I'm Stuck
Ever feel like you are in a rut? Stuck? On a hamster wheel that you just can’t get off? I have and it lasted for decades. And just like that… I needed another life.
When Sh*t Hits the Fan
Ok. So maybe it wasn’t “just like that” in a day or anything, but sometimes it does feel like it was that sudden. About a year ago, I was spinning my wheels trying to get all my business online and bundled perfectly into the ideal time slots but things just weren’t going smoothly. I’d been working on this since the pandemic started. I’d been waiting my whole life to go to France but things just never lined up perfectly. Then my mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer and it was getting worse – much worse. I knew she was dying and I had to go see her one last time.
It'll NEVER Be Perfect
Everything was far from perfect. But when I returned from seeing my mom for what I knew would be the last time, something just snapped and I just couldn’t wait around anymore for things to “line up perfectly”. I started planning AirBnBs and booking flights. I was about to undertake my first 6 months as a digital nomad. I was apprehensive and nervous. I couldn’t believe I was actually doing this. So much was happening back home. I said my goodbyes to Mom and a little over a month after she passed away, I was off to Montréal.
This First Trip is Dedicated to You, Mom
People grieve in all different ways. I think this was my way of grieving. Some of Mom’s last words to me were, “I’ve lived my life… Go live yours.” My mom, who always wanted her children close by, gave me the green light to go to France. It felt like a good way to honor her by going there. Each place I went, I wrote a postcard to Mom.
Stop Waiting to Take the Leap
So much has happened in this year. It feels more like 5 years in one. Or maybe a decade… anyway… I reached a point where I just couldn’t wait anymore for things to line up perfectly or for the timing to be just right. Something in me just said “Go for it. Do it now. Don’t wait anymore.” I did a cannonball leap into the pool of life. It hasn’t been easy, but I didn’t drown. I had a feeling that it would all work out – and it did. Better than I ever could have planned. So now as I’m planning my next travels and growing my business, I need to remind myself to just leap and it will all work out. Really. It will. Thanks, Mom. I love you.
