Getting Real! This is Me.

Hello friends!  Welcome to my blog.  This is post #1, how exciting!!! And also terrifying.  It’s exciting because I have worked so hard and come so far from where I started in 2017, and I want to share that with you.  Terrifying because I am opening myself up to complete strangers.  I will be revealing some intimate details and showing some very vulnerable parts of myself.  Not to mention that a blog is a commitment that takes consistency.  And let’s be real…consistency is something I struggle with daily!!  (As I am typing this, I might be talking myself out of this, and you guys may never read it!)

What this blog is NOT!  This blog is not a step-by-step guide to getting your life together.  I am not a doctor…nor do I play one on TV.  However, if given the opportunity to be Meredith Grey’s newest intern, I would totally quit my day job!! Yes, I realize I aged out of intern status about 20 years ago. LOL! In all seriousness, I do not want people to read this blog expecting to be told what needs to happen for you to have a perfect life or complete mental health.  The point of this blog is to give examples of my experiences and share stories to which you can relate.  Hopefully, I can offer some suggestions and share my methods that you can modify to assist you in overcoming some of your own struggles.

What you CAN expect!  First and foremost, I am not an English major. My background is business and all things Career and Technical Education (CTE.)  My posts will be bottom lined and direct; I am not a high weeds and flowery language writer.  I will be telling you more about Coate Mindset and giving you background on me and the events leading to this point in time.  I will go into detail about the deviation from the Greatest Of All Time (GOAT) acronym.  For purposes of this blog, the acronym is as follows:  G=goals, O=outlook, A=authentic, T=truth.

I need your help!  This journey is ongoing.  I am not finished learning, healing, and growing.  That’s where you come into this process: I invite you to join me.  This blog is an interactive platform where we can help each other.  I want you to share your experiences that may be like mine, and I want to build relationships and support each other in areas of our lives that are not easy.  Everyone struggles with something; know that you are not alone in that!  I am glad you are here, and I hope you will follow me on my journey.