Early last week I mentally crashed. It had been a week since coming back home, I was trying to manage jet lag, work and too many social events. It’s hard to come back and not do summer. And while I can really appreciate the fact that I have a job to worry about now, I also felt like I needed to rest. Unfortunately I’m only one, and something had to take a hit. The blog and social media were the first ones. I hate feeling so impotent towards this space – which I’ve come to love – but I wasn’t feeling inspired. I don’t just want to throw content at you, but for it to mean something. While I was also feeling overwhelmed, tired and lacking creativity. Which ultimately was creating the worst and most frustrating feelings.
I don’t just want to throw content out there.
I still managed to do Monday’s post but came the same night and it hit me, I haven’t done Tuesday’s post. Immediately panicked, while laying in bed reading a book. But then thought, I don’t just want to post because and, all of a sudden, it hit me again, I needed to stop. With no further notice, I didn’t worry a single day about posting here or on Instagram. Which felt crazy weird but amazingly liberating. I was just working in the mornings, enjoying my family and friends and going to the beach.
If you follow me on Snapchat, you’ve also noticed that I had an early surprise and came home with this. Me and M have been planning for a while to get a dog and found this one in a town near our home, here in Portugal. I was only supposed to pick him up this week but he came early and I couldn’t be more happy – nor tired. I promise to share an entire post about the experience! But meanwhile, we are so excited to have started our little family and I can’t wait for him to meet M next week.
I’m back to all our social channels, daily posts on the blog and a whole lot of freshness. I hope you’re having an amazing summer like I am and see you back here, tomorrow.