Today is my first day as Managing Editor at @ELLESouthAfrica. I’m excited, overwhelmed, nervous and thrilled all at once. It is a DREAM to be working on a magazine I love so much, and with such a brilliant team 💛
I then sit myself down and say out aloud that their victories are not my failures. It's easy to internalize it and fall into comparison but choose, rather, to celebrate their win and know that there is enough sunshine for everyone to blossom in their time
When I struggle to be happy for friends successes I always have to take a moment and self reflect. I need to remind myself of the principle of seasons and that their unseen ploughing and watering may have taken months or years for them to now reap a harvest
Recognize and celebrate your loved one's victories. And when it comes to you: be gentle and take your time with yourself.
You really are doing amazingly, whether the likes, double taps or subscriptions reflect that or not
Trying to get my head around the 53% youth unemployment rate, the 100k plus job losses between quarter 1 and 2 of 2018 and the rapid rate of Grade A commercial property development I see all around. 🤔