The weeks seem to be be getting tougher for me as the summer moves by – which is not ideal.  I need to figure out a way to recharge my battery – exercising works to a point of course but to completely unplug from our current hectic lives and restore the balance in my head. I need to focus on a strategy targeted towards getting me away from the toxic people I have to interact with daily. When you are forced to be around people who in no measurable way meet your criteria regarding quality and integrity – it tends to wear me down.  I am trying all sorts of approaches to make it bearable – but there comes a point when it just isn’t anymore – I think I am teetering at that edge and need to find an escape route. And it is up to me — I am the one who is in charge of where I am and where i want to be.  I have to keep reminding myself of that and not let mean people get under my skin. Mean People suck.