I haven’t written much since summer started. I’ve been working, and relaxing, visiting friends, and family, and generally trying to find joy. The most important lesson I’ve learned recently, is that there is healing in joy. “Productive” is a relative term. I don’t have to be working to be productive. In fact, I feel that I’ve been very productive this summer, but not in many ways I can show externally. There is something incredibly special about rekindling your inner passions, and I think I’ve spent most of the summer trying to heal the parts of myself I’d been neglecting.
I have been writing on and off. I’ve even started (and finished) some sewing projects. There isn’t really a time limit on life, so whether I finish something right now, or give myself permission to take my time on something, what really matters is how I feel at the end of it. I’ve been camping, and fishing. I picked 6lbs of blueberries with my family, and I’ve driven in the middle of the night to go star gazing. By letting myself experience life, and giving myself permission to rest when I’m tired, I think I’ve been more productive, honestly.
I’ll leave you with this photo I captured of my father and my daughter fishing on the lake. Mother nature is so beautiful, and I know I’m privileged to share it with such special people.
~ Ali Kat
Tempest in a Teacup 