, healthier lifestyle but then failing to follow through. It has been very frustrating and I’ve ended up being quite hard and unkind to myself. However, I have plans in place to make a difference come the new year. Thankfully, I am lucky to have close and constant support from my boyfriend, through thus we can motivate, check and encourage one another.
By Katie Gagan4 years ago in Motivation
Borderline
For as long as I can remember I have had issues with managing my anger. Whether it be when I was in school and I flipped out over not being included in games, which in my defence is a legitimate reason to be angry, in my opinion anyway. If I go out with my friends for a few drinks, you can be guaranteed I am either going to be crying or fighting, there isn’t an in between so I don’t get invited to those outings anymore, which I do somewhat agree with but I do just get drunk at home and angry text them. I have been given verbal warnings at work for having “unpredictable behaviour and emotional responses”, I swear all because the customer was wrong and I felt she needed to know that she was indeed incorrect – I tried to be polite it’s not my fault she called me rude and insensitive so I really told her about herself. I think if it weren’t for the fact that my aunt and uncle owned the shop, I’d be out of a job again, if anyone else was handing out verbal warnings to me I’d have quit the next day. So yes, many issues with anger. The worst, most pivotal and incriminating public display of rage, insecurity and irrationality came just two weeks ago;
By Katie Gagan4 years ago in Psyche
