Tag: Self Indulge

Write Down 10 Things You Love About Yourself.

I have been giving myself mini monthly goals and ‘Write down 10 things you love about yourself’ has been one of those mini goals to do. I’ve been putting it off for a while and honestly it’s because I felt like it would be hard for me to come up with 10 different things without having to look up some ideas. If I couldn’t list those off the top if my head, then what would that mean? Would it mean that I don’t love myself enough? Would it mean that I need help? I didn’t want to fall into that way of thinking, so procrastination. I finally tried it and I was able to list my 10 things one right after the other. I love myself a lot more than I gave myself credit for. Here’s to this silly little journal prompt, you should try it too ♡


10 Things I Love About Myself (in no order):

·𖥸· ─ I am a hard worker. I work the hours that I’m scheduled plus more. I don’t call off my shifts unless it’s really needed. Sometimes when work should be covered, I still work it. Even when I’m not at work, I am working.
·𖥸· ─ I’m pretty cute, as in i’m a cute person. I’m not referring to my looks, but it’s more of my personality or aesthetic. I basically am Hello Kitty in a human form.
·𖥸· ─ I am a good friend. I pride myself in those who I keep around and in my circle. I do what I can for my friends whether it’s physical or emotional. I support my friends in what they do in all forms. I have a crazy work schedule, but I do try to make it to events and my friends’ life moments. I’m here to support their endeavors and will spread the word around or share what they post. I try to be a safe space for them to come to with no judgement unless they ask.
·𖥸· ─ I’m an independent person. It’s true, I am just a girl, but I’m an independent one. If something goes wrong, I am the one fixing it or finding solutions the best I can without asking for help. I do love that about myself, but it can also be my weakness. I’ve been an independent person for what feels like my entire life, so it also is hard for me to ask for help. I do know that I can depend on myself though. I provide for myself in my daily life and can afford the luxuries in my life. I’m not rich by any means, so don’t get any ideas there LOL.
·𖥸· ─ My ability to do solo adventures. I’m not sure if it’s been noticeable, but I’ve been doing a lot of solo adventures. If this was 4 years ago, I would have just stayed home and not even go to events by myself. I wouldn’t even go to a restaurant by myself back then. I do all of that on my own now. I don’t miss out on events just because I have to be by myself. I actually really do enjoy my own company, I enjoy it so much that I’ve been doing solo trips out of the state and still having a great time.
·𖥸· ─ I’m passionate. I’m passionate my hobbies, I’m passionate about certain things like topics and views. I’m passionate about love, my friends and family.
·𖥸· ─ I am strong enough. I am strong enough to keep moving on and moving forward on things I choose to do or from events in my life. I’m strong enough to not let bad or negative things stop me from being myself. I’m strong enough to know I needed help and seek out therapy on my own. I’m strong enough to accept that I am broken in certain areas of my life and tend to them.
·𖥸· ─ Drive. I didn’t realize this until a friend pointed it out (thank very much). I also love the drive that I have. I’m looking to be better, do better, feel better always and I try my best to always be better. I’m constantly working on myself in many different ways, i’m also always looking into new things to do or trying new things. My drive is strong.
·𖥸· ─ Emotionally intelligent. Not everyone can be emotionally intelligent and sometimes being emotionally intelligent can also be bad. I can feel small and big feelings. I can feel simple and complex feelings. I can let myself feel, then express it in words. I can be open to understand the emotions or feelings of others. I make space and hold that space for others and myself.
·𖥸· ─ Last one on the list, but I am me. I love me, I am Sally. I know who I am and have not changed my authenticity to try to compete or to be better than anyone else. I don’t change who I am to try to impress others or to fit into peoples lives. I understand that I’m not everyones favorite and people will dislike me, hate me, think i’m annoying, think whatever of me and I’m completely fine with that. I myself don’t like every person I meet either, that’s just life. Everyone gets the same me, 100% authentic Sally.

I wrote everything in a journal first, then typed it in the blog. I won’t lie, I feel a little self centered sharing my list out there, but you know what? Why should I be scared to be self centered? What will a list of what I like about myself do? I’m wish more people shared what they loved about themselves. I want people to be happy about themselves and I want more people to celebrate themselves. It’s absolutely fine to be about you. Show yourself some love too. ♡

Food Alert: Royal Oak Taco Fest.

