Processing our world right now is unique to each of us.

After six weeks of riding the uncertainty emotional roller coaster, on Easter Monday morning I shed the weight of worry and whining and loving shook myself awake.

I have an opportunity every day to work within the boundaries of the situation. And if there is anything creatives love, it's a box! The tighter the box, the more creative we can get.

While on a morning walk, I found clarity on what I missed about the world before… and then I got to thinking about what I don’t.

I thought this was it, a great way to process, but then the crazy realization that there are things about the current hibernating world that I love.

Using the butterfly metaphor seemed a perfect way to explain how our human race is currently the caterpillar pushing against the pandemic cocoon of our home sanctuaries. And you know what that means! We can come out of this as an amazing butterfly - flying like we couldn’t before.

I have 4 questions I'd like you to consider:

1. What do I miss about the old normal?

2. What are the normalized ideologies, expectations, and material things that I don’t miss at all?

3. What have I learned or realized from this hibernation that do I love?

4. How things operate in society is going to alter, so what else can we change without the weight of the mantra, “Well that is how we have always done it.” in your way?

All this talk and the music of Erasure's song “Love to Hate You” in my earbuds have me dancing as I create today's INKed Letter reader treat! 

Download my customized List It Do It worksheet and process where you are both physically, mentally and emotionally and at the end, find your own inner power for change!

Dance while you download!

If you are interested, I took the time to fill out my own “Love to Hate You” list and I wonder if we are on the same page.

In summary I can honestly say that:

• I miss people, connecting with them in real in person ways.

• I don’t miss the hustle and bustle of the North American busy social expectations and norms.

• I love enjoying what I do have. Content with enough.

• I see changes that need to happen should focus on people and the health of the world we live in over power and making a quick buck.

With all this said, I’ll be keeping these ideas in mind as I work on pivoting my design business as well as what impact and who I connect with for my planners.

So with all of that, if you would like to chat about your own situation and where you would like to see your business and planning take you? Please don’t hesitate to book a Face Chat with me.