Blocked

I have something to share, I'm blocked. This happens every once and a while where I have nothing to write about. So it leaves me with this task of writing for the sake of writing, which then makes me feel unsure about my work. I also find it draws away from authenticity. I instead write from my head rather than my heart.This is easy to do, as I have a history of being the leader, the one in charge. In my work, I had to make the decisions, strategize, and bring people along with me. This sometimes made it so I had to move things forward that were out of alignment with my values. In order to help a program or piece of work survive in this constraining world, I had to rationalize why it made sense to do it a certain way. Even though my heart screamed at me to do it differently.An example is throwing people away when they don't "produce" or "meet expectations" or "perform." So easy to do in the work world. But frustrating because we only want to do it when someone doesn't fit into the system. And instead of fixing the system, we throw someone away and try someone else who might fit instead. Don't get me wrong, people make choices within that too. But shouldn't we have set it up better so that their choices, the work is better suited to their success?But that's not what I'm writing about today. Today, I am reflecting on what it's like to be in my head for two straight weeks and how that is impacting my parenting.These past two weeks have included some stresses, family death, travel, illness, unexpected changes in schedule. It was also week two and three as a stay at home parent. See I didn't tell most folks, but the kids stayed in daycare for 4 weeks after I resigned from my job. I still feel guilty about it. And it was essential to my ability to let go of the corporate world, shed the skin that was suffocating me, so I could tap into my heart filled time with them.Week 1 with them was bliss. I noticed their every breath, every milestone. I played for the first time in forever really enjoying it. I felt removed of the constraints of schedule, housework, social media. The first week I even did a reading purge where I read nothing and stayed off social media except to share my work.Then week 2 came. In order to travel, my partner had to work 10 days in a row. I went from being by myself every day, to a couple full days with the kids, to every day all day with the kids. And then came croup followed by teething.I'd be lying if I said I found any heart time. I started to write a few pieces but it all felt so superficial. So contrived. So educational. It didn't feel like me. It felt like me two months ago, corporate me. I am choosing to release that part of me, to shed that skin.So there will be gaps in blog posts sometimes because I am tending to my heart, my growth, my family. I am learning to balance. I am learning to write from my heart because that matters to me. Writing anything else is not the story I wish to tell.