Newsletter for November 29, 2024

Black Friday  

I remember when Black Friday was introduced! Marketing it at its finest. Run, you must get the deals! Set your alarms because the store is opening at midnight, and you don’t want to miss this once in a lifetime deal! Anxiety and fear inducing advertising. Did you fall for it?

Not to shame you but I never did…because let’s face it I wasn’t going to go stand in the cold with a bunch of strangers in the middle of the night in the freezing cold hoping to get my hands on an item that I could wait for.

I am writing this on Thanksgiving morning, and I feel like the same fear and anxiety provoking behavior is now happening all the time! Its Thanksgiving and the media are promoting fear at your Thanksgiving dinner table! Just because you didn’t all vote the same way? Give me a break!

In my humble opinion I think that we all cherish our family time a lot more than politics!

It is the start of Advent on Sunday and I for one is excited. Not only because I can unapologetically listen to Christmas music all day long, and decorate my home like Mrs. Claus, but it is the start of the real meaning of Christmas, Jesus’s birth.

This Sunday I start my Bible Study and I am over the moon to start reading the bible with friends from all over the Country. If you want to join here is the link patreon.com/elizabethchance. I have never read the bible from cover to cover, and it has been on my so-called bucket list for a long time. We are going to use Father Mike Schmitz book, “Bible in a Year”. It should not only be a learning experience but a time to bond with people over the greatest book ever written. I love that Ben Shapiro says, “it is the best self-help book ever written”.

This Christmas season will be about getting closer to God and celebrating the real meaning of Christmas. No drama and no anxiety or fear, just love, hope and peace.

It’s ironic that God tell us not to fear numerous times in the bible. We need to trust, let go and know that everything is going to be ok! This does not mean that everything is going to be easy, or life is going to look the way we think it should look, but it will be the way God has intended. It is crazy that everything that I thought was so painful to go through in my life is where I have learned the most.

My hope for all of you reading this is that you go into this holiday season with less anxiety and expectations. That you all can enjoy each day and cherish it like it could be your last and know that God is good. Life is a gift, and the best present is living in the present rather than the past or the future.

Talk to you all next week and until then sending blessings and love to you all.

Again, I am grateful for everyone reading this.

God bless you.

XO,

Elizabeth aka Bizzy

P.S. The start of my new branding began this week and now you find me under “Conversations with Bizzy”, I’ll always be Busy Living Sober that is just me.

“Why I Rebranded” because I wanted my message to be enjoyed by everyone. My mission is to share “Real talks about life, love and finding the light within”. To talk about, Relationships, Recovery, Spirituality, Motherhood challenges, stories of triumph and resilience. My guests are women who have started their own business, people that have taken risks and are willing to share their stories, conversations about life, hope and connection.

If you have a story you would like to share let me know, elizabeth@elizabethchance.comI would love to have you on.

My new hashtag #ConversationsWithBizzy