Legacy is a life that effects generations.
Mama, what you do today lives on for generations. That can feel like a lot of pressure…or we can shift how we look at that. What a gift. What a power. What a purpose!
Mothers change the world. We influence an entire generation by influencing our own children. Those children will then take our teachings and shape the next generation. That is how we change we world. This month we are going to step into that power, find peace with it, and start to work on aligning our actions with our values. We’re going to keep moving forward in our quest to get rid of mom guilt as we start to live our truths.
How are we going to do that? By getting deep…and also by being practical. We’re going to show up and put in the work.
This month we’re going to focus on two things:
1. Finishing our will/trust that many of us have been putting off. That is a practical part of our legacy that we need to get off our to-do list.
2. Living our legacy NOW instead of waiting until we’re gone. Our legacy is how we live our lives, it’s what we’re known for while we’re alive…and we’re alive now. We have the ultimate say in what our legacy looks like. We’ll spend some time this month aligning our actions with our values. That is the deep part.
Mothers are the gatekeepers of our family’s history, traditions, celebrations, and our everyday life. We set the tone for our homes. We model how the world works through our actions more than our words. We show our children our hopes for them with our attitude and choices.
I’ve created Legacy Month to help you (and me!) get rid of any mom guilt we might have around legacy (including the guilt about not having our wills done). So we’re just going to bite the bullet, work through the discomfort, and do it together.
I wanted to create a conversation about living legacy to help us bridge the disconnect many mamas feel. The disconnect I’m talking about is intellectual vs. actual. In our heads (intellectually), we love out kids. How do we show that? What actions do we take that communicate that message to them? What words do we use that make that thought of “I love my kids” come to life every day? Same for gratitude. We can think in our head “of course I’m grateful for my family,” but what actions do we take that show them this is true? There’s a lot of talk about gratitude but not a lot of action. We can make a list of things we are grateful for all day long, but gratitude has to move beyond a piece of paper.
How the Guided Journals Work:
“The journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step.” Lao Tzu
The guided journals take just a few minutes a day. I firmly believe that by working on something just a little bit each day, we can see big results. That little bit of daily work helps us shed dreaded mom guilt—it turns out you don’t have time to feel guilty about something if you’re actively working on it!
I will post a new Legacy journal prompt every day this month here on the blog—that’s my job. Your job is to show up for yourself by taking a few minutes and writing down your answers to those prompts. That’s it. It really is that simple.
“But what if I miss a day?”
That’s okay. This is not an “all or nothing” venture. You do the best you can, show up when you need to, shift as your days call for it, and just do you. Not every journal prompt will speak to you. Some will more than others. Some days you might spend 20 minutes answering the questions, others you might spend 20 seconds. You do you.
Journaling is an incredible path to self-discovery. It’s a form of self-care. It’s you showing up for yourself and honoring the fact that your thoughts are worthy of notation. Take your time. Get to know yourself better. Use that information to strengthen yourself. Strong women make strong mothers. And strong mothers change the world.
Time to change the world…let’s get started.
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