what is life-giving for me

and what is not life-giving for me.

let’s end with what’s great, so we’ll start with what’s not so great.

what is not life-giving for me:
being performative to earn love
attempting to meet others’ expectations
doing more than one thing at a time
hearing the song that i use as my phone alarm on the loudspeakers while trying to figure out the proper measurements for fabric at michael’s
spending more than 15 minutes on instagram each day
having to babysit adults and make numerous phone calls following up
being a robot
having our power turned off

what is life-giving for me:
Swan
keeping track of all of the things that i am grateful for (in the moment)
having gentleness + tenderness for myself
photographing every little thing (especially reflections)
and seeing the magic appear before my very own eyes as i click the shutter
editing my own photos
having my nails always painted for $44 a year
listening to really, really good music
jotting down all of the things that God puts on my heart
pouring my heart out to my girl
my hilarious husband making me laugh all the live long day