My 2023 Top Moments (and more)

Happy almost New Year! Here’s my 2023 Top Moments, my big revelations from life, motherhood, and everything else on Caitlin Houston Blog.

2023 Top Moments Caitlin Houston highs and lows

Taking a peek at 2023

At the end of every year I like to write a recap of our adventures from January to December. I love re-living our highs and saying goodbye to our lows – but this year feels a little different. Before I can talk about the highs, I have to discuss what felt like a very long, never-ending low.

The Only Way Out is Through

For the first six months I struggled with A LOT, some of which I was able to share while other stuff was kept to myself. During that time I took a break from social media to re-evaluate my relationship with the internet. I also thought a lot about my purpose here and ultimately made the decision to quit trying so hard to impress everyone else.

By the end of summer I was a new person. And by the end of 2023, I think it’s safe to say I don’t feel like the same Caitlin I was at the start of the year. She was insecure, impulsive, confused, and far from self-aware. She didn’t know who she was nor did she know who she wanted to be. The other Caitlin allowed her self worth to be measured by success and the approval of others. It took her some very painful moments to realize she had to change – and the only way to do it was by herself.

I can’t pinpoint a particular moment in which I finally felt like I was going UP instead of down. But it happened more quickly than it took for me to fall into a very bad place. Now that was a slow descent … one that probably started during my postpartum depression. Through therapy, yoga, time spent in the fresh air and conversations with special people in my life, I realized something. I was going to need to let go of a lot of heavy things to rise out of the darkness.

And when I emerged from the fog, I felt like I could finally see a lot of what I had been missing. People say you can’t stay at rock bottom forever, but when you are there it feels impossible to get out. Today I can confidently say what I always say – the only way out is through. I worked to clear away the hard stuff and now I can actually see the wonderful and beautiful around me. Today I appreciate life on another level and hope this feeling only strengthens in time.