People Matter More Than Profits

On deck for my day is a pile of design production work. And to top it off I end the day at my dentist office with a check up and tooth filling. Brightening my day will be picking up my daughter from university and enjoying the drive home catching up with her.

I don’t know about you, but my emotions are feeling heavy. Becoming aware of how the next five to ten years are going to be a civil marathon. It’s a lot. And when you are hit with so much at once it is daunting and at times debilitating to make any effort knowing you are just one person.

So I’m here today sharing that sitting in my small corner office with the sun shining in, cats curled up, and my family out living their lives well, I’m a ball of grief pondering how much time I can set aside to curl up in a ball and cry. Purge the dark hole so I can have room to fill it with light.

Maybe if I could label it, I’d call it grief. Sadness for a future I dreamed for my kids that is being stripped away, and knowing that so many wonderful people are struggling unnecessarily.

In myLife tools I have a space labelled “don’t forget” and it’s a pretty great general trigger to think about what really matters. So this week as I stare at the next five days I am going to hold onto the my belief that people matter more than profits. And with that in mind, as I take on each task, project, and dinner I cook up, I’m doing it with this in mind.

I still stand by my vision for myLife Planners to be a beacon of joy and optimism through supporting people to embrace their lives and know that what they do and say matters. We are all part of a system and our interractions guide the trajectory of not just our own lives but those of others as well.

I have always been a person who found being an non-playing-character in someone else’s game sucks and that is why I have been self employed for over 29 years. I value the independence to choose. And because of that I value the same for everyone else.

So with this in mind, I do have a choice in how to make the most of this Monday. Pushing through and doing the work is the self-care that I really need right now.

What can you do today that will help you slog through the mud we are surrounded by?