It's okay not to solve your entire life before breakfast.

There are mornings when I wake and the air already feels heavy. Before I’ve opened my eyes, before I’ve had my morning coffee, before I have looked at social media. Before the sun comes up. I can feel it….fear, worry, uncertainty. It often arrives quietly. It tells me I’m not doing enough. It tells me I should be further along in this life. It reminds me that others are ‘better’. It reminds me of global events. It reminds me of everything I can’t control. The news. The future. The deadlines. The what ifs. I sit with my coffee and try to let it go. But fear doesn’t like to be ignored; it lingers. It’s wired into us, after all. It’s a built-in warning system, trying to keep us safe. Sometimes, it convinces us we’re not capable. That the ground is shifting beneath us and things aren’t certain. And on those days, I have to gently remind myself: it’s okay to not have the answers. It’s okay to not know how everything is going to work out. It’s okay not to understand. It’s okay to let some things go. We weren’t built to carry everything at once. We’re allowed to put things down. We’re allowed to say no. We are allowed to let go of everything we can’t control....

Words from my book 'wild self-love'