Thanks as always for this generous and vulnerable reflection, Jenny. I keep wondering whether your ONLY other alternative is "bury the dream and do soul-crushing work." Is there a sacred third option? While I don't know the answer, in my own life, it's worth asking. Whenever I start thinking in either/or binaries I know I've got a stubborn inner saboteur at play.
I'm in a prolonged liminal space too, and my savings buffer has run quite low as well. I'll need to figure out how to balance my creative impulses with the need for cash flow also. Not ALL jobs I've had have felt soul-crushing, though I know it's a story I've told for a while as well.
We're in an era of profound change, it feels to me. I have no reason to trust that things will be okay. And yet somehow, I do. Wishing you delightful opportunities in the year ahead. 💗
Thank you Cristy!! I love your reminder to keep searching for the sacred third solution, in any form that might take (and opening the aperture to explore what I/we might have previously ruled out). Sending so many good thoughts your way too, as you navigate the unknown -- it is definitely an era of profound change, and I am grateful for the ways I'm so much more observant when in the in-between state. So grateful for your friendship too, and wishing you delightful serendipitous opportunities in the year ahead too!! ❤️
This resonated so deeply, Jenny. Thank you, as always, for your thoughtful and candid reflections - they have been a constant companion over a rollercoaster year.
Thank you Jess!! It truly makes the whole project worth it to know that any of these posts have brought you comfort in a rollercoaster year. Here's hoping things settle a little in 2025 or we somehow rise to the "new normal" of the big coaster and feel a little less nauseous!! 🤪 Wishing you, Dave, and Shilo the happiest holidays and start to the new year!!
Thanks as always for this generous and vulnerable reflection, Jenny. I keep wondering whether your ONLY other alternative is "bury the dream and do soul-crushing work." Is there a sacred third option? While I don't know the answer, in my own life, it's worth asking. Whenever I start thinking in either/or binaries I know I've got a stubborn inner saboteur at play.
I'm in a prolonged liminal space too, and my savings buffer has run quite low as well. I'll need to figure out how to balance my creative impulses with the need for cash flow also. Not ALL jobs I've had have felt soul-crushing, though I know it's a story I've told for a while as well.
We're in an era of profound change, it feels to me. I have no reason to trust that things will be okay. And yet somehow, I do. Wishing you delightful opportunities in the year ahead. 💗
Thank you Cristy!! I love your reminder to keep searching for the sacred third solution, in any form that might take (and opening the aperture to explore what I/we might have previously ruled out). Sending so many good thoughts your way too, as you navigate the unknown -- it is definitely an era of profound change, and I am grateful for the ways I'm so much more observant when in the in-between state. So grateful for your friendship too, and wishing you delightful serendipitous opportunities in the year ahead too!! ❤️
This resonated so deeply, Jenny. Thank you, as always, for your thoughtful and candid reflections - they have been a constant companion over a rollercoaster year.
Thank you Jess!! It truly makes the whole project worth it to know that any of these posts have brought you comfort in a rollercoaster year. Here's hoping things settle a little in 2025 or we somehow rise to the "new normal" of the big coaster and feel a little less nauseous!! 🤪 Wishing you, Dave, and Shilo the happiest holidays and start to the new year!!