Welcome back to another Sacred Sundays blog post except it is a rainy Monday in which I have no plans for the first time in two weeks and will not have this again for about another two weeks. I am exhausted and feel like I could go for an entire year of rest and relaxation like Ottessa Moshfegh's novel suggests, but then I would be missing out on the living I have yet to do this summer: traveling to the Pacific Northwest, checking off bucket list concerts, family beach vacations, and figuring out who I am in the process of it all. My exhaustion is justified by my very fun June as precedented in last month's Sacred Sunday and I am taking this time to transition into what I can only predict will be a fulfilling July.
As of late, I have been going through some major milestones and I am approaching a lot of new things which make me a lot more appreciative of the life I have and the people I share it with. I was caught up in the fun of it all until recently when the confetti fell, making me realize that one day it is all going to be gone. I am taking a ten-day trip full of hiking through Washington State next week and during that time I foresee a lot of introspection that might aid in this realization. I feel so grateful for being able to go on this trip as well as the number of vacations, concerts, and exciting things this summer with both family and friends. Now that I have memories of all of these events, I can be grateful for them and channel that into my fulfilling July. My life has been moving a million miles an hour so this next month is going to feel so refreshing.
All of this running around has made it hard to maintain a clear state of mind and now I feel like I am playing catch-up as I start packing for a trip while the clothes from my last trip are still in the wash. This is why I am now two days late to my Sacred Sunday as the plan to write on Monday somehow rolled into Tuesday, but all that matters is that I set time for myself to mentally debrief my life and take into account what I want the next chapter to look like. Maybe this delay was actually more of a divine timing as it is now a new moon that symbolizes fresh starts. New moons are optimal timing for setting intentions and I really want to focus back on my overarching goal to slow down especially considering my last jam-packed month and one of the biggest new beginnings, college, is quickly approaching. This new moon is in Cancer which is one of the most sensitive signs as they are in touch with their inner emotions, so setting the intention of having a fulfilling July seems to be very on par with the current astrological status.
Cancer is a water sign, as is my sun sign, and they are known for their creativity which I have felt so strongly the past week or so since this season started. I have found myself writing again, coming up with ideas left and right that are spilling out of my head faster than I can document them, and playing guitar every single day which has given me a love for more of the instrumental aspect of composing songs. Tomorrow I will have 5-6 hours of time on the plane to delve into this creativity that normally gets paused due to my busy life and then again on the way home, so I am honestly equally as excited for that alone time as I am for the trip itself. In the past, my summers had been really balanced with time in the mornings for creativity and then work and other plans in the afternoon, but now that my life has been showing up a little more sporadically, I find myself having to set aside times like these to submerge into myself and finally allow my creativity to flow. I guess that is the whole point of a Sacred Sunday, although this month I was not able to put it all into one day, and instead, enjoying pockets of intentional me-time throughout the week.
Thank you all for tuning into June's Sacred Sunday even though it is shorter and less organized than usual, although it is kind of perfect because that is a very fitting description of my life right now. Please set aside some time for yourself to do the things you love!
-Emma Claire