Hi lovely,
Something I keep hearing in my coaching sessions lately, under all the different stories and different lives, is a particular kind of tiredness. Not burnout. Not a crisis. Just tired. Tired of carrying so much, tired of the endless managing and juggling and keeping it all together.
And the thing is, most of us are genuinely good at it. We cope, we problem-solve, we keep going. These are real strengths. But I think sometimes we get so good at managing our lives that we stop asking a completely different question:
What is actually nourishing me right now?
Not what needs my attention. Not what's next. Not what everyone else needs from me.
One of my favourite questions to ask in coaching is: what contributes to your sense of aliveness? The answers are almost always simple, and they're almost always the first things to go when life gets full.
The longer days feel like a reminder that life isn't only about getting through the week. There's something worth reclaiming here, and summer feels like a good moment to reach for it.
So as the season opens up, a few questions worth sitting with, not all at once, just whichever one catches you:
What's been nourishing me lately? What's been draining me? What do I want more of this summer, and what am I quietly done with? When do I feel most like myself?
My hope for you is that you actually make room for the things that restore you. That you spend time with people who make you laugh until your face hurts, and that you let yourself feel joy without needing to earn it first.
The things that nourish you aren't a distraction from your life. They are your life.
Wishing you a beautiful season.
With love,
Vesna
The love list:
Watching: Paradise
Reading: When I Sing Mountains Dance - Irene Solà
Listening: Middle of Nowhere - Kacey Musgraves