I’m getting a pedicure (typing on my phone because I’m an absolute outsider in the salon), pampering my feet before they carry me and a backpack almost 500 miles across Spain for the next several weeks. A dream I’ve put on the back burner for 5ish years. One day I’ll have clearer words for how I feel, but lately I’ve been finding that ‘hurry’ might have me trying to put out fires that would be better off burning. Like all the rushing around gives me the illusion that I’m moving faster and achieving more, when I’ve really been driving in circles. That maybe “making things happen” isn’t nearly as brave as having the courage to respond to whatever life is presenting, and work with it—adopting the pace of grace.
Our ‘busy’ culture & social media perpetuates a false sense of fulfillment, connection, and productivity—but the rhythms of nature teach us time and time again that the slow, steady, unhurried way is actually the more fruitful and sustainable one. Vitality will find us living at an engaged, peaceful, life-giving pace amidst a driven, burnt out society. If love is patient, lust is hurry; we have to stop acting like machines, intentionally slow down, and be present to our lives to start valuing a slow orientation and devaluing a fast one. We have to get off the hamster wheel of comparison, and come back to our own truths, opting for patience and rest as resistance.
“If busy is your drug, rest will feel like stress.”
I’m walking the Camino with the intention to do just that—slow down, reflect, practice deep presence, and simplify. Travel isn’t a reward, it’s an invaluable education, and I’m ready to learn. To use the quiet, walk with my spirit in unhurried solitude, and hear its guidance…as opposed to speeding ahead with desire, leaving it in the dust, and entirely missing the chance to listen. To come back to my center, experience how uncomplicated life can be, open my heart to new people & cultures, and practice a more aligned way of being. To unplug and lean into life, gaining clarity and uncovering a personal definition of fulfillment & success while I walk my unique path towards the next big beginning. A mental, physical, and spiritual challenge, all for the greater good.
Remember that the life you were made for is the life you actually want. Try slow, reflect, make it one you’re proud of.
Wishing you all the love, joy, and peace in the world.
xoxo, be back soon
🧡🩷💜 yes