Haha! Yes! Hammock life is the best life. Although sometimes it makes my pain worse and I need to lie on the floor instead... Balance, hey?! Hope you're doing well :) x
i feel like im in a bit of a weird season. i want to slow down and be deliberate, but i also am terribly excited about all the things i have to (get to) do in the coming months and year ahead. hearing about your heat wave makes me really grateful for the long wintry and autumnal seasons in the places i call home. and yet something about the summer coming up in 6 months also gets me buzzing about the things i already have planned and makes me want to really settle into a preparation mode right now. haven’t quite felt this way before at the start of the new year so the tension bw hustle and rest feels new for me in this season…
Oh, I feel you! It's honestly so strange being on the other side of the planet from most of my friends and family - people are getting all excited for the slightly longer days and the blue skies and I'm just waiting for it to cool down!
I can totally understand with the tension too, though, especially with the new year stuff and all the excitement for what's to come. I have some really big dreams as I mentioned and I've done so much business-stuff this week and yet I also just wanted to rest and my body was telling me to rest but my brain was like no, it's time to get shit done! Now I'm about ready to burn it all to the ground, haha, but I think that happens when we push through a bit too much.
Are there ways you can prioritise what you're most excited about or ways to water the seeds that need the most nurturing or are going to pay off the most? In my case prioritising updating my Linkedin profile for the first time in 5 years probably wasn't the best use of my time, but rewriting all my contracts so I have stable foundations in place as I grow probably was, for example! I on't know if that helps but I find personal stories way more relatable than all the random advice all the gurus give.
Very much looking forward to seeing you on the 5th and catching up properly! Yay :)
so true, that advice does help!! i often need the reminder about taking a beat to consider what to prioritize more deeply. most of what i'm doing right now as the priority involves submitting applications for things (summer conferences, summer workshops, fellowship applications for my final year of the PhD). so in a sense it is a big seed-planting/seed-watering adventure, and perhaps that's where the excitement is coming from, in addition to the "new year new me" of it all. i, too, am almost at a place of wanting to burn it all to the ground bc i've just spent too much time looking at everything...
I can relate to hammock breaks during a flare. This makes me want to set my hammock up right now! Thanks for sharing, Cassie. 🫂
Haha! Yes! Hammock life is the best life. Although sometimes it makes my pain worse and I need to lie on the floor instead... Balance, hey?! Hope you're doing well :) x
i feel like im in a bit of a weird season. i want to slow down and be deliberate, but i also am terribly excited about all the things i have to (get to) do in the coming months and year ahead. hearing about your heat wave makes me really grateful for the long wintry and autumnal seasons in the places i call home. and yet something about the summer coming up in 6 months also gets me buzzing about the things i already have planned and makes me want to really settle into a preparation mode right now. haven’t quite felt this way before at the start of the new year so the tension bw hustle and rest feels new for me in this season…
Oh, I feel you! It's honestly so strange being on the other side of the planet from most of my friends and family - people are getting all excited for the slightly longer days and the blue skies and I'm just waiting for it to cool down!
I can totally understand with the tension too, though, especially with the new year stuff and all the excitement for what's to come. I have some really big dreams as I mentioned and I've done so much business-stuff this week and yet I also just wanted to rest and my body was telling me to rest but my brain was like no, it's time to get shit done! Now I'm about ready to burn it all to the ground, haha, but I think that happens when we push through a bit too much.
Are there ways you can prioritise what you're most excited about or ways to water the seeds that need the most nurturing or are going to pay off the most? In my case prioritising updating my Linkedin profile for the first time in 5 years probably wasn't the best use of my time, but rewriting all my contracts so I have stable foundations in place as I grow probably was, for example! I on't know if that helps but I find personal stories way more relatable than all the random advice all the gurus give.
Very much looking forward to seeing you on the 5th and catching up properly! Yay :)
so true, that advice does help!! i often need the reminder about taking a beat to consider what to prioritize more deeply. most of what i'm doing right now as the priority involves submitting applications for things (summer conferences, summer workshops, fellowship applications for my final year of the PhD). so in a sense it is a big seed-planting/seed-watering adventure, and perhaps that's where the excitement is coming from, in addition to the "new year new me" of it all. i, too, am almost at a place of wanting to burn it all to the ground bc i've just spent too much time looking at everything...
also excited for Feb 5th!! <3