The Long Way Through

      So, recently I have faced wanting to accelerate through so many goals in personal habit changes, amnd in building Routes Connected Collective  as a brand. It is a problem many face, but we need to understand why we do it, and how to slow ourselves down!      I am presently struggling with having moved too fast to accomplish many things at once, and it burnt me out. I was falling into unhealthy habits personally, and it cost me overall. When you move too fast, you'll feel the burn out hit you too hard. You'll feel unaccomplished, resort to temporarily making yourself feel better, but all at the cost of sleep, mental, and physical health. For me, I realized that when I was getting bad acid reflux, losing sleep, being burnt out and never wanting to use half my potential at work. You'll realize it when you make excuses, when you noticeably change whether it be weight or other factors. And when that realization hits, the best thing you can do is encou...

      So, as the title states, we're establishing the idea of focusing on "the space between where i am and where I'm going." However that applies to your life, lets ask ourselves a question, and maybe you can relate to where I am! Q: "What if the space between destinations isn't a problem to solve?"     To elaborate on this, I have started a wellness campaign called the " Rest Stops Campaign ," which perfectly fits in with this idea. That "in between" space, isn't always a problem to solve. If you compared life to following a GPS to a new destination. If you were on a road trip, you take rest stops, which are like the in between points of life. It's where you pause, reflect, establish what you need to go forward, maybe take time to rest! Go learn more about it on the web page!     I find myself currently at an in between space in life. A space where, aspects of my life are frustrating to a point that I want an easy way out of...

      So, here we are, asking ourselves to not skip ahead, rush through life. Ask yourself this today: "What do I notice when I don't skip ahead?"     What I notice myself, is that I don't feel rushed, first and foremost. When I feel rushed, I get too overwhelmed, and life gets boring. That's when life feels like a drag, and I honestly just do things that I label as "self care," but aren't always going to result in much more than feeling good at the time. Which seems to be a common theme with the younger generations, such as the one I am part of. Granted, I won't say what kind of "instant gratification" a lot of them like to chase, the older generations would be shaking their heads.      When I focus on rushing things, and chasing outcomes, I don't always take the time to be patient, and ensure there is quality to what process leads to that outcome! And let's be honest, patience is something many struggle with. Without patience,...

     Life is interesting, at some point you realize that speeding through life, isn't the same as progressing through life! I realized that over the last five to six years, through various life experiences. Twenty twenty was part of that, the covid lockdown, I had just turned nineteen and bought myself a bucket list car. Being on the other side of things now, about to be twenty five, I knew that I wasn't progressing through life the way I needed to, just speed running to the point where life was "better." The thing is, I had no established idea of what "better" was for me, or how I'd get there, I had no direction in life!      Rushing through life, caused me to continually feel mentally at unrest, never was too stable. I never gave myself full attention to find resolution. It absolutely drained me creatively, and at twenty two, having lost a close family member, it all built up into lack of physically being there for myself.      In the end, ...