Finding Your Lost Pieces

There's a different version of me that wears a baseball cap.

She hikes. She plays at the beach. She goes on adventures and wanders around with zero plan. She’s one of my favorite versions of me, honestly.

But she’s been hibernating for a while now.

Part of it was the long, gross winter we had. But mostly life just got busy. I got really caught up in the version of me that guides clients, develops my course, handles all the business stuff, and keeps daily life at home from falling apart. Maybe you've been living in that version, too.

Then I had this random Thursday with nothing on the calendar. Completely open (which honestly never happens on a Thursday).

My first instinct was to keep going (I mean, there's always something to do). I thought I could get my taxes done, catch up on computer work, maybe squeeze in a new client, since I haven't had space for any lately.

And then something in me just said, nope, that's not what I really need.

So I blocked off the whole day. I called a dear friend I hadn’t seen in almost a year. And we met for lunch in the cute little town of Southport and just wandered around with nowhere to be.

That’s me. In my hat. Hoping on a ferry. Slowing way down and enjoying my life.

So I want to ask you something...

When did you last let that version of yourself out? Not the one holding everything together. The one who just gets to exist (even if just for a little while).

You don’t need a big open day to make it happen (although it was glorious). Just see if you can notice when a small window appears and choose you instead of filling it right back up.

I hope you find space for you soon.