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Let Go

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Sometimes, letting go is difficult.

Sometimes, letting go is easy.

Sometimes, letting go is the best thing you can do for the sake of your sanity.

As part of the growth I experienced this year I found it necessary do away with the caustic people in my life. I should have purged these people a year earlier when they treated me badly, but I didn’t. I wasn’t sure I could live without them in my life. If I’m honest, I’d been used to being treated badly. Having been in abusive relationships nearly a decade will condition you to believe that you don’t deserve better; that you are a doormat.

But, I deserve better.

And, I discovered that I lived just fine without caustic, abusive people in my life.

My life went on and I was happy about it.

The sun came up and the sun set.

I did all the things I wanted to do with NO stress in my life due to the obnoxious people I’d allowed to be in it. In fact, my cowboy even said that I was happier when I hadn’t spent any time with the rotten apples dotting my life’s landscape.

Sometimes you have to let go.

And sometimes it’s the best thing for your life, for you and for the people in it.

What, or who did you let go of this year?

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About ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~

Jenn Zeller is the creative mind and boss lady behind The South Dakota Cowgirl. She is an aspiring horsewoman, photographer, brilliant social media strategist and lover of all things western.

After a brief career in the investment world to support her horse habit (and satisfy her mother, who told her she had to have a “real” job after graduating college), she finally took the leap and stepped away from a regular income; trading the business suit once and for all for cowgirl boots, a hat, and jeans. She has not looked back.

When Jenn first moved to The DX Ranch on the South Dakota plains, she never imagined she’d find herself behind a camera lens capturing an authentic perspective of ranching, and sharing it with others. Jenn has always been called to artistry, and uses music, writing, images, home improvement, and her first true love of horses to express her ranching passion.

Horses are the constant thread and much of her work centers around using her unique style of writing to share her horsemanship journey with others in publications such as CavvySavvy, the AQHA Ranching Blog, the West River Eagle, the family ranch website, and her own website.

Using photography to illustrate her stories has created other opportunities -- Jenn’s brand “The South Dakota Cowgirl” has grown to the level of social media “Influencer”. This notoriety has led to work with Duluth Trading Company, Budweiser, Wyoming Tourism, Vice, Circle Z Ranch and Art of the Cowgirl, to name a few. She also serves as a brand ambassador for Woodchuck USA, Arenus Equine Health, Triple Crown Feed and Just Strong fitness apparel. Her photography has been featured by Instagram, Apple, TIME Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Oprah Magazine. Jenn’s work has been published internationally, has been seen in several books and has graced the covers of several magazines.

Jenn became a social media influencer by accident when she started to explore Instagram as a way to share her life on the ranch with folks that don’t get to experience it. It’s grown into an incredible platform that she uses to empower women, create an environment for self improvement and share life on the ranch.

When she’s not working, she loves to drink coffee, play with her naughty border collie named Copper, start ranch colts, and run about the country chasing cans. Her mother still thinks she doesn’t have a “real” job.

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  1. Mandie Thiel says

    Thanks for that. I have found myself struggling a lot with this lately. I have a lot of people in my life that really don’t need to be there. I just hate hurting people and it hurts when people don’t like me. But if I am really honest with myself do they really like me if they can treat me the way they do. You are right life will go on without them and it will go on better I am sure. Thanks for posting this!!!

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  2. Diana Lancaster says

    Good for you! It is such a struggle for me. I cannot let go of the negative people in my life as I am caring for elderly parents. The age and dementia contributes greatly to their attitudes. My challenge is to not let living in this situation have a great impact on my inner balance and peace. When it really starts getting to me I drop everything and head for the horses. Works everytime. 🙂

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  3. Della Frey says

    To Diane, I have already walked in your shoes with my mother and am still walking now with my father. I lost my mom in Jan of this year and believe me, when the end comes you will not have one regret if you can let all the negative daily things go. It has made my grieving process much easier. I loved her dearly and would do it all again, attitudes and all! As for my dad, time is the problem. I don’t have enough of it. I was just praying yesterday that Lord please help me keep the right attitude and not become resentful of the time it takes to care for an elderly parent. We will all be in their shoes one day. I hope that you have easy days ahead and remember that we are commanded by God to do what you are doing. Honor thy father and mother so that thy days may be long upon the earth…..=)

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