Thank you as always, Ryan. Your post landed just when I needed it. Having recently moved house to a place with a garden, which I always dreamed of, I now find myself cursing that I have to mow the lawn and spend money on plants and plant them etc etc 😂. I did not expect that a different house would affect my contentment, things need mai…
Thank you as always, Ryan. Your post landed just when I needed it. Having recently moved house to a place with a garden, which I always dreamed of, I now find myself cursing that I have to mow the lawn and spend money on plants and plant them etc etc 😂. I did not expect that a different house would affect my contentment, things need maintenance and I wonder at the human design, why do 'we need' so much at all. Expectations in relationships, career goals, hair, skincare, yoga! It's all too much sometimes. I'm laughing as I write this but you have given me pause to look out the window and see the expansive sky and take a breath. It's sitting outside in the sun for morning coffee, being able to hold space for my son, have supportive chats with friends and breathe, breathe, breathe. Therein lies the gold 🙏
I love how you can hold the pain of disillusionment lightly and even laugh at the absurdity of our collective expectations without forgetting what really matters. Like you said, you know where the gold lies. Thank you for reading and commenting.
Also, I spend ten times as much time maintaining my yard as relishing it. I guess joy is found in the maintenance.
Thank you as always, Ryan. Your post landed just when I needed it. Having recently moved house to a place with a garden, which I always dreamed of, I now find myself cursing that I have to mow the lawn and spend money on plants and plant them etc etc 😂. I did not expect that a different house would affect my contentment, things need maintenance and I wonder at the human design, why do 'we need' so much at all. Expectations in relationships, career goals, hair, skincare, yoga! It's all too much sometimes. I'm laughing as I write this but you have given me pause to look out the window and see the expansive sky and take a breath. It's sitting outside in the sun for morning coffee, being able to hold space for my son, have supportive chats with friends and breathe, breathe, breathe. Therein lies the gold 🙏
I love how you can hold the pain of disillusionment lightly and even laugh at the absurdity of our collective expectations without forgetting what really matters. Like you said, you know where the gold lies. Thank you for reading and commenting.
Also, I spend ten times as much time maintaining my yard as relishing it. I guess joy is found in the maintenance.