Week 14 – Make It Fun
These past few months have been so unexpectedly interesting. From revisiting what I eat, how I move, detoxing through saunas, and shocking the system with cold showers, what a fascinating ride the first quarter of this 52-week journey has been. I never expected to feel this alive again. Slowly but surely, I’m finding my spark. I’m enjoying life, really enjoying it, one moment at a time.
But the one thing that tested me this week? Stress.
By the end of the working week, I found myself frustrated and overwhelmed by things I couldn’t control. I promised myself I wouldn’t let stress run the show this year. And did I react differently on Friday? Yes… and no. I didn’t spiral or let it consume me like I might have in the past, but I did let it sit in my energy for longer than it needed to.
The truth is, we communicate through our nervous systems. If mine is dysregulated, it can throw off the people around me too. That’s why it’s so important to catch ourselves, and I did. I realised what I was taking on wasn’t mine to carry. This year is about growth, and I’ve grown more in the past three months than I have in years. I feel different. I think differently. I am different.
Originally, I had other plans for this week’s habit. But something hit me over the weekend. We take life way too seriously.
Everywhere we turn, there’s negativity. If you watch the news (I stopped years ago), it’s fear, unrest, and sensationalism. My motto? “If it’s important, it’ll find me.” We’re constantly bombarded with the highlight reels of others, fake filters, and pressure to want more, be more, buy more. But what actually makes me happy?
I’ve been reflecting on the simple things, The Saturday walks with my girls and the dogs, celebrating my mum’s 80th surrounded by family, social events, getting out in nature walking daily, even the shock of cold showers reminding me how alive I am. Each moment can either bring joy or drain us. There’s no neutral ground. It’s either lifting us up or pulling us down.
So this week’s focus is simple: MAKE. IT. FUN.
I don’t particularly like cooking, to many years in a commercial kitchen, it took my passion away. It’s time to make it fun again. Those emails that keep coming, its time to find a way to make them fun. Tough conversations, they need to happen. I add a little lightness, a little grace.
When we shift our energy, shift our thoughts we change our life.
Shifting perspective, shifting energy, and shifting mindset can ultimately shift your destiny.
It’s easy to get weighed down. But lately I have been asking myself: Will this matter in six months?
After going through my own health scares, and watching my mum and two close friends navigate life altering challenges, my perspective has changed. We carry so much, we all do. But what if instead of carrying more, we choose to lighten the load?
This week, and every week going forward, I’m choosing to make the challenges fun. To lighten up. To laugh more.
Because when we lighten our own load, we’re better able to lift each other up, and isn’t that what we’re all here to do?
So that’s the new mantra: Make it fun.
And if you’re reading this and you’ve been carrying a heavy load, maybe ask yourself:
How can I make this a little lighter? A little brighter?
You just might surprise yourself and have some fun in finding a new and easier path along your way.
