November 27, 2023

Darling, I do not dream of labor.

1. This is all me working. Doing my job.
2. There’s a lot of work behind the work and it’s the part I kinda dislike and trudge through and kinda respect as part of the package. Kinda.

I’ve been obsessed with this James Baldwin voice clip since the first time I heard it.

And can ya believe it? All three of these clips are me doing my JOB. And it definitely doesn’t feel like labor, at least not in those moments.

Retreat leading in Tuscany, teaching yoga online in Bali, serving pasta while leading a retreat in Sicily.

My life is really full and varied and I feel lucky. Like really deeply lucky. But I sometimes feel like doing sooo many things leads me to periods of creating absolutely nothing. Of not knowing what my next steps are. Of wishing I could snap my fingers and deposits would be paid and contracts signed and marketing material created. There’s a lot of work that goes behind creating/arriving at these moments and that’s the things I’m doing now. That’s what winter is for.

So: Reminding myself about the precious & beautiful moments as I do the other things and sending y’all the gentle reminder that we don’t always love our jobs and the internet is not real and this is all a curated highlights reel. Literally. All. Of. It. 🫶