Making a life you’re proud of, living up to your own values and the expectations of everyone around you, discovering who you are, finding your purpose, checking your mental health, and sometimes just getting through the day isn’t easy. I’m not an Instagram model or an influencer; just an everyday woman who dreams.
Everywhere we look, someone is trying to tell us how to be. How to look, how to act, what to wear, what to eat, what to love, what to hate, how to make money, and how to spend it. I’m not here to do any of that. I’m just another woman trying to navigate a million mixed signals and something new to worry about each and every day.
I’ve learned a few things along the way. Some might say I have my s*** together. I think it’s all an illusion; I’m no more put together than any of us, but I guess you could say I have a good job, an education, a home, a car, the cutest dog, and the beginnings of a happy family. It feels like every day is a marathon just to maintain all the “good,” and if I can’t run fast enough, it might all come crashing down.
so what do I dream about?
I dream about the day when the marathon becomes a gentle walk in the park. The day when I can get off the tightrope and just stand on my own two feet. When healing is something I’ve done, not something I have to do. When routines settle into normal, and not something I have to remind myself to do.
Isn’t it easier to just let it all go? Kick up my feet, lay on the couch, grab a snack, and let time pass by? I’ve tried that, and I’ve only found that it brings out the worst in me and in those I love. It leads to a day where I look back on my life and wonder where it all went.
This is a journey to build healthy habits together, free ourselves from the couch AND the marathon, and self-actualize into who we were always meant to be. I hope you’ll join me.
-w.w.
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