Hi everyone! Long time no speak

Since moving to Australia, I’ve continued working with my UK student clients remotely. It’s meant adapting to a new routine – working late evenings and long shifts, while trying to live a normal daytime life. I genuinely love the work, but I’ve realised recently that the way I’ve been doing it isn’t sustainable for my long-term health or wellbeing. So, from the next academic year, some changes are definitely happening.

It’s only really in the past couple of months that I’ve started to feel settled here. I’m someone who struggles with change, but after realising I’ve basically nonstop worked on my career since my first degree I started when I was 19, I’ve been so ready for a new chapter, to allow myself the lifestyle I want to live here in Aus. With UK summer arriving and my students winding down, I’ve been exploring what life here might offer outside of work. I wanted to meet more people, try new things, and take a break from the more intense parts of what I do. (Because working evenings, skipping meals and rest, and cramming too much in = a recipe for burnout … who would have thought it??)

So even though I still had a few weeks left with most of my students, I started looking for something casual in May. Something that would give me more balance and space to just enjoy this life I’m building.

I found a couple of opportunities that seemed to tick all the boxes. I was excited, welcomed into a team that felt kind and aligned, and it felt like everything was going well!

Then… I got a stomach bug and I couldn’t make a training shift, and even though I’d been formally offered the job, I was removed from the team chat before I’d even had a chance to respond. And it really got to me!!!

I cried, I spiralled a bit, I even chased them (which is not me at all, I don’t chase I attract am I right people!). But after a couple of hours, something shifted and I realised:

1. The universe always has my back
2. Maybe (or definitely)…  this was the pause I needed!

I’d gone from full-on evenings with work to diving myself across THREE JOBS LOL. And even though part of me knew I needed a break, I ignored it because I was just a little too excited to move forward ahhaha. In the end, with a more rested head on my shoulders, I’ve realised it wasn’t even about the job itself. It was what I had pinned to it – more freedom, friendship, and a relief from this routine I’ve been in. I’d attached all of those needs to one external thing… and that’s never the answer!! Never!

Rejection as Redirection

I’ve had things not work out before, but this one stung more than expected. I think it’s because I’d started building this little future in my head, one where it all felt easy, soft, and aligned. However, with the space that’s opened up, I’ve had time to rest. To journal. To come back to my spirituality. I’ve been going to the gym, nourishing myself with food, getting my sleep in, and just generally caught up with myself. It’s a reset I didn’t realise I needed.

The reality is, just because something feels good doesn’t mean it’s meant for you long-term. Just know, the universe is always redirecting you before you get too comfortable in the wrong place.

I haven’t landed something else yet, and I’m actually okay with that. There’s no new plan. But what I have returned to is the things I love- my blog, my photography and creativity! This is a place I know I can pour from, and a place I can build an idea of what the next phase looks like 😊

This is why I started Kindred Impact in the first place. Not to show up perfectly, but to share the trials and tribulations of life, to reflect the messiness of growth and trust that others feel it too (I see youuuu struggling humans!!)

Because even though this isn’t the break I imagined… it’s the one I actually needed.

Freedom comes from within ❤

I thought this new role would give me more time, more space, more joy, but ultimately those things are mine to give to myself. This season has shown me how much I’ve relied on external things to define my sense of peace, but true freedom can’t hinge on things that might change. Building your internal world, mindset and connection to yourself is literally the blueprint. It’s remembering that you’re allowed to just be, even without a title, a plan, or a clear next step.

If you’re in the middle of a redirection, big or small, I just want you to know it doesn’t mean anything about your worth. You’re simply been rerouted onto the path that is meant for you. Trust that something better is making its way to you. You’re allowed to feel frustrated, lost, unsure, but it just makes the clarity that always comes so much sweeter!

There’s a higher version of you and your life that’s unfolding behind the scenes… and one day, it’s all going to make perfect sense.

Until then, I’m right here with you, navigating the messy thing we call life and sharing the f ups along the way.

Have a good week!!
Megs xx