11/12/2024
TWELVE DAYS OF SELF-CARE
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The posts came to an abrupt halt 4 days in. What happened?
🤔
Ok, so I've always been open about my love / hate relationship with social media. Part of that is that I find the creative process draining. I also find it hard to create content in bulk in advance. Because I like to write about what I'm in at that moment, it just feels more authentic to me (and that's not a judgement on those who do bulk create in advance - I wish I had that ability most times). And then in my day to day, I'm so busy mumming, running a home, and supporting all of my wonderful clients that I just don't find it easy to find the space to create content here.
🏃♀️
Anyway, I'm digressing. Day 5 came and with that, the realisation that I was in the last few days before my bleed time. Everyone who works with me knows that I live cyclically, and I was feeling the pull to start withdrawing. To take care of my clients, my family and to do what I needed to do to prepare for my bleed time. And so that's what I did. I stopped creating for social media. I even stopped sharing my gratitudes (I was still writing them, but had no desire to be so far outside myself that I wanted to share them).
🙈
In the past when this has happened, I've wanted to hide and to pretend I didn't just try to consistently show up on social media and the FAIL.
😔
But not this time, because I haven't failed. I've just realised that even social media needs to be met in a cyclical way for me. I cannot bend myself to fit fu***ng algorithms.
🎉
Today I'm on day 4 of my cycle. Not yet ready to come out of my cave fully, but ready to be vulnerable and share where I'm at because I'm real. I've got a great hand on listening to myself and what I need, and honouring that in spite of the expectations laid on me. And I want to model this for women. This looks imperfect in our culture of always having to be productive, but this is self-care and this is important s**t. Even yesterday my son came in to the bedroom where I was resting because he wanted to speak to me. We had our chat and then he said to me "you rest now mumma, it's important for you to do that right now". I love how normalised self-care is in our home.
🫶🏻
The wonderful Uma Dinsmore Tuli reminded me yesterday that when we have an issue we want to address we should bleed on it. And she's so right! The clarity I have received by allowing myself to bleed on this is that social media content for me is when I'm in the inner spring and summer of my cycle.
🌞
I will finish writing the 12 Days of Self Care. And use it after Christmas when the 12 Days of Christmas ACTUALLY IS.
🎄
TWELVE DAYS OF SELF-CARE
🫶🏻
The posts came to an abrupt halt 4 days in. What happened?
🤔
Ok, so I've always been open about my love / hate relationship with social media. Part of that is that I find the creative process draining. I also find it hard to create content in bulk in advance. Because I like to write about what I'm in at that moment, it just feels more authentic to me (and that's not a judgement on those who do bulk create in advance - I wish I had that ability most times). And then in my day to day, I'm so busy mumming, running a home, and supporting all of my wonderful clients that I just don't find it easy to find the space to create content here.
🏃♀️
Anyway, I'm digressing. Day 5 came and with that, the realisation that I was in the last few days before my bleed time. Everyone who works with me knows that I live cyclically, and I was feeling the pull to start withdrawing. To take care of my clients, my family and to do what I needed to do to prepare for my bleed time. And so that's what I did. I stopped creating for social media. I even stopped sharing my gratitudes (I was still writing them, but had no desire to be so far outside myself that I wanted to share them).
🙈
In the past when this has happened, I've wanted to hide and to pretend I didn't just try to consistently show up on social media and the FAIL.
😔
But not this time, because I haven't failed. I've just realised that even social media needs to be met in a cyclical way for me. I cannot bend myself to fit fu***ng algorithms.
🎉
Today I'm on day 4 of my cycle. Not yet ready to come out of my cave fully, but ready to be vulnerable and share where I'm at because I'm real. I've got a great hand on listening to myself and what I need, and honouring that in spite of the expectations laid on me. And I want to model this for women. This looks imperfect in our culture of always having to be productive, but this is self-care and this is important s**t. Even yesterday my son came in to the bedroom where I was resting because he wanted to speak to me. We had our chat and then he said to me "you rest now mumma, it's important for you to do that right now". I love how normalised self-care is in our home.
🫶🏻
The wonderful Uma Dinsmore Tuli reminded me yesterday that when we have an issue we want to address we should bleed on it. And she's so right! The clarity I have received by allowing myself to bleed on this is that social media content for me is when I'm in the inner spring and summer of my cycle.
🌞
I will finish writing the 12 Days of Self Care. And use it after Christmas when the 12 Days of Christmas ACTUALLY IS.
🎄
I've also got something really exciting to share this Friday. Friday 13th. Day of the Goddess.
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Anyway, I'm heading back to my cave to rest and connect now.
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With love and light.
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