I have found myself in a place I didn’t think I would be in recently. Family life, career, etc., has felt different than I expected it to be. I initially thought this was bad. My (high) expectations on myself looked very different than I imagined in reality and somehow, I translated that as bad. Why? I think the ‘why’ is the valuable thing here to note. Why is it a problem to be somewhere you didn’t think you would be? Or for things to look different? Is that bad?

We spend so much time, energy, money and emotional capacity on trying to feel ‘enough’. Worthy of taking up space.

But does it work? Does it make a difference?

Days, weeks, months and years of our lives are given to striving for our worth, to feel good enough and accepted by others. We tell ourselves if we can be ‘good enough’ in the eyes of others, colleagues, friends and family then we will feel worthwhile, we will find peace, belonging and purpose but it somehow always seems to not be enough...