Let’s talk about the “in between” time from Christmas to New Year to even January 6th. It’s a time of non-productivity that can be uncomfortable. You don’t get sooooo much accomplished. You miss your workouts. You miss your deadlines, literally and figuratively. You miss your creative projects, your meditations, your healthy meals, your good night’s sleep. And that feels weird.
Everything shifts as we move through the holidays. We’re forced to live in the spaces in between. It’s challenging for anyone who likes routine and feeling they’re moving forward every day with something to work on, something to focus on, a space to plan a creative outlet like creating a story and making it marvelous.
Perhaps you’ve had that experience too?
“Each inhale is a birth, each exhale a death,” says Thich Nhat Hanh. I add, “we live in the spaces in between”. So here I sit as the sun is just peeking over the horizon wishing I were working on Eco Woman’s next big adventure. But I’m in the space in between so I’ll feel the discomfort and let it go. Sit with coffee in the morning and journal, or doodle or simply be with the warm cup in my hand and notice. I’ll notice and trust the process. It’s my only way out of that unnerving feeling that there’s nothing left to do. I’ll trust that I’ll sell a load of books, that I’ll market it well, that my retreat will sell out and I will get the chance to move into my next project: Eco Woman 3. I’ll trust I’ll take the right steps after this in between time and I’ll let myself enjoy it knowing that the in-between times are more worthwhile than you think. Let them guide you to noticing where to go next.
And look for my books, Eco Woman: Transformation and Initiation on Amazon.
Save the date for my Yoga and Writing Retreat at Tribal Tulum, March 13 to 18.
Join me for Yin Yoga here Sundays at 10am and other classes as I announce them on instagram.
And finally, keep Christmas going in your life like the Whos down in Who-ville, singing, holding hands, loving and caring for each other for the whole year regardless what comes down the chimney into those spaces in between. Let yourself live there.