The Art of the Midyear Quit

What needs to be laid down so you can actually carry the work that is yours to do?

the pollen is heavy this year.

every evening on my walk with the dogs, I think: “we could really use a little rain”.
just enough to clear the air and help things breathe again.

i’m writing this now as a thunderstorm rolls in - like some invisible tension has finally broken.
and i can’t help but wonder, what else is waiting to break open?

it’s july, and i’ve finally hit that midyear hum-
somewhere between too much and not enough.
not quite burned out. not quite inspired.
just aware that somethings, off and i’ve been too busy to name it.

i could write about goals or progress,
but honestly, i’m more interested in what i might be ready to stop doing.

the expectations i’ve been carrying.
the pressure i put on myself.

earlier this summer i went home. and somewhere in that familiar quiet, i remembered: i want to change the world.

but, i can’t do that if i’m drowning in my own urgency.
if i’m chasing someone else’s definition of success.

so-
what needs to be laid down so I can actually carry the work that is mine to do?

i don’t have a tidy answer. but, i know what it feels like to stop holding what was never mine. when i make enough space for something real to return.

What are you ready to lay down this season?

xx Jen