Good morning from Greenwich, Connecticut. Yes, you heard that right. I came back to the East coast to touch base, take care of some personal business, and to completely let my hair down. It’s funny – I was so looking forward to having all this time to get so much done, but given the housekeepers were coming where I’m staying, my morning time was interrupted. I brought everything with me to go to the library to get things done but once I left the house I lost my mojo. So, I decided to follow my own advice to leave myself alone and go with plan B.

Plan B was to enjoy the sunshine, to take myself out to lunch and simply to allow myself some time and space to think about what I’ve learned and noticed so far. Week 8 of 5 months starts on Monday and I thought I’d share some of the things that came up for me. I think I’d start with the importance of tuning into what I feel and what I’m desiring, and to tune out the shoulds, the coulds and the fear of not having a good story to tell.That is something I struggle with a lot. I feel like I have, to have something interesting and fun to say about what I’m doing. Sometimes that’s an impetus to push myself and sometimes it’s simply a burden. This is a personal process and a personal journey, and I don’t have to report to anyone yet oftentimes, if I’m honest, I have that feeling that I won’t have anything interesting and fun to share.

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