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#8to40 - Balancing act...

So as the days get longer here in the southern hemisphere, the hours are certainly getting busier and filled with more activity! October heralds the beginning of the end of the year and the pace at which this month has sped by has still left me breathless... I can't believe that I officially stand 8 days out to my birthday today, and of course my big 4-0 this year 😎😉😊

I've marvelled at how many have come on board and celebrated this countdown journey with me... from those that are watching and following from afar with much added glee and awe of this ability to celebrate life to those closer to home that remind to celebrate to the full! I am so grateful and hope that if anything, my journey has somehow inspired you to embrace and journey through life and it's challenges both big and small in your own special way too...

At face value, it may appear that this whole countdown has been one filled only with fun and games and celebrations and the happier side of life... I hope you realise that it is definitely not so.. Some days have been hard and tough or exhausting or ending in tears or early mornings and late nights as I wade and battle through challenges of life and work and all it's adventures. This month has included the death of loved ones both near and far, or of others around us suffering through life with their own aches and pains... This is not even touching or taking into account all the craziness going on around the world from natural disasters to conflict and so much other negative and terrible things...

And this is where we have choice right... we can't control what happens in the world or around us or even to us, but we can most definitely control how we respond to these things. And so, I'm not saying turn a blind eye to the wrongdoings and bad things in the world and life, but every day and every moment and in every situation, we can control and choose how we respond - so are we going to be happy it happened or cry that it's over or didn't go exactly according to plan?

I hope that when you see my posts, you realise that I don't just magically appear to be happy every day or show a smile to the world or only share the "good" things.. a lot of who I am and able to be is because of the heart ache and trauma and grief and hardships that I've been through that has taught and allowed me to embrace life as it comes and CHOOSE to respond to in the best way possible for me...

And so I hope today when you see this post you realise that life is not always sunshine and roses and unicorns and rainbows, but is a simple balancing act of weighing up the good and bad, and hopefully realising that we could never appreciate one without the other and that each one has it's time and place💛 So as we all strive to achieve this balancing act in the play of our lives, remember you can fake it till you make it and it's a constant journey to get this life thing right! By starting this countdown, feeling pretty down and out and "faking it" if you'd like, I can now honestly say that it's been a total blast and in so many unexpected ways... doing little things every day in this lead up to my birthday has not only allowed me to embrace so much, but provide some much needed gees and light and inspiration to so many others in the process...

So go on and do that thing... that first step that will set you closer on to that path of getting more closer to your balance that's right for YOU! In the meanwhile.. here are some awesome snaps of my last few days and all the little (and big things) I've been able to be a part of and impact as I strive for my very own balancing act 😊😎😉 Enjoy!

Happy Wednesday everyone 💚

At my alma mater, Clarendon High School with my sister Priya

Honouring and handing over the prizes to the winners of the first ever Vrij and Karuna Harry Youth Writing Competition 

Planning, strategising and focusing forward 

Attending and presenting at the last night networking event for the Border-Kei Chamber of Business for 2023

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