Not all growth is glamorous, although it sometimes carries a touch of sparkle.
Sometimes growth looks like finishing a chapter you didn’t want to let go of. Sometimes it looks like sitting alone with your thoughts and realizing you want more, deserve more, or are more.
It’s humble. It’s raw. It’s quiet.
But it’s real.
And those unglamorous moments—the ones without sparkle or applause—tend to be the most powerful, because they’re where you meet the truest version of yourself.
There’s something almost mystical about these seasons of becoming. They arrive softly—without fireworks or fanfare—yet they change everything. One day, you look at your life, your patterns, your choices, and you feel it:
— the energy that once fit you no longer does.
When I left my old space, I expected the move to be physical. Boxes. Labels. Decisions. But what surprised me most wasn’t what I left behind—it was what I stepped into.
A different energy.
A different rhythm.
A different version of me.
The energy that surrounded me before was familiar, comforting even… but it also held old chapters, old expectations, old ways of being. Now, in this new space, I can feel something shifting. My vibe is different—honest in a way it wasn’t before. More grounded. More humble. More practical. Still hopeful, still dreaming… but with a steadier heart.
I encountered similar reactions in 2013, when we made a drastic move from Ontario to Halifax and kept only 4 pieces of furniture. Someone said to me « you went with a different style, more coastal » . Indeed, there was a lightness in our surroundings that matched the external environment. The energy had changed then too.
Some people around me saw my downsizing as shrinking – my world getting smaller, « reduced to living in a multigenerational household, becoming a live-in nana to the grandbabies. They assumed I am going to slowly wilt away. To them, I say:
— Growth doesn’t always roar.
…… Sometimes it whispers.
It says:
“You’re allowed to change.”
“You’re allowed to release what no longer aligns.”
“You’re allowed to become someone new—someone truer.”
And so today’s fresh beginning is this simple acknowledgment:
I’ve outgrown certain versions of myself, and I’m learning to meet the woman I’m becoming with curiosity, grace, and open hands.
Because becoming isn’t about perfection.
It’s about alignment.
It’s about energy that finally matches who you’re ready to be.
And honestly?
That feels like its own kind of miracle.
I wish that downsizing be experienced by everyone. It’s incredibly liberating. Simplifying life, once weighted down by possessions that were stifling. Best to have less and be accessible to more.
I’m excited by my prospects. I feel free from the burdens I carried, lighter in my simplified life. Having more time available to my priorities. Also, excited to be basking in youthful energy, with laughter and joy all around me.
