Coffee Check-In: Creating Space

Well - wow. Thanks to everyone who read and supported the first Coffee Check-In! I really enjoyed and appreciated all the messages, texts, and comments around it yesterday. And I think that's something I honestly am not exactly used to in my professional career, but I'm really working on embracing it. I'm incredibly grateful for it because it's helping me gain confidence in the work I'm doing and want to do. So again - thank y'all!

I woke up this morning thinking about all the things I could discuss in this morning's check-in, and I started to worry that these wouldn't be enough for my ADHD thoughts. But perspective is a beautiful tool. The goal of these isn't to talk about everything on my mind - we'd be here all day! The goal is to talk about what's on my mind, and the loudest thing that's just pushing everything else aside. Addressing it, working with it, and being able to move forward. And moving forward doesn't exactly mean "being productive." Sometimes addressing something means acknowledging it's there, but more time and space are needed, so setting it aside. Which could be considered productive, depending on your perspective ;)

So there are a few things I'm really excited about right now and for today:

1. SUNSHINE and nice weather! Y'all, it was 62 on my walk this morning - it's been at least a month and a half since it was that cool.

2. Acceptance. Chris and I finally finished the Chris Hemsworth "Limitless" series on Disney+ and HOLY SHIT.

3. Creating Space. This is a nice combo of the first two, so let's dive right in.

I'm a Florida gal, born and raised. I love the sun. Humidity not so much, but I THRIVE on sunshine. I love wearing fun, bright colors and make sure to when it's gray and rainy so my mood doesn't match the weather. Welp, it's been quite a rainy May here for us in the Florida Panhandle, which has been not so great with Mando's storm anxiety, and dealing with my first month of being laid off. So last night, seeing the orange, pink, and purple watercolor sky as the sunset was much needed. And this morning's walk was absolutely gorgeous between the cool temps, low humidity, and blue skies! It's been WEEKS since I've seen this much blue sky!

So I'm taking the time to enjoy it today!

This is a perfect little transition into me and hubs watching the last episode of the "Limitless" series, 'Acceptance.' Again - HOLY SHIT. The two of us were in tears watching Hemsworth address growing old and his own mortality. We also laughed a ton, and I mean good, deep belly laughs. Particularly at the end when they addressed 'Sunset Pines: Where We Live Everyday to the Fullest.' If you know, you know. If you don't know, watch the series, especially the last episode, obviously. While I'm not precisely addressing my mortality, watching that episode, having gone through the layoff, and feeling empowered to try new things in my career and life, it felt like the world was telling me, "Yes, you can do this. You should do this. You NEED to do this." All the fantastic and complex conversations that hubs and I have had over the last few weeks have felt even more amazing after soaking in that episode. And we chatted briefly this morning about what we could say we ultimately took away from it, and while yes, acceptance is huge, we both agreed that Creating Space is what really spoke to us.

So that's what I'll be focusing on today.

Creating Space for me to enjoy the amazing weather outside.

Creating Space to enjoy getting to work on the awesome adventures hubs and I are building.

Creating Space to be grateful to work with my husband in the comfort of our home.

Creating Space to not only be grateful for all the support during this time but to really embrace it and appreciate all y'all who have helped me on this journey so far.

Creating Space to live today to the fullest.

Coffee's this morning are surprisingly similar! Hubs went on an early morning run with a friend so technically this is his second cup of coffee, which is why he opted for the Decaf Fortado that I am also enjoying. However, he added a little bit of that Brown Sugar Creamer to his coffee this morning, where as I omit it. Too sweet for me!