Love this topic Sara thanks for sharing! I feel the biggest disconnect is within us. We can so easily get swayed by conditioning and end up chasing a criteria and end up realising we’ve climbed the wrong mountain. We live in a hamster wheel society where being busy is the definition of success. The more you have going on, the better. This narrative feeds into our self-worth. I know for me personally I’ve struggled to slow down because I think I’m “wasting time” and that it isn’t “productive” to rest. But it’s about trusting our own rhythm and redefining what success means to us. The finish line is death, so why are we obsessed with moving so fast?
100%. For me it's been a journey to realize that I am worthy of love even without being productive or successful. If that's true, now what do I actually want to do? Gonna go check out your substack right now!
I love that you include gratitude on this list. I've spent years dismantling my true desires from what I was raised and conditioned to want, and it's gotten SO me far. But the last piece that was still missing turned out to be gratitude. Brené Brown shared a study in one of her podcasts that the people who are most regularly feel joy are those who are most regularly connect with gratitude. Even more revelatory (for me personally), she discovered that you don't reach gratitude by being joyful, you find joy by being grateful. Thanks, Sara, for this short, insightful read! Perfect way to start a Monday.
Thanks for sharing this Leona. I’ve found that gratitude is a very magnetic energy. A momentum of gratitude attracts all of the positive emotions like joy, love, connection and empathy. We train our brains to focus on that which is going well and more wellness happens. The Universe is malleable by our thoughts. The one thing we can control is our perspective on any situation 💫🙏🏽
This was a beautiful read, thank you Sara. I love that you mention how the perfect lives we craft are meaningless if they aren't aligned to who we truly are. I couldn't agree more. I think as a society we don't place enough emphasis on really doing the work to know ourselves and therefore what a 'perfect life' would look like for us individually (if such a thing exists). I wrote an essay about happiness this week also, about the perpetual pursuit of happiness trapping us into a toxic positivity culture. You may find it interesting. https://nooneevertoldme.substack.com/p/no-one-ever-told-me-happiness-is
Love this topic Sara thanks for sharing! I feel the biggest disconnect is within us. We can so easily get swayed by conditioning and end up chasing a criteria and end up realising we’ve climbed the wrong mountain. We live in a hamster wheel society where being busy is the definition of success. The more you have going on, the better. This narrative feeds into our self-worth. I know for me personally I’ve struggled to slow down because I think I’m “wasting time” and that it isn’t “productive” to rest. But it’s about trusting our own rhythm and redefining what success means to us. The finish line is death, so why are we obsessed with moving so fast?
100%. For me it's been a journey to realize that I am worthy of love even without being productive or successful. If that's true, now what do I actually want to do? Gonna go check out your substack right now!
Exactly Leona! An thank you so much 😊🙏🏽
I love that you include gratitude on this list. I've spent years dismantling my true desires from what I was raised and conditioned to want, and it's gotten SO me far. But the last piece that was still missing turned out to be gratitude. Brené Brown shared a study in one of her podcasts that the people who are most regularly feel joy are those who are most regularly connect with gratitude. Even more revelatory (for me personally), she discovered that you don't reach gratitude by being joyful, you find joy by being grateful. Thanks, Sara, for this short, insightful read! Perfect way to start a Monday.
Thanks for sharing this Leona. I’ve found that gratitude is a very magnetic energy. A momentum of gratitude attracts all of the positive emotions like joy, love, connection and empathy. We train our brains to focus on that which is going well and more wellness happens. The Universe is malleable by our thoughts. The one thing we can control is our perspective on any situation 💫🙏🏽
"You spend time in a way that holds no meaning for you"
I haven't heard that one before. Thank you.
It's 4 & 7 for me. Without question.
This was a beautiful read, thank you Sara. I love that you mention how the perfect lives we craft are meaningless if they aren't aligned to who we truly are. I couldn't agree more. I think as a society we don't place enough emphasis on really doing the work to know ourselves and therefore what a 'perfect life' would look like for us individually (if such a thing exists). I wrote an essay about happiness this week also, about the perpetual pursuit of happiness trapping us into a toxic positivity culture. You may find it interesting. https://nooneevertoldme.substack.com/p/no-one-ever-told-me-happiness-is