Mid-Year Check-In
Here we are — halfway through the year. And if I’m being real with you (and myself), this year so far? A complete shit show.
I’ve spent the last few months navigating some serious personal health concerns, and even more unexpectedly, I've been thrown into the messy, complicated, aching landscape of grief.
This emotional rollercoaster of year has been difficult to navigate; it has slowed me down. I've felt lost. I've felt heavy. I've felt disconnected from the things that once lit me up.
And that’s okay.
I’m learning — sometimes reluctantly — that it's okay to press pause. To stop striving and start listening. To stop pushing and start feeling. That even when everything around me seems to be moving, achieving, producing… I don’t have to. Not right now. Maybe not for a little while longer.
We live in a world that worships hustle and rewards constant momentum. But healing doesn’t follow a productivity schedule. Grief doesn’t honour your to-do list. And motivation doesn’t always show up just because you need it to.
So instead of pretending everything’s fine, I’m meeting myself where I am: somewhere between unraveling and rebuilding.
If you’re here too — in the fog, in the in-between, in the heart of a hard season — I see you. And I want you to know: you are not behind. You are not broken. You are becoming.
This mid-year check-in isn’t about setting new goals or pushing harder. It’s about reevaluating. Softening. Taking inventory of what’s actually serving me… and letting go of the rest. I’m practicing kindness — real kindness — toward myself. The kind that allows naps and tears and messy days.
If you’re also navigating a storm right now, here’s your permission slip to pause. To breathe. To stop trying to keep up with anyone else's timeline. You are allowed to start again — slowly, gently — as many times as it takes.
Here’s to the second half of the year — not with pressure, but with possibility. With softness. With grace.