Day 6: Nothing Can Break Me · Women's Empowerment Community

Sep 4 (edited) • Yvonne’s Crazy Adventure

Day 6: Nothing Can Break Me

Nothing can break me.

I woke up this morning and spent a little bit of time thinking about what lies ahead. And I only see goodness.

I don’t see homelessness, unemployment, family drama, struggles, or battles. I see only peace, freedom, sovereignty, adventure, and life-changing experiences.

If people stopped their busyness for a moment, and took a step back and stepped into their authentic self, they would realize nobody could break them either.

Just the fact that we were born, and we’re still here, proves this to be true. Everything external can be stripped away from us, but if we are right with ourselves, it’s irrelevant.

We spend our lives reaching for goals and dreams that aren’t even ours. We don’t understand how we are burying ourselves in other people‘s clutter.

Letting go is something I’ve had a lot of experience with these past months - yet another toxic relationship, my home, my beloved cat, becoming an empty nester, and at least 90% of my possessions. The good news is my car’s transmission hasn’t fully seized - apparently she wants to stick around for the adventure a bit longer. I’m going to keep talking nicely to her until I get a Class B van and she can retire. The time has also come to set solid boundaries with my family, because they keep trying to shove me back into a box that I work so hard to get out of.

I’ve also let go of the stress, worry, societal expectations, and caring what other people think. I’ve observed that the people who are trying to control me with their beliefs and opinions are living a life I absolutely do NOT want to be replicating. As long as they are focussed on me, they don’t have to look inward and face their own truths. Their lives and opinions are none of my business, and mine is none of theirs.

For me, death is being stuck in the matrix, working 9 to 5, stressed about money because the cost of living Is simply ridiculous in Canada right now. Working 40 years at a job for a pension and a bit of vacation is not the future I ever dreamed of. It took me a lot of years of losing myself and my way along my path to get to where I am today. Sometimes we need to lose everything and rebuild from the ashes. This way we start from a clean slate, a rebirth.

Each day of my crazy adventure, I wake up and I’m ready to let even more stuff go. This morning's thought was to get rid of my car camping set up. I’ve always car camped with somebody, so I have a platform bed with Storage underneath. I love the set up and it has served many camping trips. But I realized I am by myself now, and my cat will also no longer be travelling with me, so I can go with something much simpler.

Yet another ending, yet another beginning.

Today’s progress - I didn’t touch a thing. However, instead of being hard on myself, I decided to focus on what I did accomplish:

Sold something on marketplace
Surrendered Zoro the snail at the pet store - and a full box of aquarium accessories
Dropped 4 bags of stuff off at the U-Box (not mine)
Grabbed a slice of chicken donair pizza at Seniore’s
Created my slide presentation for tonight’s Let’s Talk About… zoom
Hosted the Zoom
My friend stopped by and she took 4 boxes

Sometimes we don’t give ourselves enough credit, but if we slow down for a minute, we can surprise ourselves. I didn’t feel like it was a productive day, but when I took a moment it was - I had several insights in my morning meditation, enjoyed a great lunch, removed 7 full boxes from my condo, hosted a zoom, and had an in-person visit with a friend.

With a small shift in perspective, it really was a good day. Decluttering can continue tomorrow.

…and Elusive Eddie found a new space!

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