Shenae Grimes-Beech Instagram – This year was one of my toughest mentally and emotionally. All year I’ve had this feeling of being lost, not being good enough, like a failure both at home and at work. Our time on the earth is so damn precious and I’ve spent so much of my mental capacity panicking that I’m just not making the most of it… Then, you look back at what you’ve done in a year. Where you started and where you are today and all of the laughter and love and memories and positive impacts you’ve created between then and now and DAMN… I had no idea. I had no idea waking up every day feeling so low and so anxious just how many highs my weeks, month and now year were being filled with. Mental health, man. It’s a powerful thing. It’s funny (in a not so “ha ha” way) the stories we tell ourselves in our head vs our reality when you sit back and look at it all objectively. I’m so glad I took an hour sick in bed today to scroll through my phone at length and put this little video together. I could’ve rung in a new year wallowing in my stuffy nose and self-deprecating inner voice but instead, I’ll ring it in — still with a stuffy nose, but — feeling an immense amount of pride and gratitude. I may not have been as present and patient a mother as I hope to be. I may not have been as attentive and fun a wife as I hope to be. I may not have achieved all of the greatness I dream of and professional success I yearn for. BUT… I did, saw, learned, experienced and gave a hell of a lot of me this year. I think I found a hell of a lot of me, too. Grateful for you, 2023. 2024, this bunch o’ Beeches are coming for ya!!! 🖤