"because I really love me" | week in pics 01
10th - 18th august. departures, discipline, play, sunflowers, n**gas, bag chasing, ozzy, abula, bugs, organisation, vitamins, shrooms, koi fish, 10k steps.
Saturday 10th August
I cheated a bit by including this and I can’t take credit here but our family successfully pulled off a surprise for my longest and closest friend (pictured below). She was stupefied to say the least. Wishing her the best on her new journey as she takes on Ozzy 🇦🇺. (Anytime I look the flag up I myself am stupefied at how many countries still have the UK’s flag in their flag??)
Sunday 11th August
After a long day of being drained by my niece and nephew ie. moving my body for more than 2 hours through play, I earned the best meal known to man. The establishment however, as always, had me feeling like a mug because of their crap service. This is the same place that used to have a sign saying “respect yourself” on their door. What is the cost of self-respect?
Monday 12th August
Sunflowers to match the gorgeous weather the UK blessed us with this week. Anytime I remember them, fear runs through my body because I didn’t have a vase long enough to hold them in and counted on the water weight to hold them down. I need to go check on them…
Tuesday 13th August
“The worst thing that ever happened to human females was the love brainwashing. Love does nothing for us. But love makes us do everything for men. It's tragic. N***a a piss poor mate but you in "love" though. If you actually had to depend on him it would be lights out for you.
I can't stress this enough even literal insects have mating requirements for males who desire to breed. How is it that female bugs have more requirements of their males than women.”
-my favourite (private) twitter user
Wednesday 14th August
If getting 8 hours of sleep every night, 10k steps daily, reduced alcohol and my current vitamin spread doesn’t help with memory then I might try lion’s mane. As you can see I had nothing better for Wednesday. Hope it’s useful still, 30g seemed to be the optimal.
Thursday 15th August
Woke up at 6am and felt the urge to do my morning pages in the crisp and gentle stillness. I had nothing but gratitude in my heart remembering that I didn’t bring myself here. Every step I’ve taken so far on my journey has been by chance and at the mercy of something greater than me. All I can do is listen, become more of myself and love more of myself and others. I can enjoy the journey, go through the emotions associated with pessimism and optimism (because life is going to life) but ultimately I’ve got to be.
Friday 16th August
I received the first moodboard for my consultancy Koie’s branding project. I’m still in the process of digesting it but I decided to google “koi fish lore”:
“In Japanese culture, the koi is a symbol of luck, prosperity, good fortune, perseverance, determination, and courage in the face of adversity. The koi’s migration upstream through waterfalls is compared to the strength and ferocity of samurai warriors, and when caught, the koi’s stoic acceptance of its fate is similar to how a samurai would honourably accept their fate. “
Saturday 17th August
Best friend has officially moved to the other side of the world. How crazy is that?
Sunday 18th August
I’m not a hypergamy babe but I do believe love for me should inspire a man to move mountains, catch the stars etc etc. Consequently, I’m forced to ask myself how hard am I actually going for myself? How hard am I working to do what I gotta do to get where I gotta get?? And so we have the second screenshot which was also a firm word from my therapist and astrology reading on Tuesday. As someone who is very intuitive and naturally goes with the flow, how do I implement strategy? I found my answer today. I can be receptive to life and still have a sense of direction. Discipline, organisation, communication. Because I really love me. It’s more than a crush.
Enjoy your week and keep letting love inspire you,
Valerie ♡