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Two things we discovered on Instagram that are absolutely changing how we approach 2024.

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Pivoting Into What’s New and Next Might Be Exciting, But That Doesn’t Always Mean We’re Growing

In the midst of feeling stuck, Hannah starts to recognize that true evolution isn’t born from simply changing our routine.

In my tendency to get in my own head about what I can and cannot change in my life, I get caught up in the small stuff. I’ll consider how much I’m not able to change in my regular routine—how much I’m bound by the logistics of raising small children or the necessity of work. 

I felt it constantly last year, even as I worked to fight old habits and push myself to try new things—starting the day with an alarm and not the sound of “Mom!” waking me abruptly from a deep sleep and then running from one thing to the next all day, like a blow horn sounding before the start of our daily rat race.

I tried a different workout and baked time into my day to cook and to write, but it seemed that I was still always trying to just keep up with the chaos, instead of defeating it. The routine was shifting in some ways, but my mind wasn’t. I thought I was setting myself up for the transformation I was seeking. Laying the groundwork for the mental unblocking, the clarity that would follow, and the next phase to begin. My own little metamorphosis. 

In the months since I stopped working full-time and put all my energy into my kids and family and this—writing and working and building In Kind—I’ve come to realize that I actually wasn’t working to change anything that dramatically. I was keeping the lights on, so to speak. I was changing just enough to keep going, without getting to the root of why I felt so stuck. 

I think there’s a narrative we tell ourselves—one I certainly have: