A few weeks ago I was doing a clear out. It actually started with the painting of a mountain mural on my daughter’s wall because that’s what you obviously do when you have a week off! Thank you Pinterest.
The mural wall, why on earth Tanya? Because she’s going to be moving into her big room to make room for her new sibling (and yes, I’m pregnant again and we’re so excited).
I digress.
So, as I’m clearing out the room, I find some very old journals when I used to be somewhat good at keeping them way before married life and my aspiration to be an awesome author. I find myself absorbed in those pages and didn’t really move for at least 30 minutes as I read all about me, well, the old me, trying to find her way (and I still am).
The clearing out came to a stand still, and so the Sunday musings mini-series has been born to share some of those musings I had many years ago now with an opportunity to take some learnings from them today, and to share with you all if you happen to be reading this and have got this far.
So let’s get into it!
Note to self: Don’t lose yourself
You lose yourself in the Monday – Friday grind. You find yourself trying to just find time. Then when you have it, you waste it on people that really don’t count for much. People who aren’t there to give you that next push.
Apparently you’re the average of the five people you surround yourself with the most – so I read. An average of complacency or maybe inspiration?
You’re in need of a visionary, someone full of energy to shake it all up and set some new heights.
You lose yourself in a dream that was never even yours.
You’re good at creating something out of nothing though, and that we can applaud.
I suppose the new environment has highlighted a few things: new job, new life, has made it easier to be distracted by things that don’t deserve your time.
Just know that this is the start and don’t forget what you always wanted. People may not get it, may not stay along for the ride.
That doesn’t matter.
You are doing this whole life thing for you. You’ve made this step, the rest is up for grabs.
Talk about deep
I mean I can see where my head may have been at, but these musings really resonate so much now since having a whole session on purpose at a recent L&D talk. We can be sucked into giving our energy to things that don’t matter to us.
As a mum, it becomes even more critical to assess those energy vampires, and to always check-in on whether you’re doing you for you!
So if these musings say a few things to me today, they say:
- Stay in check with your wants, needs and be sure to continue to reassess
- Be open to new relationships that you may find along the way, and those that may not carry through is not anything on them or you
- Don’t forget your dreams though, are you living every day on purpose or getting carried in the wind?
- Who’s shaking up your world right now? If they are not in it, find them quick as you always wanted someone to set that bar high! (and I found him 🙂 )
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