"Just hang in there!"...
On maintaining my cool, my mental & emotional health while dealing with storms and lightning
Hi there!
In this week's letter, I’ll tell you about…
✍️ Where I’ve been during Summer Season 2023
📝 and have access to a new free printable journaling page named “Hang in There”
📖 The Story
It has been a while since my last post, but there were good reasons.
But first I feel like I need to say this: I need to be more mindful & careful when declaring my feelings regarding people, weather, seasons, and anything alike because ohhh boy, this Summer has put me upside down! If you want to know what I’m referring to, read my previous post here.
I always say “Be careful with the words you choose…words have powers” and I do my best to apply this to myself.
And so I was enjoying myself as we just had entered the Summer Season and thought I needed to deal with a “few things” - something to do with annual exams…- & to sort of close the chapter and hopefully close the book entirely by adding “The end”, as I felt, I was on the last page… Finally!
But “these things” had apparently other plans and in a split second sh*t hit the fan! Just like that! No warning, not “hello”, no “Excuse me, I need to bother you for a sec”. No nothing. They were here and needed to be dealt with, and I found myself hanging at the darn page, with no words, barely breathing, and not knowing if I’d be able to finally close the book or whether I needed to start a new chapter.
When being in this type of situation the first thing that comes to mind is being hanged like The Hanged Man in the Tarot, which asks me to put everything on hold for a period of time and accept that I’ve been put on a ‘pause mode’ until further notice.
This is not a pleasant place to be.. or to hang… stuck, paralyzed in The Unknown with uncertainty, fear, and doubt.
“Just breathe” became my mantra.
The thing is, I was quite enjoying myself this Summer for the first time in ages! I was going up in my recovery journey and felt super inspired for new projects and the near future.
But that’s life, we can try to control it the best way we can - which often does work, for a while at least - but life is full of uncertainties and surprises and doesn’t consider your intentions, dreams, plans, or hey! even your life. Not because she’s a b*tch who hates your gut or doesn’t care about you but because things happen, life happens. And it isn’t personal.
I understood then & again I had - and always have - two options:
I take it personally and become bitter
I transform it into something sweeter for me personally
So, after a (small) tantrum, I chose option #2 and waited/hung in this space with a lot of self-compassion, patience and just breathing as I went through the (e)motion - which included i.a. a lot of hospital appointments, exams, scans, and two biopsies with one being under general anesthesia 😱.
This period gave me some inspiration and ideas and one of those was to create a free journaling page about being pushed into a pause mode.
If you are feeling like you’re stuck or hanging from somewhere, you can use this page to journal about your experience, situations, and emotions. Journaling is a great tool for understanding your emotions and viewing the situation from above and thus from another perspective.
📝 Hanging in There Journaling Page
If you love journaling, specifically intentional journaling, then please feel free to grab this free printable journaling page!
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Today, I can finally say the storm has passed and I’m glad I’m back healthy and well.
I hope your Summer - Winter for those down under - has been nothing like mine and you’re still enjoying the magic of this season.
Ps: 🙏🏻 Feel free to click on the ❤️ button on this post so more people can discover it on Substack! 😍
🖊️ Tell me what you think or your experience with this Summer Season in the comment!
Warm hugs,
Vane