Way back in 2014, the year before my second divorce was finalised and the deconstruction of my life as I knew it, I went to visit a psychic out of pure desperation for a message of hope. The session was only 30 mins and she only had one message for me. I remember it vividly, she was sitting across from me shuffling through her cards, flipping them over and asking me random questions. She paused for a moment and started ‘hmming’ to herself, tapping her finger to her top lip. She looked at me with a thoughtful stare and then looked back down at her cards. After a few more long moments she shook her head slowly as she shrugged her shoulders and looked straight at me.
“All I see is suitcases!”
I immediatley smiled a half grin thinking to myself, I’m off travelling the world on some adventurous expedition. She knew straight away what I was thinking (of course she did) and squashed that grin with a quick reply “it’s not holiday travel, this is like you are literally living out of suitcases.”, “for quite a while too” she nodded almost as if she was happy with herself for setting me straight.
“Oh! Ok, thanks”, as the grin quickly faded from my face. Not really sure what to do with that information. I walked away with the idea that it was easier to assume that this psychic lady was simply having an off day and I had just wasted my time and money. Rather than the idea that I was about to be homeless for ‘quite a while’.
Fast forward to 2023 and here I am packing for the 9th time this year and February isn’t even over yet. I started petsitting fulltime only 2 years after that psychic visit, so you do the math, that’s a lot of living out of a suitcase. Hence I can also call myself a minimilist and an expert in packing & travel.
This is definitley NOT a complaint, I love my lifestyle and the way I live, it serves me perfectly and whilst I still don’t know where I want to put roots down, I can see myself doing this for at least another year or two.
(which I have probably said every year since 2016)
The purpose of my email today is this!
The pros and cons of pet sitting are many but one of the most difficult to adapt is a routine. Every place you go to is different, location, set up, size and of course the level of care you need to provide for the pets always varies. Taking care of an elderly cat is way less time consuming then bottle feeding baby lambs (yes, I get to do that next week and I am beyond excited). For the first few years I constantly delayed adding in ‘healthy habits’ because I kept moving around and would say to myself, ‘I’ll start over, when I get to the next place’.
Of course you know how that story goes right! And I was very creative when it came to excuses as to why I couldn’t just adapt to the place I was staying in at the time.
Ultimately the only person suffering from my excuses was me. Don’t be like me, don’t waste anymore time holding yourself back. Just make it happen, I found a way to use body weight exercises and a jump rope (easy to travel with and do anywhere) and I created a portable and travel friendly altar and meditation space that is now just part of my daily routine. I learned that I can be creative with my excuses as I want to be or I can use my creativity for good and have a routine that can be done anywhere, anytime.
Healthy habits include all forms of health, spiritual practices, exercise, journaling, eating better, connecting to your inner guidance system, whatever that thing is you need to do more of in your life but keep putting off even though you KNOW it would add to your health and wellbeing.
The best part is that this routine has made all the difference to my wellbeing and I can adapt no matter what house I am in or what location I’m travelling too.
The time is now to do the things for you that will make the most difference…
Big love to all xx