On simplicity, personal

I have been committed to living an un-busy life for few years now. It feels good, I like the space it creates.

I don’t want to be admired for how much I get done, how brave I am, how much I sacrifice, talk about how busy I am. How unfashionable of me, how lazy, how selfish.

I want to be able to give from overflow, not by going into debt. It goes for my precious and limited time, energy, care. I need to have it to give it.

I am raising my standards: I want to sleep enough, rest when I am tired, day dream, walk in nature with my big baby dog, have time and patience to listen to my annoyed teenager or husband without snapping.

I want to work with clients who feel like old friends from the first connection call, on projects that excite me and feel like playtime. I want to experience the flow and magic being channeled through my photography.

I want to have meaningful conversations, take short trips to new places, walk instead of “getting my steps”. I want my little red car to be clean most of the time, our little house to be clutter free, cosy and peaceful, our food to be whole, simple and organic where possible. I want my wardrobe to be curated and filled with only my favourite pieces in natural fabrics- thrifted cashmere and merino wool jumpers in soft autumn colour palette, silk skirts and divinely comfortable barefoot shoes.

I want to drink my morning black coffee without rushing and burning my tongue and shouting at my children to PLEASE HURRY UP.

I love shocking Aldi store assistant when he asks “how are you” and I answer: I’m amazing!. He asks through a suspicious smile: really? Like I’m being ironic, but I am truly amazing.

Life is not without 5hitty bits: the oven keeps blowing a fuse, the dog has cut her paw deeply in the woods and needs stitches, there is roadworks all over my town and my autistic 10 year old still doesn’t write or read. But I have created a space to process it, spend a minute on little things I am grateful for, rest enough that I don’t exist in the fight and flight mode.

I seem to move naturally towards SIMPLICITY in every aspect of my life, including my business, and my nervous system is loving me for it.