This piece is what I needed to read today. Thank you for being so honest and raw. It felt like reading my own story. And I need to do what you’ve done. Thank you. Sincerely.
Not only are you doing the right thing for you - and breaking the patriarchal view that women should put everyone else before themselves - but you have a bookcase with a ladder! That’s goals that is :)
So glad you are getting time to be creative again. It’s a problem when you turn a thing you love (writing) into a business because the business will always take over. Can’t wait to see what is next for you 💚
Thanks. Yes. I'm only just starting to see how this over-working tendency is patriarchal and capitalist and how turning away from it is, in some ways, an act of resistance - though I'm aware that I speak from a position of privilege.
I'm so glad you chose you, Beverley. You really have changed my life for the better and I am beyond grateful but this is also a gift - saying enough is enough, choosing wisely. Big hugs xx
This was such a lovely read. I’m so glad you took this step for you Beverley, and I wish you fulfilment, freedom, family time and as much phone-free fresh air as you like.
This is so powerful, so honest and I loved this 'Now I’m a guru paving the way for other women to put down their mantles of responsibility and free themselves from this endless need to wear ourselves down to the bone. Soon, I will be running some kind of wellbeing business and I’ll be making reels about self-care and I’ll have a podcast and a book about slowing down…'
I hope you're able to resist the pull to be a self-care guru and carry on leaning into this period of rest. It sounds like you more than need and deserve it.
Yes. Indeed! It's so hard not to turn everything into a business these days. Even writing on Substack feels like a step back into that culture. But I do like to reflect and share.
This piece is what I needed to read today. Thank you for being so honest and raw. It felt like reading my own story. And I need to do what you’ve done. Thank you. Sincerely.
Ah. Good to know that it connects with you. Clearly we have things in common. It's tough being a neurodivergent mum. All the best.
Not only are you doing the right thing for you - and breaking the patriarchal view that women should put everyone else before themselves - but you have a bookcase with a ladder! That’s goals that is :)
So glad you are getting time to be creative again. It’s a problem when you turn a thing you love (writing) into a business because the business will always take over. Can’t wait to see what is next for you 💚
Thanks. Yes. I'm only just starting to see how this over-working tendency is patriarchal and capitalist and how turning away from it is, in some ways, an act of resistance - though I'm aware that I speak from a position of privilege.
Of course - resistance may be in part a privilege- but all of us can surely find small ways to resist and redesign what it is to be a woman.
I'm so glad you chose you, Beverley. You really have changed my life for the better and I am beyond grateful but this is also a gift - saying enough is enough, choosing wisely. Big hugs xx
Thanks Anna. I do miss the people that I saw weekly like yourself but am very much enjoying having space x
This was such a lovely read. I’m so glad you took this step for you Beverley, and I wish you fulfilment, freedom, family time and as much phone-free fresh air as you like.
Thank you Linda
This is so powerful, so honest and I loved this 'Now I’m a guru paving the way for other women to put down their mantles of responsibility and free themselves from this endless need to wear ourselves down to the bone. Soon, I will be running some kind of wellbeing business and I’ll be making reels about self-care and I’ll have a podcast and a book about slowing down…'
I hope you're able to resist the pull to be a self-care guru and carry on leaning into this period of rest. It sounds like you more than need and deserve it.
Yes. Indeed! It's so hard not to turn everything into a business these days. Even writing on Substack feels like a step back into that culture. But I do like to reflect and share.