This Diwali/All Hallow’s Eve/Scorpio New moon, I’ve been reflecting back on this year, and how I need to change the way I’m operating, cos it ain’t sustainable.
Yes, I am so incredibly full and rich in my experiences.
I am blessed to be a mother of two beautiful children. I have their incredible father who I get to share my life with. I have my supportive parents and sister close by. I have the home of my dreams.
I get to contribute to society in ways that spark my soul: as a business owner serving women (@trideviwellness) and as part of a non-for-profit supporting local mothers and families (@northcentralmothersnetwork), whilst I have the security of working part-time at a digital agency.
But to be able to deliver all this work and trying to maintain somewhat of a family life, has meant that I have been neglecting my own basic needs.
My sleep, rest, nutrition and movement have all gone out the door. Even peristeaming lagged for a few months…Yes! And I’m the woman who keeps banging on about steaming!
So ironic because I tell my clients to prioritise self-care, even when I have been failing at it miserably. Much harder to practice than to preach, especially when juggling so many responsibilities!
So before 2025 rolls in, I’m taking a stocktake of how things have gone this year, and how to continue what I’m doing in a way without burning myself out.
The ‘frequency’ in which I operate needs to shift.
One word that keeps coming up for me is ‘slow’. For anyone who has worked with me will know, I am quick to deliver and respond.
So in 2025, I am going to be intentionally slow to:
- respond (to emails, DMs)
- deliver
- post (on social media, website).
I’m going to selfishly put myself, my health first. No matter how well intentioned my actions are, they mean nothing if I don’t have my health to back it up.
It’s my body and it’s my one true home. And if I have learnt anything in the last six years since I became a mother, it’s this. I am useless without this meatsack of a vehicle that I get to operate in, for this instance of my evolution.
How are you going to be loving yourself in 2025?
Blessed be xo