Hello World and Happy November!
I can’t believe we are so close to the end of 2022 – what a year it has been! And I also can’t believe how utterly exhausted I feel. Not only has 2022 been quite the year, but the last five years since I moved to Wilmington and started the tenure-track; the last 10 years since I went back to school and transitioned to academia; and the last 15 years since moving back to the east coast to start a new chapter.
I’ve had a lot of movement, a lot of shifts, a lot of love, a lot of loss, a lot of achievement, a lot of goals, a lot of success, a lot of defeat. And I am tired.
So as we near the end of this year, but perhaps for many seasons to come, I am embracing slowing down.
I am embracing calmer, quieter moments where I lay in bed just a little longer to listen to the birds and watch the squirrels do what they do. I am embracing working until the work – my work – is done – versus finding new projects to start that send me on a path of endless movement. I am embracing quiet evenings in my home with a movie and glass of wine or fellowship with a small group of friends at a venue of our choice. I am embracing more travel, more peace, more ease, more joy, and more pleasure. And I am embracing folks who I believe were divinely sent to journey along with me in this season.
I am slowing the pace. I am taking time to not only “smell the roses” but plant and cultivate a few of my own. And as we near the holiday season, I am welcoming love in all the abundant and fulfilling ways I can.
In this season, I am choosing to SLOW DOWN. What does the year-end look like for you? What new practices are you cultivating?