Dearest @Access Denied, thank you for sharing!!! It's a real privilege to hear about the details of your life like that. Oh, boy... I am trying to learn the art of no expectations of people. It's SO hard for me because I have such HIGH expectations in human behavior in general, that I am frequently disappointed and discouraged.

I like your approach though of one small positive thing a day -- or change, rather. I am working on making many positive changes, that it's overwhelming. But I am diligently working on my self improvement strategies each and every day, and I must admit, I feel proud of myself for committing to this endeavor AND for making some amount of progress with it.

I must remember to hold onto positives too -- I get often bogged down in all the negatives, within myself, and within my life that it colors my perspective. I need to constantly make myself step back and regain a birds eye perspective on my whole life -- and on myself. I am also far too hard on myself, and I know this.

Not really much to do with what you wrote, but I appreciate you sharing as much as you did. I hope it felt good to write down and share on here. I don't want to hog this thread all to myself... I wanted and hoped others would be inspired to share their own self improvement strategies, dreams, and/or triggers they're working on. So thank you!