This echoes the cards I drew this morning and is a repeating theme in my life lately. Our culture encourages us to use ourselves up and burn ourselves out trying to be everything to everyone. It's so hard to let go of the need to do it all and be it all, because we're bombarded with messages that tell us that scaling back equals failure. What if, in fact, it equals sanity?
Two thoughts occurred to me while reading your article about doing everything well and how women should live. The first thought was I didn’t want human children to the shock of many people. I have fur children instead. My next thought was about business gurus who feel you should only have one niche and just focus on that. Ah, no, this doesn’t work for me. Both expectations make me unhappy. So I’m going to excel at what I’m good at and bring me joy!
Same! Ha! No human children (never wanted any), and I'm finally coming to terms with the fact I do many things well and that that's OK. I'm even beginning to see how it all falls under the same giant umbrella 🥰
This echoes the cards I drew this morning and is a repeating theme in my life lately. Our culture encourages us to use ourselves up and burn ourselves out trying to be everything to everyone. It's so hard to let go of the need to do it all and be it all, because we're bombarded with messages that tell us that scaling back equals failure. What if, in fact, it equals sanity?
That's not a what if, that's a certainty for me ;) And I quite enjoy having my own back!
Two thoughts occurred to me while reading your article about doing everything well and how women should live. The first thought was I didn’t want human children to the shock of many people. I have fur children instead. My next thought was about business gurus who feel you should only have one niche and just focus on that. Ah, no, this doesn’t work for me. Both expectations make me unhappy. So I’m going to excel at what I’m good at and bring me joy!
Same! Ha! No human children (never wanted any), and I'm finally coming to terms with the fact I do many things well and that that's OK. I'm even beginning to see how it all falls under the same giant umbrella 🥰