412. The Art of Tending - What if your life isn't a problem to fix, but a creation to tend?

I've been thinking a lot lately about the difference between trying to fix your life and learning how to tend to it.

Especially if you're a high-capacity woman, it can be so easy to look at yourself like another project.

Fix the hormones. Lose the weight. Get stronger. Declutter the house. Get more disciplined. Set the goal. Do the thing.

And listen, I love a good 90-day goal. 😂

But what if we approached it differently?

What if your life isn't a problem to solve, but something beautiful you've been given to tend?

That's what we're talking about today.

As I've been thinking about my own next 90 days, I realized that after everything our family has walked through this year, there are some parts of me that I just haven't tended to very well. Not because I've done anything wrong. My attention needed to be somewhere else for a while.

But now I feel myself being called back.

Back to physical books. Back to nourishing my body. Back to slower mornings and paying attention and taking good care of the instrument through which I get to do my life's work.

So my big, exciting 90-day plan? A smoothie and East of Eden. 😂

And I am genuinely so excited about it.

Because maybe creativity isn't only painting or writing or making music. Maybe it's the way you make dinner. The way you dress. The way you tend your home. The way you love your people. The way you care for your body. The way you decide what kind of woman you want to become in this next season.

What would change if you became the artist of your own life?

Instead of asking, "What do I need to fix?"

Maybe ask:

"What in my life is asking to be tended to?"

Your body? Your mind? Your home? Your marriage? Your spiritual life? Your imagination? Your attention?

Notice what's calling to you.

And then tend to it with some care and imagination and delight.

That's what I'm doing for these next 90 days, and maybe you want to join me. ❤️

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