Some of you shared some photos of a real need to bring the outdoors indoors this week – we saw some very clever little setups of miniature toy people travelling about in some home-made ‘outdoor’ settings! Bringing those places we can’t get to closer to home, and on an entirely different scale!
I naturally love the outdoors and I can feel a little claustrophobic if the natural lighting is low indoors during the day – my mum thinks I’m a little strange for constantly turning the lights on when it’s ‘not even dark’, and my partner battles with the fact that I MUST have the curtains open first thing in the morning until the very last trickle of light has disappeared at night! I think a lot of people need to have the connection to the outdoors and nature to feel better in their mental state, and it’s pretty clear that many of you do too.
Sitting in the conservatory, looking out to the garden and the grey skies, listening to the rain on the roof – I came here to enjoy the outside, inside, while I write. Despite the dull yet natural light and the ‘miserable’ weather, I find it very refreshing!
After reading over some of my notes from this week’s YesTribe posts, I got the vibe that many of you are craving that same ‘refreshing’ feeling…
It’s all in your head
There has been a lot of talk amongst us this week of questioning your current path or finding/creating a new one.
One lady opened up to the group about the fact that she has decided to build her own business, and the sense of achievement she felt just from making that decision.
Alison’s post (https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10159408341934179&set=gm.1466002960249794) showed that by simply shifting your mindset from, “I’d love to do that” to, “I am going to do this”, makes a big difference in how you feel, and is the first simple step to getting you started on that path you’ve always wanted to walk down. As Alison said – you will feel you have achieved something just by changing something in your head.
Many of us are looking for new horizons
Another member also spoke about how she’d been questioning her path for months, before finally taking the first step in making a change. In Alessandra’s post she shared her belief that doing what you love can pave the way for everything else, but that we can also often face difficulties when trying to follow our hearts.
I can relate to this completely. Feeling stuck in no-man’s land when it comes to what is priority and what is important to you personally, finding the balance, and often thinking you’re the only one who feels stuck, while everyone else appears to know exactly what path they’re on and are confidently skipping down it while you’re still trying to figure out which way up the map is!
What is it they say? One day, or day one…you decide. We all have ideas and dreams in our heads – if you followed your head and your heart, where would you go? What would you do? What is possible? You may think all this stuff needs or deserves to be on the back burner when actually, if you combed through all your piles of lists and ideas, you may find something that is indeed possible.
Adventurous souls
I think we can all agree that we all have a little soft spot for adventure…okay a massive soft spot! Maybe even a little obsession?!
You guys have had a big case of itchy feet recently and have been trying to incorporate adventure into your everyday lives, which is undoubtedly a great way to be! I think it’s safe to say we all need it right now.
One lovely lady has set herself a mission of having ‘an adventure a day’ – sometimes this means walking barefoot in the rain, sometimes it means having a little self-made spa day at home! Ola’s daily acts have been reminding us that adventures come in all shapes and sizes.
Another lady put her life in your hands by asking for your adventure ideas to throw in a hat, from which she would randomly pick a couple to go ahead with! We also had someone asking for some suggestions on how to shake things up a bit when feeling stuck in a rut trying to keep things adventurous with her 2-year-old.
You see, we all have that need for adventure in what becomes everyday life, and sometimes we need a little help in keeping the dust off our souls – something to keep life exciting and keep us on our toes!
Incredible beach art
We had an incredible photo from one of our members this week who had managed to create a giant pattern in the sand on a beach…using just a rake and some rope!! I was amazed at what he’d done, and it did make me think; if this man can go out for a stroll and make a piece of art like that with just some basic things from the back of the shed, then I think we can all make something beautiful with what we have.