November Sheddings
November, and the sky is moving, sometimes dense with cloud, sometimes fast with wind, and today, hovering in the glimmer of both. November, it feels like a transitional time, and in-between month- neither Samhain but not yet Christmas, neither this not that. The deciduous have shed their leaves now, and all around there is an elemental sense of being pared back, the bones of the landscape exposed where we can see the structures more clearly.
I like this idea of shedding, in life, in business. What can be pared back? What parts can I shed? What is no longer serving and what can be released?
I find this a good time in business life to look at my systems-what’s structures are essential to holding things together- what are the shape of its bones, where might there need to be more rooting, and where might their need to be shedding too.
This month for me it was organising how I store and share my files online- centralising my organising system and creating more space. I have also working been working on my financial systems- how I track, label and account. I often put these things on the long finger, but ultimately they are what helps to hold the whole together and deserve my time and attention to create more ease down the line. The act of shedding, is untimely an act of growth. What gets returned to the soil renews the cycle of life.
(image from Mizen Head, late November light, 2020).
Hello. I'm Clare
I'm a writer, educator and facilitator, living in beautiful West Cork, Ireland. I love to share resources and learning to help harness the regenerative power of words, place and story. I hope my work offers nourishment for mind and soul. Thank you for being here. Clare x
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