Reader, I don’t know what it is about the onset of summer that feels like a big exhale, but I love it!
When my kids were growing up it meant FREEDOM! We could stay up later, play longer, and explore further – which also meant a little more breathing room for Mom. I remember the first summer I decided to reduce my work week to 3.5 days. As a business owner and single mom, it was a little scary, but I just wasn’t willing to miss any more time with them than I had to.
They’re grown now with kids of their own, but this time of year still feels the same to me. In fact, since I’ve become a “Kaki”, I keep that same schedule year round, so I can enjoy precious time with their kids. They call it my “Kaki Era.” 😊
After 30 years of doing this on my own, here’s the one thing I keep coming back to: If my business doesn’t serve me and my family, it doesn’t serve anyone else. Translated, that means if I’m sacrificing joy to keep money flowing, it will eventually stop flowing. Why? Because JOY feeds everything!
I love my work – it feeds my Soul! But I can slide down the rabbit hole of scarcity and lack like anyone else, and there’s not one thing down there has ever actually happened. Not one. It’s when I stay clear and aligned with my true values that everything flows. Always has!
It’s called Intentional JOY – and it’s an energy reset, more than a mindset. Aligning with what feels good and true to my soul, and allowing myself permission to experience it – even when my head says, “NO. Work now, play later.” I say, “Nope!” and listen and follow the nudge.
What has come through again and again is the good stuff – peace, balance, freedom, prosperity, Divine connection. I still meet all my responsibilities, but I can meet them without resistance, because I’m meeting the most important one first: the responsibility to myself. ALL of myself, not just my role as Guide or Mom or Kaki. And everything is better when I’m better to myself.
I hope now that the madness of May is behind us, you can relax into a big exhale, too. Sink into a little JOY. Or a lot. Give yourself permission to feel good – to follow the nudge – to do what lights your Soul up! I’d love to hear about it.
