My "New Normal"

 Hi friends,

I hope daily Ugga Muggas will be a FOREVER part of my “new normal”! Photo with Lilla by Josiane Rodrigues Fotografias

Spring cleaning is in full swing, the world is full of change, and it feels like we’re being forced to define our own “new normal,” especially if we don’t accept a “new normal” as defined by the mainstream media. So, here we are. I’ve been quiet in recent weeks, and I legitimately don’t even know where to begin. It feels like everything happening deserves more time and focus than I have to give today, so for this moment I’m reaching out and touching base with a quick note from my heart.

This is what I'm accepting as MY new normal:

🌻 I'm hearing anti-racist commitments all around, which seem to be genuine. WOW. So beautiful!!

🌻 Things are NOT business as usual. It's a time of learning how to be more thoughtful about how words and ideas might land. Kind and loving intentions are lovely, but in my new normal it's even better to deeply consider allll the other angles. I’ve never so actively looked for blind spots in my life, and I’m embracing that as a permanent change.

🌻 I've gone weeks without a SMART phone and am re-learning how to be in the present moment. By this weekend, I'll have a flip phone in my hands. Yeah! This is part of why I have been so quiet. I’m literally just not connected in the same way.

🌻 Gratitude has taken a new level. I’m grateful for every little thing. Examples: I can go inside your store and buy things from you? I can enter a store to buy food? We can continue the co-op, outdoors? I got a project done? HUGE CELEBRATIONS, for All The Things that I once took for granted!

🌻 It's been months since I could take on new clients because my client load is FULL. I'm prioritizing existing clients until further notice. They're keeping me busy! (Another reason for my quiet in recent weeks)

🌻 As I find spaces in my schedule, I'm planning what is right to share for my next group program. TOP PRIORITIES: it makes a positive difference, doesn't feel like "work", and truly, deeply, especially feels like it's a soul-led kinda thing. Because without checking all the boxes, NAH, just don’t have the bandwidth for anything remotely soul-sucking.

🌻 I'm releasing the need to share every wonderful little thing on Facebook. I’m releasing the need for validation.

🌻 Special moments are shared individually and with full-on celebration. Some things just don’t have to be shared with the whole world.

🌻 I'm sharing and collecting hugs from loved ones who are willing and able to do so. Every hug is so special. HUGS ARE LIKE GOLD!

🌻 When I don't have child care but have things to do, Lilla and I are taking turns like two Lady Bosses. We alternate 100% attention on her, 100% attention on business while she reads or writes or draws or plays nearby without needing me to be alllll up in her space. Because she is a growing and amazing young lady!

🌻 I CONTINUE TO ASK QUESTIONS. Living with curiosity, rather than just thinking as I am told to think, is my forever normal!

I hope you’re finding your needs met out there… that you’re receiving what you need to grow… that you are feeling loved and safe.

With Love,
Eva