365 Days of Self Discovery: Feelings & Emotions

2.12.2019

Day 44

What do you like to do to relax and wind down?

  • Sleep, lay in bed to music, drink wine/eat good food and watch a movie, play video games, spend time alone. 
What do you like to do to relax and wind down? 

365 Days of Self Discovery: Feelings & Emotions

2.11.19

Day 43

Do the changing seasons affect your emotions? Why do you think this is?

  • Yes, the changing seasons do affect my mood. I noticed in the summer time, I tend to be more active, motivated, positive and seemingly more happy; whereas in the fall/winter seasons, I tend to be lazy, more exhausted/tired, less motivated, grumpy & irritable. I believe the lack of sunshine might be one reason, another being the holidays during the colder months can be dreadful if something traumatic transpired during this time & usually I am always single for the holiday months, and so I feel more or less lonely compared to many of my peers whom are married, or dating someone during these times & can spend time with someone outside of their family or close friends. I am not a fan of colder weather, so for me, it sucks. 
Anyone else experience changes in emotions due to changing seasons? how so? 

365 Days of self discovery: Feelings & Emotions

2.10.19

Day 42

Are you often disappointed with life?

  • To be completely honest, yes. I have those days where I wished I didn’t have to work so hard to get where I want to be in life — that maybe if I had it a little easier, it wouldn’t be so bad. I always feel I am 100 steps back whenever I am pushing forward, like the journey has no end or finish line. Except death. I have this thought that I am cursed with bad luck that follows me — probably being a little dramatic but just how I feel about life at times; most days. 

Sausage gravy stuffed biscuits

sausage gravy

This southern recipe is popular by far when it comes to hearty breakfast food. I wasn’t raised in the south, but I am no stranger when it comes to biscuits & gravy.  Currently residing in Ohio, the weather changes more often than not, and when the cold strikes us, there is nothing like a warm supper that comforts our stomach and soul, if you are someone who is looking for an easy but very delicious meal ticket, look no further because I think I found the right recipe for you. 

Ingredients needed:

  • 8 ounces of bulk country breakfast sausage (or any type of sausage that pleases you)
  • 3 Tablespoons of all purpose flour
  • 1 1/4 cups of whole milk
  • 1/4 teaspoon of garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon of rubbed sage
  • salt & pepper
  • 1 8 count tube of GRANDS refrigerated biscuits
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten with a little water

Instructions:

  1. Cook sausage in a nonstick skillet, breaking it apart with a spoon as it cooks
  2. Sprinkle flour over sausage, stir and cook 1 minute
  3. gradually whisk in milk
  4. Add garlic powder, salt & pepper, and sage to taste. Simmer until thick.
  5. Either refrigerate gravy overnight or line a baking sheet with parchment paper, spread the gravy thin, and freeze for 30 minutes
  6. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, pull each biscuit apart into 2 layers
  7. place 1-2 tablespoon of chilled gravy on a biscuit half and top it with another biscuit piece. Seal around the edges, and tuck the edges under somewhat so they are less likely to pull apart
  8. Repeat for remaining biscuits. Brush top of each biscuit with egg wash
  9. Bake 15-18 minutes

Note: you may have some leftover gravy — the recipe calls that you can thin it out with some milk and microwave until warm and use it over the cooked biscuits

Follow the author of this recipe at spicysouthernkitchen for more recipes  

 

Enjoy! 

 

365 Days of Self Discovery: Feelings & Emotions

2.09.19

Day 41

Do you find it easy to talk about your feelings or do you bottle things up?

  • I am a little bit of both, but more so I bottle things up. I prefer to keep things to myself when I have issues going on in my life — I find it much easier at times and let’s be honest most people don’t give a care anyways, so to talk about it with just anyone is pointless to me. Although I am all for talking about it, because it is needed most of the time, especially if it causes more harm than good to bottle it up.
Are you one to bottle your emotions/feelings up or do you prefer to open up to others?