I didn’t start this blog because I had everything figured out.
I started it because I finally admitted that I don’t—and that learning might be the most honest place to begin.

I am a mom, a wife, and a student. I am someone who is still becoming. I’m juggling roles I care deeply about while quietly trying to understand who I am underneath them all. I don’t have a polished blueprint for life, but I do have a growing willingness to learn, reflect, and try again.

A little over a year ago, my life hit a quiet reset. I began graduate school, became unemployed, and found myself face-to-face with anxiety and mental health challenges I could no longer ignore. There was no dramatic breaking point—just the steady weight of realizing that the way I was living wasn’t sustainable. Something had to change, even if I had no idea how.

So I started small.

Patricia in Progress is a reflection of my ongoing evolution into the person I want to be—not just for myself, but for my family. I want to be a better mom. A more present wife. A healthier, more grounded person overall. I’m learning how to heal from the past so I don’t keep carrying it into the future. I’m learning that growth doesn’t require perfection—only honesty and consistency.

By the end of 2025, those small choices began to look like real change. My daughter and I started going to the gym together once a week, showing up for each other in ways that matter. I began meditating several times a week, taking my anxiety medication consistently, and working intentionally on how I communicate with my child. I’m not just teaching her how to navigate life—she’s teaching me too.

This year brought fewer arguments with my husband and a deeper focus on strengthening our family relationships. It forced me to slow down and ask hard questions: What actually matters? Who am I becoming? And how do I want to show up for the people I love?

It also brought loneliness.

Without work, the lack of friendships became impossible to ignore. I often tell myself I don’t have friends because I don’t like people—which is partly true. The deeper truth is that I never really learned how to build connections. Add in dry sarcasm, self-criticism, chronic health challenges, and a tendency to retreat inward, and isolation becomes easy.

But retreating isn’t healing.

This blog exists because I’m learning how to make myself a priority—not out of selfishness, but out of necessity. I’m learning that taking care of my whole self—mentally, emotionally, and physically—allows me to be someone I actually like, and someone who shows up better for her family.

This space isn’t about having answers. It’s about asking better questions. It’s about growth, relationships, self-awareness, and using tools like The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to create lasting, meaningful change—one intentional step at a time.

What I hope for moving forward is simple: continuation.
Progress that sticks. Healing that lasts. A future built with care instead of fear.

If you’re here, maybe you’re still becoming too.
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