These past few months have really put a magnifying glass on everyone’s lives. It’s as though the “busyness” we allowed to clutter our lives before has been removed and so now we’re all incredibly focused on what does and does not make us happy, what we want our lives to look like, and what works for us. Instead of just keeping up with the Joneses, maybe now you’re starting to ask yourselves “do I even want to be the Joneses? Do I even want their life?”
And when you see that they aren’t living your “ultimate goal life” it’s forcing everyone to ask well then what DO I want?
And it can be incredibly scary to actually just sit with yourself and and look inward to see what makes you tick/ what makes you happy; and even scarier to see it an then go for it! (Especially if it’s not the “norm.”)
But I’m here to tell you- you have to keep doing it. The ONLY way that you can live a full and beautiful life that is true to you is, in fact, by being true to you. Not true to what your parents want, what your friends want, what that well meaning stranger who gave you their unsolicited opinion in the grocery store wants- but WHAT YOU WANT.
What makes your heart sing? What makes you feel cared for, content, and joyful? What feels “right?”
That’s what you need to be doing right now.
*steps off soapbox*
📷 of Garnet- an 11”x14” stunner currently available here
“Garnet” by Courtney Khail