Not Doing
I missed a post. I almost missed two. I want to talk a bit about not doing. Two weeks ago was a new moon in Gemini. I was resistant. I was busy, lacked motivation. I couldn’t convince myself to write a simple little post about the new moon. I had no new moon energy to devote. Everywhere around me I was reading about “doing nothing.” The energy of that time period, and perhaps a week prior, was of rest. Take a break, give yourself the chance to just be. I was preaching it in every session with clients. “Just sit there, stare at a wall,” I told person after person. But it was hard to take my own advice. I let the date come and go, knowing I wasn’t going to make a blog post. Even knowing I probably wasn’t going to post one with the full moon in Sagittarius. Well today is the full moon, and Friday is the summer solstice. I want to have the energy to celebrate and honor the solstice, but I also want to just relax. Maybe we don’t have to make a production of everything. Maybe it’s ok to not be inspired sometimes. I am not inspired by Gemini placements, Gemini season is typically a struggle for me with highs, lows, and racing thoughts day in and day out. I am also not much of a Sadge, I don’t have a fiery drive to adventure. But this full moon was also about abundance. And I have been feeling abundant. I do feel optimistic. Despite the pitfalls of this Gemini season I am in a good place. And part of that place is accepting where I am at. And accepting when I want to do nothing, because sometimes that is what we need. In fact I can guarantee most people I interact with day to day could benefit from at least thirty minutes more of down time a day. I don’t mean downtime on Instagram or Netflix. I mean down time, undisturbed by electronics, unproductive, with no focus or drive. Just a time to sit, a time to dream, be still and be present. Try incorporating this time of “not doing” into your daily routine and observe yourself. Will you dream? Will you feel more relaxed? Will you catch up on sleep you hadn’t stopped to notice you were missing? So I dare you, in this last week before the days begin to shorten, to do nothing. I know I will.