I decided to spend my July 4th over at Royal Oak Taco Fest! It was a very last minute decision, but in the end worth it. I’ve been saying that I wanted to challenge myself to go out and do things solo more, so I did just that! I’ve never been to any Taco Fest, so I wasn’t sure what it would be like, but it was well worth the drive and admission fee. Royal oak is about 2 hours to 2.5 hours away from me, so I made it a small foodie adventure. Admission tickets were $12 per person and when I got in, there were tons of food trucks, vendor booths and a huge kids area. There were all sorts of food beside tacos and plenty of drink booths, both non-alcoholic and alcoholic. Now, let’s eat!

It was pretty hot out, so a freshly squeezed lemonade was a must! There was an option to add alcohol to the lemonade, but I decided not too. I was not going to make the mistake of “eating” alcohol like I did with previous festivals that I wanted to blog about.
The first food truck was Eight Claw Crab Boil. I will say, I was hoping they had their seafood boil available, but sadly it wasn’t. Instead I ordered the Crab and Lobster Grilled Cheese. I’ve never had a grilled cheese that was this tasty. It was like heaven. I might have to hunt down Eight Claw Crab Boil pretty soon.

Next was Spicy Jerk Chicken and the famous BBQ Mac & Cheese from Chef Collier Willis of House of Barbecue. I was walking around and the smell of the ribs was so amazingly delicious that I stopped and grabbed food. The ribs were a big portion and I wanted to be able to try more foods, so I skipped on it. Don’t worry, I’m coming to find you too! The BBQ Mac & Cheese was nothing special, still good though, but the Spicy Jerk Chicken was SPICY. It had a great kick to it. I usually don’t like chicken that much because it usually is dry, but this was perfect and juicy. You got everything fresh and right off the smoker. House of Barbecue also got voted for ‘best entree’ out of everyone else!

I always try to go on these foodie adventures and get so full after the second food truck or booth. I opted in for some dessert just in case I was going to call it a day. I was so stuffed after eating this delicious strawberry and pineapple milk chocolate skewer topped with sprinkles, marshmellows and peanuts from Lekker Choco Treats. It was just what needed on a hot summers days. They have different fruit skewers to choose from, then you get to choose your chocolate and then your toppings. You can’t go wrong!

Who was I kidding? Who just quits after the third food truck when you go on a foodie adventure? Definitely not this girl. I was at the Taco Fest for hours, just trying to walk off the food I already ate to try more. I walked around for a good hour and even sat at one of the stages trying to stay awake and away from the food coma that was trying to get me LOL. Ya’ll I was struggling trying to not nap. I succeeded and decided to celebrate with some tacos! Finally the item that the festival was named after.

I know, I know. This might knock down my foodie credit with some of my readers, but I like flour tortillas over corn. Don’t hate me, okay!?! Please still support me ♡ I visited Galindo’s Authentic Mexican and ordered their red queso steak taco and just a regular steak taco. No, I didn’t eat them dry. I added both of their spicy roja salsa and verde salsa. They were good tacos, but nothing that made them stand out to be the ultimate best. Galindo’s got voted for most authentic taco at the festival!

Dessert time again! I’ve been really into sweets lately, which is very unlike me, but I’m not going to question it. It is what it is. There were some carnival like food booths and this one had deep fried candy bars. I’ve never heard of such thing or have seen one, so I had to give it a try. I ordered a deep fried snickers. I don’t know what I expected it to look like, but not a corndog like item with powdered sugar on top. Let me tell you though, if you haven’t had a deep fried snickers bar, you are missing out. I was impressed with this chocolate corndog delight. It may not look like it in the video though. I was passed full and starting to sweat being out in that heat.

I could no longer eat anymore, I was about to pop. It was time for me to leave, BUT before leaving I had to get one last drink. I tried the Watermelon Sugar topped with blue punch. It was a mix of the blue punch with raspberry tea and strawberry melon. It was very sweet, maybe a little too sweet for me. I think it would have been better without the added blue punch. It was pretty refreshing though, so I do recommend everyone to visit The Fern when you find yourself in Royal Oak!

I’m very happy that I did the solo trip to Royal Oak Taco Fest. Sometimes you just need to self indulge and take adventures. How would I rate Taco Fest? 8.5/10. It was a family friendly event with tons of craft tents and blowup obstacles for the kids, then tons of food options to choose from, plus multiple of the same food trucks, so lines were short. There were multiple vendors and chances to spin a wheel and win prizes from the merch ones. I will point out that if you are against cannabis, then this might not be the event for you. Most vendor booths were cannabis and THC products, so that’s all that I will point out. I’m not sure if this event is held in multiple cities, but you can always get a good idea of what vendors will be there based off of the sponsors! I’m not sure what the next foodie adventure will be and I won’t promise anymore about certain ones because I might end up “eating” alcohol again.. oopsies. ALWAYS remember though, we live to eat and not eat to live! ♡