Happy New Year from Mindful Moms & Munchkins!!

I started this blog January 1, 2020 with high expectations to post weekly articles on the site, build a community of support and offer resources to parents navigating their mindful journey. 

Well y’all know how that went! 2020 laughed at err plan I had and decided to do what it wants. And what a year it’s been!!

While I haven’t been posting here, during 2020 I started another business, Frannie Fitness, to assist those looking to get #quarantinefit with my customized #athomeworkouts. Since September, I’ve facilitated 3 workout challenges through live workouts on Zoom helping 30+ clients transform their relationship towards exercising. Through high intensity, low impact workouts, I have helped a new mom lose her baby weight gain. Another mom was so excited about her new love for working out that she worked out on a baecation for the first time ever! I even helped myself release 10 lbs, do 50 consecutive pushups and run a mile in 9 minutes!

The success from this was nothing like I imagined! But I must admit, while that was taking off, my mental health was really suffering. As a Sagittarius extrovert, I couldn’t handle being home all the time. Working remotely sounded amazing in March. But by my birthday in December, I spiraled into a mini depression. 

What a hard truth that was to swallow. Me being depressed just seemed impossible. I’ve always been able to push myself through hard times. Surely this pandemic was 100xs more isolating than anything I experienced but I’m the strong, ambitious Frannie so I was sure I could handle it. The reality is I couldn’t. Like I said 2020 had its own plans. My depression hit so hard there was no way I could focus on this blog or parenting… I had serious breakdowns to the point where I called my parents begging them to take over and help me. Yeah, it got that deep.

Like I said, 2020 was full of lows but there were so many highs! Never have I ever spent this much time with my munchkin. Nor have I ever had the time to focus on and accept hard truths about myself, however difficult they may have seemed. The lessons I learned in 2020 were more than significant. They literally changed my life. Those lessons have prepared me for 2021 and I’m so ready to tackle this year!

How was 2020 for you? Was it a year of growth, gratitude or just getting by? Comment below and tell us how you survived the pandemic.