Thanks for dropping by. How are you doing? Perhaps you’re in a great place or perhaps you’re like me, finishing up another year that started off with promise and then spiraled into “a series of the most unfortunate events”. Trying to keep afloat became a full time effort.
Throughout this year, I went through all my usual pick-me ups like exercise, travel, and lots of pampering. Although still nice, they didn’t work the same magic as before and often I could barely manage to get myself out of bed. Then one day something snapped and I didn’t want to force myself to be a responsible adult anymore. I canceled all of my meetings and called in sick. That day, I gave myself permission to be unproductive and played around with different creative projects – just like we used to do as children.
The feeling was incredible.
It wasn’t just the play time – it was the freedom from that voice inside your head. The “rational” one that wants you to be productive and responsible. The one that likely talks you down from things. The one that started off so quiet and got louder as we grew bigger. And at some point, we stopped building sandcastles just because it would be washed away by the waves.
There’s a lot in life that I love and I want to share it with you. Maybe you’ll love it too but it’s ok if you don’t. I’m building this sandcastle for myself.
So here’s to imperfect beginnings and random ramblings.
XO
Ling
Photo by Hello I’m Nik on Unsplash
