'Tis the season to get grumpy
🎵 Tools for feeling low and bouncing back 🎶
Hallo dearest ones,
Right now, I’m madly finishing the work year up. I have about 22 things still on my to-do list. Ben is slashing our paddocks - he tells me this needs to be done now because ‘weeds and seeds and spreading’. Despite me instructing our teens and almost-teen to not interrupt me unless they’re bleeding or the house is on fire, they have waltzed into my office nine times in two hours … no, wait, make that ten.
For fuck’s sake, people. The tree is up. It smells great. The lights are twinkling. At least half the shopping is done. The Christmas Day salad and dessert recipes have been chosen. The kids are on holidays. It’s summer. Why am I in Grump Land?
I’m sensing that I’m not the only one wandering around looking surly and feeling done like a dinner … am I right? Do share in the comments below.
So here’s what I’m doing today, for the lovely inner circle of sparky alchemists (i.e., paid subscribers - bless you and thank you) here on Substack. For those of us who are feeling less than sparky at present, I’ve listed a raft of tools that help me find my centre when I’ve wandered down a craggy track made by mountain trolls, evil sprites and ‘bah humbug’ Christmas stressors. I’m hoping it’ll help us re-find our groove and come back to peace. And if it doesn’t, I have a guided meditation designed just for this group.
Shall we?