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I'm turning 38 in October and I can't believe I'm

I'm turning 38 in October and I can't believe I'm typing that. Not because of any other reason than the last time I actually thought about my age I had turned 34 and found out I was pregnant (on my birthday!)

This was before COVID and when my biggest fear in my business was actually "how am I going to keep my business running smoothly while on mat leave, and be there for my new baby without worrying?"

I had been programmed to believe that because I ran my own business I would never get to take proper time off - and it was a big reason (I noticed) people didn't stick with their business or passion because the desire for stability outweighed the "freedom" of entrepreneurship.

But like other mothers who ran businesses told me while I was pregnant "you'll figure it out ..." and so when June 2019 came, I had. And I say this like I'm still figuring it out daily, because every day changes - not because there is some magic step-by-step plan I'm going to tell you about or sell you for $37 😂 (but, phew, do I wish I had that!)

Instead, what I've noticed the most about my "time off" is that the more I pared down on what I was focusing on, working on, "figuring out" - the easier things got. For me: easier is when I don't have anxiety about all the things on my to-do list (which I create in the first place).

It doesn't mean I didn't have things go wrong in my business, or clients I didn't have to manage and work with on their projects, or balancing all the things. But my head had the space to breathe through it - take a break - and get back to it when I felt ready - which usually didn't take very long.

I noticed a shift in the clients that were energetically drawn to working with me during this time (and me, them!)

👉🏼 natural go-getters needing support while starting an online business and web presence
👉🏼 excited entrepreneurs with established businesses, huge followings but caught up in content creation w/o strategy so nobody was buying
👉🏼 "corporate walkers" people who were saying "eff you" to their 9-5s needing guidance because running a small business is hella different than corporate life

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A fun Saturday morning at @puddicombefarms …

A fun Saturday morning at @puddicombefarms …

Schools out✌🏼…. (till Monday)

Schools out✌🏼…. (till Monday)

Today is Anna's birthday. I've shared before on l

Today is Anna's birthday.

I've shared before on losing her at such a young age put me on the trajectory of my life now, as many things in our lives often do. For me, that path helped me grieve, and look at death, and life differently.

I was fortunate to work at Coles Books so soon after her passing and was introduced to the "heath + well being" section that I remember being renamed from "self-help" to change the stigma around the books available in this section. I'd never known at the time there were so many books available to help people figure shit out on their own. I started flipping through them on my breaks, then choosing some to purchase, and getting immersed in this world.

I was always a reader of fiction, but now I was a reader of help. And I loved it.

Particularly this book, "How to be happy, dammit" by @notsalmon was able to dumb down all the things I was discovering in these books and didn't particularly understand and I fell in love with it. It helped me so much.

I was so lucky to discover this help (because I read MANY books the first year after her death), because eventually the pain of that time didn't feel so overwhelming, and soon I was turning fear into freedom and seeing opportunity and possibility everywhere.

It's helped me when forming relationships, creating new friendships, networking and general empathy of the human experience. I love learning about other's experiences and helping them share their voice with the world. It's probably why I've been in the business of doing do for so long.

Today is Anna's birthday. She is 38 years old. I used to say she "would have been" but she is. She IS, but she just isn't here. She's somewhere else, living it up, enjoying the waves, hanging out, watching.

Today is the 22nd anniversary of the last day I saw her. And this day particularly stings more for me than the day she left earth - because I didn't know when I left her hospital room after a 2 day visit it would be the last.

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RAINY DAYS // Today I had a memory pop up of a wee

RAINY DAYS // Today I had a memory pop up of a week I spent at the @balmbeachretreat designing and finishing up 3 projects I'd accidentally triple-booked myself on.

I brought up my large desktop, comfy sweats, watercolour art supplies and my yoga mat.

It rained the whole week and I left the place once a day for a walk when the rain would stop. It was divine.

I worked SO much, but it didn't feel like work because well, 1. I love my work so focusing on it doesn't feel like a chore and 2. my breaks were filled with creativity and ease.

Nowadays I cannot remember when I've spent this time consecutively working on anything, and it's a form a grief I didn't realize existed. I miss and crave it daily.

Today I was fulfilled on a bit of writing during L's morning nap. The rain tapping on the windows. Coffee delightfully hot in a too-cool-for-school mug. Project mapping for upcoming custom design projects, the Website Concierge and launches into July already ...

For now, though, the moment is here.
Sound machine echoing in the distance.
Quiet.