God, I feel that so hard this year. I am usually feet first in all things festive, but this year I've taken some knock-backs and it just all feels too much. Hopefully my festive cheer will return!
The year is ending horribly to be completely honest, I am barely holding on and not sure how much more bad news I'm capable of handling. So sorry you have so much on your plate as well, I mean the move alone is so much. I'm also in the middle of a move (living Austin to live in Ohio for a bit), it is both stressful and I try to remind myself constantly, exciting. Moving brings a lot of uncertainty (as if the state of the world is not uncertain enough) and change, my uncertainty intolerance has never been especially high sadly (working on it), try to go easy on yourself and lead with self-compassion as you are navigating all the hard things life keeps throwing at you. Easier said than done, of course.
I feel almost guilty because i don't feel stressed about Christmas this year at all. But I usually do! 😋
I literally scheduled small things like buying xmas cards and bigger events like meeting people for drinks at the beginning of October in my own calendar. I decided that if I don't do it on that day i'll reschedule it once and if still doesn't happen I'm letting it go. If my decorations arent up by the beginning of December I'm skipping it altogether because I don't want to be thinking that I should be doing it all month. My promise this year is to just show up for myself and others not stressed. I'm done with perfection
All will be well, but it's ok to wallow a little, too. This time of year always highlights the things that *aren't quite right* or easy, even moreso. There is so much pressure to do it all, and perfectly. Next year will be The Big One; the one with all the bells, whistles and bows. This year may be slightly rough around the edges, and in need of DIY, and that's OK too. Go easy on yourself. You are in the middle of it all, and it's all tough as well as wonderful.
Appliances breaking are such a pain & an added load you just don’t need on top of everything else. I keep putting off trying to sort out my mother’s iPad - she’s forgotten the password & it feels like I need a degree to crack Apple into helping me.
Holding on for dear life, is the perfect summary
I honestly feel like this time of year is just holding on for dear life until I can tap out at Christmas and gorge on mince pies.
God, I feel that so hard this year. I am usually feet first in all things festive, but this year I've taken some knock-backs and it just all feels too much. Hopefully my festive cheer will return!
It will! I reckon we're in for a month of Christmas-themed substacks which should do the trick 🤶🏻
The year is ending horribly to be completely honest, I am barely holding on and not sure how much more bad news I'm capable of handling. So sorry you have so much on your plate as well, I mean the move alone is so much. I'm also in the middle of a move (living Austin to live in Ohio for a bit), it is both stressful and I try to remind myself constantly, exciting. Moving brings a lot of uncertainty (as if the state of the world is not uncertain enough) and change, my uncertainty intolerance has never been especially high sadly (working on it), try to go easy on yourself and lead with self-compassion as you are navigating all the hard things life keeps throwing at you. Easier said than done, of course.
I feel almost guilty because i don't feel stressed about Christmas this year at all. But I usually do! 😋
I literally scheduled small things like buying xmas cards and bigger events like meeting people for drinks at the beginning of October in my own calendar. I decided that if I don't do it on that day i'll reschedule it once and if still doesn't happen I'm letting it go. If my decorations arent up by the beginning of December I'm skipping it altogether because I don't want to be thinking that I should be doing it all month. My promise this year is to just show up for myself and others not stressed. I'm done with perfection
All will be well, but it's ok to wallow a little, too. This time of year always highlights the things that *aren't quite right* or easy, even moreso. There is so much pressure to do it all, and perfectly. Next year will be The Big One; the one with all the bells, whistles and bows. This year may be slightly rough around the edges, and in need of DIY, and that's OK too. Go easy on yourself. You are in the middle of it all, and it's all tough as well as wonderful.
Appliances breaking are such a pain & an added load you just don’t need on top of everything else. I keep putting off trying to sort out my mother’s iPad - she’s forgotten the password & it feels like I need a degree to crack Apple into helping me.
All is well, flow with nature, there is a higher order going on
Sally really be showing up for us in the only way she knows how! She's a real one <3