Happy Friday EVE, pretty people!!

Today, I am home.

I didn’t plan on being home today, but Covid has finally hit the O’Dea household and my youngest (age 12) woke up with a pretty high fever.

We don’t goof around with fevers in our house after having experienced a febrile seizure with her sister.

SO — I am home, monitoring, and administering medication around the clock.

If you’ve been with me for a while, and if you are a regular listener to the Slow Living podcast, you’ll know that —

I went back to work in the fall of 2018 after being home for over 12 years. It was time — and I’m really good at my job (I’m a school site secretary at a local elementary school)

but I love having the summers off.

and even though I’ve got a sick kid right now, I like having random days off here and there too.

ESPECIALLY since I still get PAID!!

I like doing my own thing, gardening when I feel like it, taking Sheldon for walks whenever it feels good, napping in the afternoons, folding laundry at a snail’s pace while I watch sappy Hallmark movies….

all of that. It’s completely hedonistic. And I love it.

BUT.

(there’s always a but, isn’t there?)

because I’m human, I feel guilty about all of this lollygagging time.

Shouldn’t I be writing more, producing more, creating more, decluttering more, weeding more, reaching out to longlost relatives more?

and the answer is NO. I am exactly where I need to be. And so are you.

My favorite part about writing and speaking and coaching and teaching about All Things Slow Living is that I get to talk to myself.

(and noone thinks I’m weird or wants to institutionalize me…. )

#kindofsortof

But I needed this break. And you probably needed whatever break you took — or need the break you’re currently on— even if a piece of your brain was/is beating you up about it.

If we are lucky, life is long.

I truly want you to enjoy and cherish and soak in every bitty bit of it.

I have moved to a waiting list with my one-on-one coaching. 

If you think you’d like to learn more about how I coach and how I can help you move forward with your goals and your life planning, you can read all about it, here:
https://stephanieodea.com/coaching/

and if you’d like to be added to the waiting list — email me. We can work around eachother’s schedules and figure it all out. Together.

In this past month or so, I’ve had the extreme pleasure of talking with 3 different women, from 3 different decades of life: 30s, 40s, and 50s.

and they ALL had this same limiting belief:
“I’m not doing enough”

but you are.

Sure, there are tweaks and some fine-tuning — but if you are feeling run down and worn out and “at your wit’s end” — then you DO NOT need to add another plate to your stack.

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