Finding Inspiration aka Finding Your Mojo
Taken April 2019 in Trondheim Norway feeling inspired and excited on my first morning in the beautiful city walking very early adjusting to the new time zone.
This is my current Facebook profile photo taken in January 2019 and my work life was about to change again. this time I was my own inspiration.
This is the photo I used on my Facebook Profile in January 2014 I had returned from Italy after three months living there and life was confusing.
When I first started my Instagram feed I posted random photos of my day much like I did on my personal Facebook page. I took pictures of coffee and trees and roadside views and anything that my eyes noticed as I made the most of all those moments that make up the day. I would stop and take photos on the way to work (no wonder I was often late). I’d notice the sea on my way along the coast when I lived in Wynyard NW Tasmania and I’d have to stop and get out or walk down to the beach to capture the moment. I would notice the light on the buildings or the trees and feel the irresistible urge to capture the image. Sometimes it was simply the food or the coffee or the shadows dancing on an outdoor table. Moments in my everyday. This was how I inspired myself especially when I had lost my mojo. Then my friends started commenting that I inspired them to take more notice of their surroundings that I motivated them to take a walk in their busy day or have the courage to sit in a cafe alone and have coffee with a book or the paper or just sit and imagine they are anywhere in the world. When I traveled I posted endless photos and comments. I travel solo most of the time I like the person I am when I’m anonymous. I’m working on being that person all the time, the woman who feels free and sexy and adventurous. At the moment I’m in Stockholm having arrived yesterday to spend five weeks wandering around Scandinavia and Estonia but more on that in another blog post. I started a public Facebook page in 2014, I had returned from living in Italy for three months and taken a year’s leave from my job which I’d been very unhappy in. I really wasn’t sure where I was headed work-wise (well everything-wise as it turned out) I just knew where I did not want to be. Initially I used Facebook to market my website and over the past six years this page has changed, so has my website, and so has my Instagram feed - all are evolving into spaces for all sorts of people who feel they’ve lost their inspiration for life/ maybe their mojo. Actually I’m not sure where that word mojo comes from?? Lots of people particularly perennial women many of whom are over 50 want to feel excited by life again, they know there’s more to experience they just don’t know how to take the first steps. I started writing longer posts on Instagram about what I was thinking feeling doing every day. I started posting more pictures of me - going out or walking the dog or just out of bed no makeup - simple selfies me going about my everyday life. Less scenery and more me. My posts are usually about the day to day life stuff - ups downs funny things and deep and meaningful sometimes too. People tell me I inspire them and I am truly excited when I hear that, excited and humbled. It has taken me years and years to get over feeling I was not enough. After decades of being doused in negativity whenever I spoke up or stood out this past year has been amazing. I put my truly authentic self out there which took more courage than most people realise and I found my voice in my words. I started practicing gratitude on a daily basis and in changing my life I found my tribe. There are many many awesome people out there sharing stories showing great courage. Some are posting pictures and writing blogs and others are liking posts and making comments that are spreading the message - some of you are quietly reading and privately messaging each other support and encouragement. We are all amazing, we all have something to offer. Collectively and individually we are so inspiring and we really do rise by lifting others. So thank you for your likes messages and comments they truly are appreciated. You all inspire me ❤️
Karen x
