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This week's hot topic π₯
This week we're talking about asking for more.
Hey Reader
I am going to be honest with you about what my life looks like right now. This is a lot, so buckle up.
I am moving house (in 3 days.) I'm working full time and I've got some insane deadlines coming up. I am running a business. And I have a 4,000 word neurobiology assignment due in two weeks. I haven't started writing it yet.
There is no version of this where I hold it all together on my own. And I stopped trying to about a week ago after bawling my eyes out in a voice note to my friend Kirsty.
THIS is what that actually looks like in practice π
My dad came round on Monday to help pack boxes. He also glued part of the side of the house back on when the wind blew it off. Real talk. My parents then went to Ada's sports day on Wednesday because we both had to be in the office. Dad then came back that afternoon to pick up Ada from school and take care of her whilst I made my way back early evening. I ordered them a deliveroo en route so that I didn't have to think about dinner. Mum's coming over again today to help me clean in between all the calls I have booked at work. My beloved Kirsty (mentioned above) is taking Ada to and from a party on Saturday to give us extra time to pack and sort the house.
It takes a village. And I am calling on mine.
Because I need help right now. So I asked for it.
I think somewhere along the way a lot of us absorbed the idea that needing support is a burden. That the goal is to be the person who manages, who copes, who never requires anything from anyone. And that belief is costing us more than we realise - not just energy, but the actual relationships that are there specifically for moments like this.
Asking for help is not weakness. It is one of the most regulated things you can do under pressure.
I am also meditating. Not perfectly, not for long, but consistently. Even ten minutes in the morning before the chaos starts gives my nervous system something to orient around. A small signal that not everything is urgent. That I am still here underneath all of it.
That is my toolkit right now. Meditation and a willingness to say I cannot do this alone.
Neither of them are complicated. Both of them are working.
If you are in a season of too much right now, I want you to consider that the most productive thing you can do might be to pick up the phone and ask someone to come and pack boxes.
You are not a burden. You are a human being in a hard stretch, and humans in hard stretches need other humans. Need more?
The Glow Zone app is free and it is where I share tools and conversations that go a layer deeper than the standard wellness content. Download it and start there.
Or if you are ready to stop doing this alone, book a free Pathfinder call with me. We will get to what is actually in the way, not just what is sitting on top of it.
With care, Aimee x
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