Hi frens, happy new year!
What a whirlwind the past month of 2022 has been. My apologies for not being around over here lately- turns out I gave so much of myself to other people around the holidays that I had nothing left for myself. I’m not a big fan of half-assing things, so I wanted to wait until I could show up fully and offer something of substance to check in. It’s far too easy to get wrapped up in external forces that we lose focus on what we need internally- especially when inadvertently reverting to old ways in our familial patterns around this time of year that often times aren’t the most helpful.
Whenever I catch myself getting lost in other people or things, I simply notice that I’ve been knocked a bit off my path. I’ve learned to not be hard on myself and to have compassion for the fact that healing/the self-discovery journey is not linear. I remind myself that life is to be lived and not always about improving or increasing efficiency at every moment (which I have been guilty of thinking). Life is constantly in flux; nature operates in seasons without rush or a timeline. I was actually talking to a friend this morning about how we don’t feel the need or desire to hit the ground running this January. She actually said, “hit the ground resting” and I really loved that. Normally, I would have a handful of new habits and extreme switches I would promise my new year self that I’d implement cold-turkey, but I’m feeling really called to honor this time as wrapping up and reflecting on the past year, not a time of pivoting and implementing. As the seasons change, I will ease into the next chapter organically, intuitively, and without force.
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I wanted to share the main tool that brings me back to my center and trade you for what you do that may be helpful to others in this community. It’s like a group text where we share our tried and true tips to showing up for ourselves- and nothing is too small. I’ll start:
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