Checking Out & Checking In

Well Hello there! It’s been a pretty little minute since I’ve dropped a blog note or two. How have you all been? Seriously I hope thriving and not just surviving. Let’s take a brief moment to chat about that. I recently found myself deep diving into this abyss of just surviving life. I started the year of strong and optimistic and a lot of great things and moving parts happening. Then what felt like a ton of bricks just crashed down on me. Ever been there before?

So instead of trying to push the bricks off of me I just laid there. I stayed there for a good ass minute! Hence the reason I am just now making an appearance back on my blog post. There was some checking out that I had to do to check back in.

And to tell you the truth, nothing majorly bad was happening in my life at the time that the pile of bricks crashed down on me. As I mentioned above I was in a great place. My hustle was good but my rest was horrible! I was doing all the things without doing the one thing that I preach about the most. Protecting my mental energy and peace at all costs.

So, someone decided to do that for me. (Thank you God). I needed the reminder. The reminder that it is through stillness that the achievement of peace can occur. There are things that you are more prone to be able to see and connect with when you decide to take a time out.

Taking a time out of life’s responsibilities helps us to take a time into ourselves. Now, I understand that some may not necessarily have the privilege or ability to take the time out to do such things but I am here to remind you that mindset is everything. We must prioritize the things that we have to do with the things that we must do. Finding solace and rest is a must.

I am thankful for this time spent in rest mode as it gives me the fuel I need to keep on with the keeping on of life. I encourage you to do the same. This has contributed to a long term conversation that my sister Kristina Bryant and I have been having about mindset, experiences, travel and life. We are excited to continue the motivational conversations I have already begun on this platform and expand with a re-branding of sorts to offer you all (and anyone you would like to share it with) different ways to connect in your local towns or by traveling elsewhere. Creating various opportunities to check out of life and check into you. It’s called balance. More to come on the exciting things we have in store.

As always, thanks for being here and please do come back! Check out my IG page the_uncagedbird for regular postings and stay tuned as we grow this baby through our podcast and YouTube channel as well. New links for those options will appear in the near future.

In Love & Light, -E