You can't do it all

You can't do it all.

✨✨ But you can hold space for it all and see what happens ✨✨

This has been a mental space I’ve had to step into, hugely, recently!

I’ve been spinning an incredible number of plates - not just my daily ‘duties’ (yep, kids DO need feeding and collecting from places, funnily enough) - but also the more EXCITING stuff has really been ramping up recently.

Not that my kids aren’t exciting (that’s sometimes the word I use!), but because there are other things I love to do which also light me up, bring me joy and keep me balanced when they’re being the slightly more challenging kind of exciting!

And more exciting stuff has been happening, partly because I’ve been on a big creative drive in my business life, and partly because I’ve taken to saying yes to myself and taking opportunities that come up much more, rather than trying to keep life calm and controlled.

I know. Be careful what you wish for…

But it’s been doable, I’m feeling energised - and despite just having launched my first official Better Brain Company masterclass and handled all the promo that goes along with THAT - I’ve not collapsed in a heap (which is what launches have tended to do to me historically!).

Yes there have been times when I’ve recognised my thoughts starting to turn towards ‘There’s too much going on, it all feels a bit much…’ - but rather than that taking a downward turn and heading into ‘I can’t cope!!! I feel suffocated!!’ territory (which used to be my default setting, every time), I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how much I CAN hold space for without it sending me over the edge.

And I think remembering these 3 truths has really, really helped:

1. Not everything is all or nothing (most things aren't)

2. Not everything is now or never (most things aren't)

3. Not everything is succeed or fail (most things aren't)

In other words, it’s ok to keep things up in the air and let them just hang there, harmlessly, without needing to control them all.

Just because there’s a lot of ‘stuff’ hanging around up there - we don’t have to be the prop that supports it all. It can support itself just fine, until we’re ready to reach up and deal with it.

And when you stop placing invisible assumptions and barriers around what's allowed and available to you, what you can and can't do and when it all has to happen - when you stop closing it down by trying to control it all - then possibility opens up.

Possibilities that help you find more space.

Find a way.

And allow the way to find you.

🖋️✨ What if it was ok just to hold that space and put one foot in front of the other, without having to have all the answers right now?

How might that change things for you? 💛