Thoughts about my empty nest...

As with anything life seems to run in cycles around here. One week I am all about business, the next I am laser focused on the garden, then you throw in some travel and I am completely derailed depending on the destination. I was discussing it with my husband this morning how I kinda miss the rhythm of school and summer to keep me focused and on task. The kids schedules would help me direct my time and attention in bite size pieces daily but also over the seasons, my mind knew when it was time to take a break and focus on my family and when I had to wrap up everything I was doing with my clients to get the kids from school and activities. The freedom of empty nesting can be daunting, I think that fear is what threw us into our need to make a major life change and purchase a second home, renovate it and then move across the country. All of the travel back and forth, along with the project management kept our minds busy and days full, then the new rhythm of traveling to and from each house with the seasons gave us a new type of schedule. Now that we have been settled here for just a year I am feeling unfocused and maybe a little adrift. Too much time on my hands without a schedule can slow down my productivity instead of increase it. There is always a list of things to complete but it never seems to be shrinking no matter how much I do. Because of that I have dipped into a system that runs a little on chaos and whim. Which I am sure you can see by my sporadic posting here and if you follow me on Instagram. Anybody else feeling this? Any advice on getting back on track to feel like things are getting accomplished?

So based on all of that rambling I am trying to set myself up to do more of this and to try and be more consistent. Also- here’s a pretty picture from our trip to England last week, because I like them to be a part of everything.

xoxo

Christina