So, did you start? And if you did, are you looking at pages and pages of random words, cut-off sentences, and scratched-out drawings thinking, Geesh, what the hell is going on here? Itβs good, itβs all good! Because the thing you could easily miss about messy journaling: the mess actually leads somewhere. And no, it wonβt necessarily all be wrapped up in a perfect and logical bow, but itβs not just venting, complaining, or scribbling random thoughts eitherβitβs a mirror. And if youβre willing to really look, that mirror gives you a pathway straight to your own growth. At first, messy journaling feels like youβre in pure survival mode. You…
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Empty Nester, Full Heart: How to Make This Chapter Yours
And may include bigger closets! My youngest is off to college, so my nest is officiallyβ¦ empty-ish. Iβm not sad about βno longer being a momβ as that job is forever mine. And Iβm definitely not in the βphew, Iβm done, go solve your own damn problems, kiddosβ camp either. Itβs more like a shift: a new season of cheering on my mini-adultsβ¦ while remembering to show up for myself, too. Now I 2,000% will be threatening (lovingly) to turn their bedrooms into my extended closets. Their trophies and school knickknacks can stay, but only as quirky and cool dividers between my shoes and boots. Thanks for the suggestion, SβMACβ! You…