![CW: miscarriages, infertility
What I’m working on in 2023 is trying to throw out binaries and finishing these Beetlejuice socks!
I had to learn to understand paradoxes through our miscarriages and infertility. Eventually, I had to embrace that I am both a mother and not a mother. Both and neither.
I am unable to fit into either of these boxes. Finally realizing this was a game changer for me.
I heard arguments where people felt forced to choose sides and I was not compelled to. What if both people were right and both people were also wrong?
The whole world opened up. That’s not to say that I’ve arrived. I still have PLENTY to work on.
Allow me to share one example: What caused me not to question myself when I tried on the first Beetlejuice sock and thought “Hmm. This seems awfully roomy. Must be the wooden needles. I haven’t used them in awhile.”
It was the wooden needles. The TWO POINT FIVE instead of 2.25mm needles! LOL
Seeing things in ones and zeroes is too simple. The most straightforward way to stretch our minds is to figure out what is causing us not to be able to change?
What unconscious assumptions lay under the covers?
I’m reading the book, Immunity to Change, and it’s blowing my mind. I put the link to a Brene’ Brown podcast with the author in my profile for you.
We can do hard things. I love you, Crew!!!
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The socks are shades of green, cream, gray stripes. The colorway is Beetlejuice from @muststashyarn and I love it!
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