Kate's Five Things #70
Fragments from the void
Catching Up
I'm in a period of deep recalibration, and the usual Five Things format doesn't fit what's true right now. We’re going to roll with it. Here's what I'm working with…
One thing I’d recommend:
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion. Delightful, light, not without depth. A welcome respite.
One thing I’m noticing in my home:
How much I fight with it. I feel good when it’s clean, bad when it’s in progress—laundry undone, dishes in the sink. I’ve gone to bed with my house spotless and felt at peace. I’ve gone to bed with my house spotless and felt resentment to the brink. There’s a difference. The practice is learning which is control and which is support. It requires flexibility.
One thing that’s inspired me:
My daughter found a sock she’d filled with pennies and nickles at age five. “Mom, I think I’m going to be a very wealthy woman!!” My response came first in the voice women inherit—wanting wealth is unbecoming, greedy, wrong—and so I said nothing. She’s what we all were before we were told how to behave. I met her enthusiasm with a smile and kissed her head.
One thing I’ve tried:
This journaling practice. The paradox of our digital lives: recording everything, remembering nothing. The practice is simple: Don’t try to capture everything, lead with what comes up, let the narrative unfold slowly. Assigning meaning flattens and controls. Lived wisdom unfurls and illuminates what was previously unknown.
One question to answer:
What would you do if you trusted your own timeline?
Stepping offline allowed me the space grapple with my attachments to how life and the world “should” be. Something settled and clarified— and it is showing me a new way forward: how to remain whole and present in times of chaos and change. Then, this newsletter landed in my inbox yesterday and it rang like a bell.
And in case you missed it…
Catch up on last week’s House Call post, “What going dark brought to light.”
I’m happy you are here.
kate
