Blog Post #3

Despite the chaos and stress that was packed into the previous week, I don’t think that I really made any progress on my courage, confidence, or optimism. As a matter of fact, I think that I struggled the most on my optimism, which is unsurprising at the very least. I expected this because in my last blog, I was stressing out about Hurricane Irma and the  destructive category 5 winds barreling towards us. In fact, a few moments after writing the previous blog, a new update showed the storm as being even stronger,  with the eye heading directly over Miami. Immediately afterwards I felt helpless, scared and hopeless; I couldn’t stop myself from thinking about the worst that could happen, in hopes of being mentally prepared for what is to come. However, thankfully the storm eventually weakened and moved nearer to the gulf, where the destruction wouldn’t be nearly as devastating. Despite this, by Saturday night, tornados, one of my biggest fears, were touching down all over south Florida, which left me feeling the most nervous that I was in those couple of days. By Sunday morning, my nerves had settled and, although I new the worst of the storm was yet to come, I felt surprisingly OK with it; neither optimistic, nor pessimistic. To me, that is a sign of progress, and I am optimistic that things will soon change. :)