What season are you in?

What does it mean to change seasons?

They say fall is coming, but I’ll remain in summer denial for a couple more days. I’ve been a bit buried under a rock for this season of my journey, but for a good reason. Although I’m generally active on social media, I realize how important seasons of quiet can be to really get things right.

I have some big announcements coming soon that I am so patiently and impatiently working on, but overall I see how important finding some stillness around it has been. In our work and personal lives, I feel there is a societal pressure to perform, churn out, and produce, which I generally rise to the occasion of, but to what end? I found myself flirting with that familiar feeling of burnout, overwork, and scatteredness, realizing I was not even practicing what I preach.

My focus has been both on laying the foundation for a project I believe will revolutionize how we talk about men’s mental health while also developing and improving my own emotional durability (the ability to keep a healthy psychological and emotional condition regardless of what life presents). In order to really do that internal work, pausing and redirecting energy was necessary, which meant writing down what really mattered right now.

And what mattered was less about pleasing the algorithms and more about being intentional with my energy. Yes, working hard day in and day out, but also finding more time to meditate, to play, to be with loved ones, and with my adorable pup.

I’m ready to change to a new season of releasing more to the world, and happy to say I can do so feeling more like the me I need to be to endure it.

What season are you in right now?