MSMAMACHIC

“𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳 𝚃𝙸𝙼𝙴 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐.
𝙰𝙻𝙸𝚅𝙴 𝚃𝙸𝙼𝙴 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍.
𝙽𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗…𝚖𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚜 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚕𝚞𝚌𝚔.
𝙸𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎, 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚌𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎.
𝙸𝚝’𝚜 𝚘𝚌𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚕.
𝙸𝚝’𝚜 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚒𝚜.
𝙼𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝’𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞.
𝙳𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚋𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎.” –𝚁𝚢𝚊𝚗 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚢

The past year and a half has been tough.
Routines upturned, tensions are high, loss is tangible, fear and uncertainty are emphatic.
In the beginning there was chaotic panic to this interruption and now the disappointment of having to go back to the drawing board so many times has shifted into fatigue and frustration.

It’s extremely difficult to start over.

And, so many have had to do it over and over and over again this past year.
I feel this and have so much compassion for it.

Adjusting course often prompts an “all stop” to figure out what to do next. But, when that standstill turns into inaction, inertia can escalate existing angst. The outset can then appear monumentally harder than if we had just stayed in motion.
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠.

These are extremely hard times but they are certainly not the worst times.
If you’re alive, you’re doing pretty alright.
If you are healthy, you’re doing even better.
We’ve had over a year to take inventory of our lives —
To clarify, purge, shift and redirect.

I’ve certainly had several days this last year where I needed to snap out of it, stop feeling sorry for myself, and take action.

So, today and everyday, I ask:

𝐀𝐦 𝐈 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄?

xo,

Jen