celebrate this. 10/1/23

Happy good tidings to you 💜

What’s been going on in your life this past week?

Mine’s been packed full of big things from EMDR to skating to general growth and emotional processing. Very rollercoaster-like 🎢

And what I’d like to celebrate this week is something small with BIG implications (and short).

I was “doing” my hair Saturday morning — I put this in quotes because I don’t really have much of a process or get that into it — and it occurred to me that I almost always ask myself if it looks good. But what does that mean and where did I learn it?

❓ Good questions.

And I think the answers to both of them lies in the external learnings of what I’ve been taught to look like or what “done” hair should look like.

But this isn’t the best question, right? Because I don’t do my hair like that. I’m essentially setting myself up for failure by asking that question.

And I thought, what if I ask myself if I like it?

That’s a whole different vibe ✨

Because I like my hair kind of messy — it guarantees that I don’t have to keep fixing it as much later in the day as I live and interact with the world — but it certainly doesn’t meet the usual standard I’ve learned.

And I don’t give a fuck 👏

So asking myself if I like it is the RIGHT question. The one that counts. The one that is most important. AND the one that makes my inner child giggle with glee.

And that’s celebration-worthy 🎉

And now (as you know) it’s your turn. What’s one thing you want to celebrate this week?

Share it forward in an email or comment so we can bask in your glow 💌

🪄 May this week bring you the same vibes that your favorite smell does ✨

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