What expectations do you have for yourself as you plan celebrations? A large party for every birthday? Made from scratch cake or Pinterest-worthy theme decorations? Spending a fortune? (You’re getting a window into my heart 5 years ago!) How can presence over perfection in these areas help you to enjoy the celebrations we are blessed with each year? These are the ways that I have shifted my approach with a steep learning curve.
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I am thrilled to be 40 just as all 3 of my children head off to the same school (I’m gonna enjoy those 2 years!). I shared on Instagram how there is this sense in this stage of life of shedding years of self doubt and self criticism and perfectionism and leaning into who God made me to be. So freeing.
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I’m turning 40 this month and shared in my recent newsletter many of the ways I’m choosing joy in this season of life, by loving others and loving myself, raising kiddos, leaning into the waves that ebb and flow and just owning my imperfections. Would love to hear anything different on your list.
Celebrate all the things!
Create - seriously, Picasso said it. We are all artists. make art, make cake, make music...
walk in the woods - "it is a great art to saunter." - Thoreau