FREEDOM - 5 of 5 for May 2025

And what a month - transformative in so many ways !

Am I FREE now ?

That is my word for 2025 and I’ve written on here in this past month about what this actually means for me.

May has been a very interesting month - lots has happened in a very positive way in terms of Family & Friends, Health and Work & Finance.

I like to look back over a month and very often do this on a Saturday for the week just passed. It normally reminds me of all the good things that happened - and ones that I had moved on from.

This week, I had confirmation from a new client for a client of mine - it’s a win and to be celebrated. It’s not going to change our worlds but it’s a win and has taken a while to secure this new business. Winning new clients is never easy and so when a new client comes on board, it’s worth reflecting on the journey and celebrating the win - however big or small. A win is a win.

Last weekend I spent some time with my family - my sister, her husband, my nephew and then four of my sister’s grandchildren - two I met for the first time and the other two, catching up with after not seeing them for over 8 years ! Family - always family and such a strong foundation in my life. Families clearly go back a long time and have deep roots.

Health wise my body is slowly repairing from some damage I inflicted by running - too much too soon - my own fault ! A big lesson for me for sure.

My mind is amazing too - working on me, my scars and showing up as the true authentic self, is a life’s work and as I continue this work, some new realisations have cropped up this month - both very powerful and I’m already feeling the benefits of doing some work on both of these areas. I work with a psychologist and have done so for almost four years now. This has been amazing for me in so many ways. And I have created my own routine of sitting in silence, meditation and journaling - and a strange thing I do is walk and talk to myself ! I blame this on a friend who suggested it to me last year - it’s fine if you’re in the middle of nowhere but walking around my home town and talking out loud, does generate some unusual looks etc !

So am I free yet ? Probably not but that’s not my objective. My intention for 2025, was and is to build a new life and I felt that Family & Friends, Health (body & mind) and then Work & Finance would be three strong pillars to work on as my life unfolds during this year. Freedom is not being free - it’s about being free from past scars and not continuing to be under their influence. I can’t change the scars, all I can do is to understand them, get them out into the open, and work to address them in a way that my life is not held hostage to them anymore.

I want a life of love, laughs, exploration, travel, challenges, to pursue this life that has been given to me and see how far I can go.

And talking of travel and how far I can go - I’m off the Toronto in June. So, I’m excited to see what June has to offer.

If you’ve read this far - thank you.

And so far,