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Today was the day I needed.

After allowing the nervousness from this latest transition to move through me, I was able to start solidifying my re-frame mindset. With this new mindset comes a whole slew of thoughts, feelings, curiosities, and questions but for the first time I am striving to be excited for whatever is coming next. I am also taking my own advice for the first time in a HOT minute!

People have a tendency to open up to me without me doing a single thing. (I suppose my aura informs them that the judgement level is low with me. Maybe I just have one of those faces. I am not really sure what it is, to be completely honest, but it is definitely a lifelong theme upon my existence.) I do take pride in giving very sound and well rounded advice, when asked for, while also struggling to take my own spectacular advice. A common gem I like to share is that nervous and excited are the same emotion just from two different perspectives– think, two sides of the same coin. I have known this for a couple years now, I just hadn’t gotten around to heeding my wise words. Until last Thursday.

As the realization has settled in, I have been reminded of quite a few silver linings with this upcoming change. The most important one is that I will feel I have some sort of control over my life again, in regard to having a more balanced life. I also reminded myself that since hitting this Tower moment with a re-frame I have been writing more often; not even just writing more often, but taking actual joy in organizing and planning my content. Just the fact that I will have time to CREATE again fills me up with sparkles and bubbles! Then today as I slow started and planned the day ahead of me I realized that I was genuinely excited to run all of my errands and get the adult shit knocked out. This feeling rarely shows face, but I think it was because it made me feel balanced.

I had stayed up late last night, into the early hours of the new day, writing and scheduling posts for the upcoming week. Time slipped away as I dove down the rabbit hole- I wrote several posts, got them scheduled for the blog as well as their coordinating Instagram post, then I was able to organize the blog a bit better after figuring out how to set my menus. I also wrote an outline for content scheduling, what I wanted my b-roll footage to include, I pinned my daily focuses, created organizational notes and checklists, then finished with creating specific photo albums to make photo and video recall easier for posting. I was buzzing by the time I finished and realized it was 3am! By the time I woke up I felt rejuvenated; I was eager to put on a cute outfit and get my day started.

I haven’t been excited to get up in recent months, let alone excited to put an outfit together. I am always bothered when moods like this occur because I am well aware of how powerful it is for my inner child, inner teenager, as well as my confidence when I take the time to curate a look for myself and when I don’t do such a thing I become immensely disappointed in myself. The worst part is that it becomes a loop that is easy to fall into, but a bitch to break out of. About two weeks ago I started pushing myself to put together outfits for work to improve my mood. This worked to an extent, but the most superior feeling is when I wake up inspired to wear something incredible. (Especially since I have worked VERY hard on curating a sustainable, natural fiber wardrobe!)

I was even more thrilled to tote my son around with me while I moved through my checklist. The longest haul of the day was waiting for our oil change and tire rotation. Normally, one of us or both of us would get a bit irate during our 3 hour waiting time- this time we were having a kiki in the car! We chatted on our theories about The Amazing Digital Circus, cruised the Reddit threads together reading other viewers’ theories, made an uncountable amount of silly sounds, shared some snacks, and talked about whatever was on his mind. It was refreshing to have the energy for such a journey of a conversation.

It was also a fantastic reminder of how my child will forever be the greatest teacher I ever have in this life.

Today was reflective in a way that I was able to take joy in my productivity while reflecting on my growth this year. Finding my footing can be really annoying sometimes, difficult at other times, and heavy to bear depending on what divine intervention is occurring. I think, more than anything, it was the perfect reminder that even when things feel like they are falling a part, they are actually just falling into place.