You know that feeling when you finally do something for you?
A quick workout. Starting that project you’ve been daydreaming about. A cup of tea where you actually sit down (and drink it while it’s hot!).
You start feeling it… a little rhythm, a little spark.
“Okay. I’m getting back to me.”
And honestly? It feels really good.

Then—bam.
Life shows up with its chaos hat on.
Sleep regression.
Clingy toddler days.
Random sickness.
Behaviour shifts.
You name it, we’ve had it.

And just like that, the thing that made you feel alive again?
Yep—straight back on the back burner.
Because now you’re in full-on mum mode, and your spark? Nowhere to be found.

And honestly? It sucks.
Because you were doing something for yourself. You had something going.
And losing it—again—feels like a slap.

It’s like this loop we didn’t sign up for:
Find momentum → feel great → get derailed → start over.
Repeat x1000.

And even though I know this is “just a season” (ugh, I know)…
I’m still allowed to be frustrated by it.
To be sad that the thing I was excited about has to wait.
Again.

But I’m learning this:
The spark isn’t gone.
It’s just… paused.
It didn’t disappear—it’s just hiding behind a pile of laundry and a toddler who suddenly refuses to eat anything green.

Every time I come back to myself, even if it’s just for a day or two, it still counts.
It still matters.
It reminds me she’s still in there—me.
The motivated one.
The creative one.
The one with ideas and dreams and things to say.

So if you’re back in the thick of it right now— If your spark has gone quiet and you’re too tired to chase it—

Just breathe.
Reheat the tea.
And trust: you’ll find your way back to you again.

Maybe not today.
But soon.

And when you do, she’ll still be there, waiting.

Some seasons will ask you to pause your spark. But they can’t take it from you.

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