#9: Redefining Expectations Around Holidays + a Remy Guest-Edit!

Taking a look at how we holiday, plus a guest-edit by Remy for our Weekly REPORT, where we wonder who the f*ck came up with sourdough?

I’m currently 3 days post-op from my Endo surgery, so the first part of this issue will be a bit shorter and more of a personal update, due to my still-recovering mind and body, BUT one of my dear friends, Remy (who you may already know on Instagram as @veggiekins), came on as a guest to curate our Weekly REPORT, along with some fun quick-fire questions!

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As I mentioned, I’m pretty fresh out of surgery and in the first baby giraffe level of wobbly days, navigating my recovery. Before this surgery, I swore to myself that this recovery would be different than my last surgical adventure (a hip surgery in 2014), when I rushed back to doing too much, too fast. Not saying that it was the reason for the onset of my autoimmune disease, but I undoubtedly put my body through undue stress far too quickly, thanks to the brazenness of being 23 and thinking the rules of biology didn’t apply to me (I mean, back then I could have a few cocktails and be a springy human the next day, whereas now I have a bit of sugar at 9pm and severe regrets in the morning, soooo my logic wasn’t completely off).

Being 10 years older and (somewhat) wiser now, I knew that I had to limit my expectations for what I could do while healing. The timing of having to exercise my patience around expectations feels… on the nose, considering expectations are typically running high this time of year for pretty much everyone; the holidays, family dynamics, travel, EOY work needs. With the timing of my surgery, I’m grateful for our families understanding that travel for the holidays is off the table altogether this year for us— and over the last few years, we’ve chipped away at some holiday expectations.