Well, hello there!
It’s been quite awhile since my last post in 2015. A lot has changed for me and I bet a lot has changed for you too, including this coronavirus thing. Wow.
I don’t know about you but I never could have guessed that a worldwide pandemic would happen in my lifetime. Know what I mean?
So… rather than fill you in on all that I’ve been up to in the last few years (that would take too long and I know you’ve got the time to read now… but still…) I will say that one of my most heartfelt dreams was realized nearly 3 years ago. I got married to a wonderful guy.
I got married (for the first and only time) in my late 40s! I’m a late-blooming bride. 😉
Marriage has been the biggest adventure of my life and one I’m so grateful for. Perhaps I’ll share more about this in a future blog post but for now, here’s a wedding picture:
The wedding picture looks a bit fuzzy but one of the many gifts of this shelter-in-place slowdown is that I’m becoming a recovering perfectionist, which feels oh-so-good. At least this picture gives you an idea. 🙂
I’ve been itching lately to write which is why I’m here now. And not itching to just write the business-type books which I’ve been writing for awhile (since I last posted I have a few more book babies under my belt-woo!) but rather, I’ve been yearning to write in this much more personal, here’s-who-I-am kind of style. I’m noticing that writing this blog post is feeling a bit like coming home.
Hi! I’m home. Yay!
Another big event that happened is that last year my husband and I moved from the house we’d be renting in Silicon Valley and bought a home in Marin County – that’s a whole other story that I’m looking forward to sharing with you at some point…
Anyway, I’m going to end this pop-in post in a minute but before I do, I’d like to share with you a bit about the pandemic and the shelter-in-place and how that has been impacting me (both positives and negatives).
My friend and former neighbor left a voicemail for me last night and asked how I was doing during this unusual time.
Here’s my reply to my friend so you can get a sense of what life has been like for me (and I’d love to know what life is like for you right now too):
Dear K,
You’ve been on my mind a lot so it was especially great to get your phone call. It was so sweet hearing your voice. 💕
I’m in Big Sur this week and phone calls don’t work well here – I tried to call you but the call failed and my text didn’t go through either so I’m emailing you instead.
The first week of SIP was ROUGH. I am used to having at least some alone time and Spencer was working from home and we were together 24/7 but after that initial rough time, things have been incredibly sweet and I’ve mostly loved having him around nearly every second that he around!
We’ve definitively grown even closer as a result of this time. And I’m growing in new and unexpected ways too – I’m feeling more relaxed and rested than I have (maybe ever) in my life. I’ve “let go” a lot emotionally and physically and mentally and that letting go feels so good. I’m actually not wanting this time to end for awhile. 😮
I love where we live which helps a lot during this time (we have such pretty views of the bird sanctuary in our front yard and the water view in back yard). We have a ritual of sitting on our dock in the morning and saying hi to the geese who let us feed them by hand! We have a neighbor cat who has adopted us and he’s brought us so much joy. His owner jokes that we’re the kitties godparents. We’re in love with that cat. 😺
Our neighbors are wonderful and we’re growing very close to many of them. One neighbor with a big deck does cocktail hour every night at 5:30pm since this shelter in place thing started and that’s brought our neighborhood community even closer together.
A change of scenery helps too and we go to the Big Sur house once a month for a week and were with Meg and Kurt all last week at the Vineyard which was so sweet, connecting and soulful. It felt great to be with family.
We’ve had some friends over once for a 6-feet apart dinner which was fun.
As far as the dark parts of this – mostly it was the 24/7 time with Spencer in the beginning that made me crazy and long for solitude but that’s no longer there, at least not right now. 😮
I also felt afraid about not having work (my work has slowed down and in some cases stopped) which brought up feelings of restlessness and aimlessness but I now feel such a letting go and peace about that too and am trusting that all the financial pieces will all work out. That old part of me that thinks I need to work very hard to survive is falling away and that feels good. I did have to do that when I was younger but it’s like this time has brought me to present day awareness that I don’t need to do that now. I can let go and relax and trust.
So there’s a lot of growth happening and a lot of internal shifts and changes happening and I’m so grateful for this unexpected time and to be reaping so many gifts from it.
I would love to know the dark and light for you during this time too, K. Please email or text me and let me know and I’d love to have a phone chat with you next week when I’m back home.
Love,
Kristin
And dear blog post reader: I would love to know how this strange time is affecting you too so please share with me in the comments what your world looks like during this pandemic and how this is impacting you.
You can be anonymous or you can post your name and/or website in the comments; whichever feels most comfy for you.
Or, if you prefer, you can email me directly at Kristin@AnUnleashedLife.com.
Until we connect again ~ stay safe and well.
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