Jan 19, 2024
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Stop shrinking and do the things YOU actually enjoy. Have your favorite cup of coffee or wine. Eat the food you love. Listen to the music you love. Watch your favorite show. Wear makeup and dress up. Read interesting spiritual and occult books. Do your tarot readings. Collect your crystals. Get tattoos. Be the black sheep. Don't shrink your beliefs, lifestyle or presence just because someone else is uncomfortable with your self-expression.
Slowly learning to become the happiest version of myself💕
Protect your peace. 🤍🌱
Last weekend a couple girlfriends and I traversed a backpacking trail out past a waterfall and through a gorge at a state park here. We hiked in Saturday morning, hiked out Monday early.
It was so empowering. The freedom and space out there was palpable. Just a true unplugging. You could get a sat signal but that’s it, a creek for water and thankfully a relatively well maintained outhouse.
Keeping with Jen fashion, I spent my time practicing yoga, enjoyed a guided meditation and sat in silence on a rock in the stream. We ate delicious food - I brought in frozen salmon for our first dinner, another friend, freeze dried chicken parm - both worked out so well. The weather was divine. The conversation was top tier.
The first night there were other campers in scattered sites, the last night we were there alone. It was a much needed recharge. Sun. Fresh air. The creek rippling in the background. The wind through the trees. It was immersive.
They have largely finished with the inside of the house. I owe you some pics. Still navigating the game of keep or let go with furniture, toys, some things we’ve had in the attic area.
Happy spring. Happy Easter. Happy renewal 🌙
something something prioritizing my self. treating myself with love and kindness. i don’t have to go to that get together that someone wants me to go to if i don’t want to. i don’t have to wait around and stay glued to my phone for a message in case they need something. im allowed to cry at that movie even if its dumb. im allowed to get that treat even if its not the healthiest option. im allowed to do my little hobbies and have fun with it even if the outcome isn’t pretty. im allowed to be openly kind and generous to people that might think its stupid. im allowed to love loudly and messily and obviously because its my life. i deserve to be happy and true to myself because its my life.