unhaunted

The solstice is upon us and we are halfway through this year. It looks nothing like I thought it would.

When I set my visions and cast my spells for this year, my mind (as it always does because I have a plethora of planets in the 10th house of vocation, career, and purpose) went to how I want to work on and show up in my business. I don’t necessarily love that that is where my brain always goes. Sometimes I wish I considered more my relationships, health, recreation and travel, all the other aspects of life. But alas, this appears to be my work in this lifetime.

What I thought this year would look like:

❋ A new market display, complete with cozy handmade backdrop.
❋ A website refresh. New template, new colors, lifestyle photos.
❋ A robust market schedule and regular online collection releases.

What this year has actually looked like:

❋ Morning walks to and from the gym (yes, the gym, complete with gym bros and high fives).
❋ Daily swims and sunsoaks by the pool.
❋ Nutritious meals and breaking old patterns.
❋ Coffee dates with friends. Lunch with friends. Field trips with friends. Card nights with friends.
❋ The sweetest little black kitten in the whole wide world.
❋ Sewing. Mostly in the form of cropping every top I own.

So while my mind may have gone to business as I visioned this year, turns out what the universe had in store for me is a lot more life. What a beautiful thing.

And honestly I’m proud of myself for leaning into what’s been coming through, following these nudges from the universe, instead of rigidly clinging to my own little plots and plans. This is growth for me.

To be ok that none of the goals I set for myself have been reached. To trust that I am being guided to what is more important. To feel deeply that I’m right where I’m meant to be, doing what I’m meant to do, unhaunted by those boxes that have yet to be checked.