Operation Get Yo Sh*t Together Day 1: Ground Zero — Confessions of a Woman Who Lost Her Way
Operation Get Yo Sh*t Together
Day 1: Ground Zero Confessions of a Woman Who Lost Her Way
I almost didn't write this. Not because I have nothing to say, but because writing it means telling the truth. From the outside, I may appear to have it all together. I am capable; I am trusted to help others work through trauma and solve problems. But if I'm honest, parts of my life have been operating in survival mode for years. My office didn't become cluttered overnight. My home didn't become disorganized overnight. My mind didn't become overwhelmed overnight. It happened one paper, one commitment, and one postponed decision at a time.
I wasn't lost. I was distracted.
Awakening the layers of your truest self.
Caregiving, business ownership, leadership, financial pressure, and unexpected opportunities all became detours. Some were unavoidable. Some were painful. Others looked like blessings. The problem wasn't the detours. The problem was that I stopped checking my direction.
Recently, I looked around my office and saw piles, boxes, books, training materials, business projects, and years of accumulated responsibility. Then I realized the clutter was not the real problem. It was evidence of something deeper: fatigue, grief, avoidance, overcommitment, unmade decisions, and a lifelong habit of caring for everyone else before caring for myself.
God never stopped directing my path. I stopped looking for His direction. I became reliant on my own experience, abilities, strategies, and survival skills. Those things helped me accomplish a lot, but they also slowly pulled me away from complete dependence on Him.
God Is My Boss
Operation: Get Yo Sh*t Together. First drill: Stop lying to yourself.
Operation Get Yo' Sh*t Together is not about becoming someone new. It is about returning to who I was supposed to be. The person God intended me to become. For the next 40 days, I am committing myself to becoming a better steward of my faith, health, marriage, family, calling, finances, time, and mind.
Before I say yes, I will ask: Does this align with my mission? Does it create peace or chaos? Does it help people? Does it honor my marriage and family? Does it move me toward simplicity? If the answer is no, it gets a simple response: not now.
Today I cleared one square foot of office space. To someone else, that may seem insignificant. To me, it felt monumental. I finally touched the chaos, looked at it, and stopped walking around it. For the first time in a long time, I felt hope not because everything is suddenly organized, but because I finally started.
Join Me
Choosing a Different Path Today
Maybe your clutter isn't an office. Maybe it's your calendar, relationships, unfinished dreams, or emotional baggage. If you've been functioning in survival mode so long that you can't remember what peace feels like, I invite you to join me. For the next 40 days, let's stop pretending everything is fine. Let's stop walking around the piles. Let's make our way back to the path one decision, one prayer, and one square foot at a time.
Welcome to Operation GYST. Let's get our lives back in alignment, together.
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