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Jan 29 โ€ข ๐Ÿ“ Chat
WHY DO WE CHASE WHAT DOESNโ€™T DEFINE US?
๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐ˆ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ž: ๐ˆ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐š.
So, I listened.
The weather here, while cold, has been super nice and sunny, so we jumped into the car and drove to the beach.
5 min drive from our place.
๐๐ˆ๐๐‚๐‡ ๐Œ๐„โ€ฆ
The salty breeze wrapped around me like a long-lost friend, the waves reminding me to exhale.
As I was walking, picking up shells and little pebbles and listening to the Salish Sea, I finally exhaled fullyโ€ฆ
It was a moment of stillness amidst weeks of overworking, overcommitting, and pushing myself past the edge.
You see, for someone who preaches โ€œfill your cup first,โ€ Iโ€™d forgotten to practice what I teach.
Not to prove I was โ€œgood enough.โ€
But to sustain my own pace.
To compete with myself.
Iโ€™ve always been like thatโ€ฆ
But hereโ€™s the thing about energy:
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ.
Chasing whatever weโ€™re chasing isnโ€™t the problem.
Itโ€™s the meaning we give it.
Itโ€™s the energetic weight of chasing something that, deep down, doesnโ€™t mean anythingโ€ฆ
and doesnโ€™t define us.
So as I stood on the shore, I made a choice:
To clear the attachment.
To see my goal for what it was.
Just a desire.
If I get it, great.
If I donโ€™t, it says nothing about me.
Because energy flows when weโ€™re unattached.
The more we let go of the โ€œproving,โ€ the more space we create for what truly matters:
๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ. ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ. ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž.
This is my invitation to you to reflect:
Where in your life have you been holding on too tightly?
What could shift if you cleared the attachment and let it flow?
Let the sea breeze be your reminder to exhale, release, and make space.
I needed to learn that lesson again.
๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ .
๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก.
Thatโ€™s the reminder I needed.
And now Iโ€™m reminding you too:
โ€œ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ญ.โ€ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐€๐‘๐„ ๐„๐๐Ž๐”๐†๐‡.
๐Ÿ† Level told me to: Get vulnerable, get wild
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Katya McEwen
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