hey, earl grey.

oh that? i’ll do it later…

how many times in a day do you find yourself saying something to that effect?

putting something you want to do off until you’ve earned it or feel like you can “afford” the time, energy or money it takes

or putting something off that you desperately DON’T want to do but have to (or it sure does feel like you do, anyway)

and every time you push it til later, whether you realize it or not, you’re reinforcing the idea that you can’t afford to do what you want, or to NOT do what you DON’T want —

making yourself just as wrong for wanting what you want as for not wanting what you don’t

fighting your joy + nature at every turn, calling yourself names for daring to put yourself on your own damn list, reinforcing the notion that delight is too expensive for hardworking hustlers with a big mission to bring into being

that being cared for is for others, is something YOU DO for others but never for yourself

and that, sweet bloom, is bad enough

but that’s not all it does

it also lowkey keeps you from reaching those dreams + making good on that mission

because physics

because objects in motion versus objects at rest

because your raw, true joy + delight is self-sustaining fuel for your dreams, wishes, missions + goals

starting from zero requires ramp up + effort, but when you’re already rockin + rollin it requires the barest of presses to the pedal to maintain or even speed up

by cultivating a personalized practice of presence + delight that you integrate into your days, you make it so much easier to tend to your big work, and to keep at it — even on the toughest days

by knowing what you want + then being so bold as to say YES to it in myriad big + small ways each day, you replenish your fuel tank for doing + being more of that

instead of always working so damn hard, you can start working more easefully, happily, and joyfully

you can divest from hustle culture + the chokehold it has you in to constantly seek to prove your value in the world by how fucking tired you are

i’m not saying this shift will be easy, but that valuing ease may be the gamechanger you didn’t know was an option

more than a mindset shift, it’s a totally different way of being that helps to dismantle the patriarchal norms keeping us stuck in struggle + disconnected from the deep, powerful wisdom within

no quick fix, this path is paved with an abundance of small scary choices to risk being viewed as labels created to keep you compliant —

selfish, foolish, unambitious

not smart enough, not savvy enough, not powerful enough to succeed

but oh, how wrong they are

you, sweet bloom, are steeped in a new + indisputable power, forged by so many years of buying into myths that you’re ready to bust, reinforced by the deep strong wisdom within you that’s connected to every magical + mighty thing in this world

and one small way you can feed fuel to this new story every single day is to NOTICE when you say you’ll do a thing later, and ask yourself if it’s something you can actually do now

if the only reason you said later was to avoid doing it now, maybe you choose now instead

and if you don’t, you’re still choosing later rather than defaulting to it

and listen… sometimes later is exactly the right time

remember that YOU get to discern these answers + actively make these decisions —

from an intentional, intuition-driven place of strength + confidence

and every day you do that is another day you become who you want to be, in spite of who they told you you were supposed to be

what does that look like for you?

you know i’d love to hear all about it!

xxoo, cc

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