"Making your goals feel easy, even on hard days, is a huge life hack. It means you don’t ever feel like you’ve failed, and that makes continuing so much easier." Yes! Lately I've been putting on a favourite track and then doing tiny bits of art play (painting, pastels, etc) for 10 minutes or so, or singing or working on a song, even when tired and it's shown me that there things don't have to be big onerous tasks, they can be simple, joyful and easy and bring me energy!
Loved this post and hearing about your evolving gentleness towards yourself.
What a beautiful practice, Morgana! I’ve been doing similar with finding chord charts to songs I love and playing them on the piano or doing a small watercolor that only takes 20 mins. These tiny creative windows bring me so much joy too ☺️🫂
as always, everything you wrote feels pulled directly from my brain. loved this window into how someone else is practically reassessing their boundaries while I do the same thing. sending you immense love ♡
The line about doing way too much while believing you’re not doing enough -- it hit me because I know this place as well, vōx.
There’s something very honest in admitting you’re learning the same lesson again, not as failure but as a cycle your body keeps asking you to slow down inside of. I especially felt the shift toward involving your body, not just your mind. ‘To show my body it’s safe now’ is such a tender intention. This doesn’t read like productivity advice. God thanks! It reads like someone trying to come home to themselves.
I’ve been thinking about trying it! It’s on my long list of things I’d like to do. Send me a message here and let’s swap some favorites (if you like!) ☺️❤️🩹🫂
I suspect doing less or respecting our dynamic boundaries is always going to be hard. I’ve begun the year with infections that have flattened me. I’ve been more patient thanks to feeling exhausted and mainly wanting recuperative sleep, but now I’m reaching the place where I’m nearly well enough to pick up a few regular duties and struggling to balance my need with those duties. Glad you took your break, Vox. Hope you return to baseline soon.
"Making your goals feel easy, even on hard days, is a huge life hack. It means you don’t ever feel like you’ve failed, and that makes continuing so much easier." Yes! Lately I've been putting on a favourite track and then doing tiny bits of art play (painting, pastels, etc) for 10 minutes or so, or singing or working on a song, even when tired and it's shown me that there things don't have to be big onerous tasks, they can be simple, joyful and easy and bring me energy!
Loved this post and hearing about your evolving gentleness towards yourself.
What a beautiful practice, Morgana! I’ve been doing similar with finding chord charts to songs I love and playing them on the piano or doing a small watercolor that only takes 20 mins. These tiny creative windows bring me so much joy too ☺️🫂
as always, everything you wrote feels pulled directly from my brain. loved this window into how someone else is practically reassessing their boundaries while I do the same thing. sending you immense love ♡
Thank you sweet Madi! So happy to connect with you on this. It’s such a tricky journey to be on.
The line about doing way too much while believing you’re not doing enough -- it hit me because I know this place as well, vōx.
There’s something very honest in admitting you’re learning the same lesson again, not as failure but as a cycle your body keeps asking you to slow down inside of. I especially felt the shift toward involving your body, not just your mind. ‘To show my body it’s safe now’ is such a tender intention. This doesn’t read like productivity advice. God thanks! It reads like someone trying to come home to themselves.
Thank you so much sweet Birgit! I’m so happy it connected to you. It’s true, the goal is always to find myself more closely on the other side.
More forest time please
Always! 🌳
Do you use the Storygraph by chance? I’ve been getting into romantasy lately and would love to see what you read!
I’ve been thinking about trying it! It’s on my long list of things I’d like to do. Send me a message here and let’s swap some favorites (if you like!) ☺️❤️🩹🫂
From a fellow capricorn to another, I hear you!! Also, this is like the most untoxic "new years" post ever, thanks for sharing💌
The Capricorn pull toward the hustle is so real! ☺️🫂
i frequently look back on old journal entries and find that i’ve come to the same groundbreaking conclusions before, so this post made me smile!
The growth is usually like this, isn’t it? We circle the same ideas for years, sometimes even lifetimes ☺️❤️🩹
I suspect doing less or respecting our dynamic boundaries is always going to be hard. I’ve begun the year with infections that have flattened me. I’ve been more patient thanks to feeling exhausted and mainly wanting recuperative sleep, but now I’m reaching the place where I’m nearly well enough to pick up a few regular duties and struggling to balance my need with those duties. Glad you took your break, Vox. Hope you return to baseline soon.
I do think you’re right, Michelle! We’re always going to be pushing back against the pace the world tries to set for us. ❤️🩹
I love this! I’m working on similar goals. Do less, love myself more. Thank you for sharing :)
I love to hear it, Wit! Those have been my themes for many years now.