my mindset really shifted when I became a mother, but I think this can apply to anyone. Every minute I spend doing something is time I take away from connecting with them, so that thing better be important or enjoyable for me. Sometimes we have to do things we don’t want to do, but if I have the choice I really only spend time on what is important or pleasurable. Why waste time in the one life that I have forcing myself to consume something that I am not enjoying, for some arbitrary standard I set up in my own head? Let it go, move on, make the space for a book I actually will like!
Sep 9, 2024
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I’ve been thinking about this a lot regarding my plan to purge/organize my home, because the way I used to do projects like this just doesn’t work anymore. I can no longer wait until I have the energy, then do as much as I can in one go. I do not have the gift of uninterrupted time anymore. Instead, I’ve had to adjust to a more slow and steady way of working. I choose *one* space to work on each day. Often times it ends up being one drawer, or corner, or step in the process.
Logically this is great and the best way to meet my goals. Mentally/emotionally I kid of hate it because it’s not how I’ve worked for my entire life. I have big ideas and want to do them right now!!!! But, when is growth or change ever without a bit of uncomfortability or pain?
So, I am actively changing my mindset. I speak positively to myself about the one small thing I did that day. I share that one small thing with my husband and friends. Because in actuality if it was so easy for me to do, I would’ve done it before. So my effort deserves some recognition!! Positive reinforcement, even when it’s to our own selves, can carry us a long way 🫶
Jan 13, 2025
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I don't do enough of the things I do care about. Or I have too many things I care about. Maybe it’s not about doing more, the to-do lists, the dissatisfaction.
One thing that actually means something. One thing that, at the end of the day, I can look at and think, Yeah, that was worth it.
And maybe that one thing for another day is nothing.
Nov 1, 2024
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I spent years wishing I was already there, somewhere, a completely made up situation that I would obsess over in my head and it made the current moment excruciating to exist in, years later I’ve realised how fast time actually goes, I’ve wasted years being somewhere else in my head only to end up looking back on my 20s not remembering half of it because I wasn’t actually there. Now I try to be mindful every time I notice myself getting lost in the future and drag myself back by putting my phone down, doing something creative, going out in nature and literally just, you know, touching grass instead of obsessing over what’s to come or what’s not to come in the future.
Sep 25, 2024
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For some reason this brings me into my parasympathetic nervous system
Mar 28, 2025
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FINDING SOMEONE ANNOYING AND IMMEDIATELY REALIZING IT’S BECAUSE THEY REMIND YOU OF YOUR YOUNGER SELF
OH BROTHER THIS GUY actually needs a lot of empathy and understanding
Apr 2, 2025
Breaking my very thin, almost non existent air of mystery because I got a haircut I actually like, my favorite jeans fit again, it’s a full moon eclipse, 70°, and both of my kids’ birthdays are today!! MAGIC IS REAL AND I AM FULL OF LOVE! 💗 💗💗💗💗💗
Mar 14, 2025