THE ATTITUDE IS GRATITUDE By Sara Stepa

Hey Party People, What has 2020 meant to you? It's been a year NO ONE could have predicted or was ready for. How many of you have grown throughout this year, allowed your life to slow down, or had to completely stop and figure out wtf you were doing? It’s been a year that has pushed our limits but has also shown us some of the most beautiful things – at least I think so. If you don’t agree that’s ok but it's in the hardest times that we grow the most. It’s CRAP when you’re in it, but if you can take lessons from the challenges you faced and truly learn through this year, I believe, no I know, we come out of this a better version of ourselves. If instead you gave up, stopped living, and reverted into a little cocoon and said F*ck it, 2020 is a wash, guess what… 2021 isn’t going to be any better. In fact, it might even feel worst because you’ve dug yourself into a deep deep hole this entire year. There is one month left in 2020, ONE MONTH. What are you going to do with the ...

Hey Party People, The Holiday season is upon us and I think most people are getting in the spirit earlier than usual. People have their Christmas lights up, trees decorated, and have started their holiday shopping. For me, I usually wouldn’t even be thinking about the holidays until at least December. Normally I’d be excited about a November vacation, away on that vacation, or paying the bills once I got home from that vacation haha. I wouldn’t shift my attention to the holidays until much later, but this year is different. As we all spend more time at home with our extracurriculars canceled, traveling out of the question, and just fewer things on our schedule, the opportunity to get into the Holiday spirit early is much easier. Anyone else feeling that? Or are you dreading the season ahead? I hope it’s the former. So what does Christmas mean to you? What do the holidays represent in your family? When you think about it are you immediately stressed, or excited? Does it spark ove...

Hey Party People! Who else out there has been in a slump? Maybe for a few days, maybe for a few weeks, a few months, or has it felt like this entire year? Regardless of the length of your slump you are definitely not alone. We are human and we can’t be at the top of our game all the time. Without the lows we wouldn’t appreciate the highs in the same way. Without challenge we would remain the same, not growing or changing, and who wants to stay the same their entire life? I’ve been on the struggle bus for 6+ weeks now. It's been a mixture of things. I’ve not only been dumped, but work has been increasingly busy, stressful, and overwhelming, and I once again lost my outlet of running (you’d think I’m 80 with this hip of mine!). And to top it all off, we are in my hardest month of the year, November. I don’t know what it is, but November is and always has been hard for me, and it always feels increasingly hard after Daylight Savings Time (ends? Begins? I don’t know which one it is...