Arti Parmar

28/08/2026

26/08/2026

As if midlife wasn’t already giving us enough to think about. 😂

You’re questioning work.

You’re thinking differently about your time.

Your priorities are shifting.

Things you once tolerated don’t feel quite so tolerable anymore.

And for many women, somewhere in amongst all of that, perimenopause decides to make an appearance too.

No wonder this stage of life can feel like such a recalibration.

Perhaps we don’t need to have everything figured out.

But we can start paying attention to what our mind — 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 — might be telling us.

25/08/2026

Do you ever wake up already mentally running through the day?

What needs doing.

Who needs something from you.

What you can’t forget.

What you need to fit in after work.

And somehow the day hasn’t even started yet.

When you’ve spent years being the capable one, you can become very good at carrying a lot.

So good, in fact, that sometimes you don’t notice just how much you’re carrying.

Maybe the answer isn’t always becoming better at managing it all.

𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡.

24/08/2026

Saturday afternoon: playing football with the little humans. ⚽️

Monday morning: Urgent Care + imaging.

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥… 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲. 😂

My left big toe has been swollen, bruised, numb and painful since Saturday — and even the weight of a blanket has made sleep rather interesting.

Then this morning I realised my second toe hurts too.

𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰. 😂

It probably hasn’t helped that I managed to stub the big toe another couple of times yesterday… and the little humans have stepped on it more than once. 🤦‍♀️

Given how important the big toe is for walking, I decided it was worth getting properly checked.

So Monday morning became 𝐔𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 + 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝. 😂

24/08/2026

Maybe you’ve noticed it too.

Things you tolerated quite easily ten years ago suddenly feel… exhausting.

The unnecessary drama.
The constant demands.
The expectation that you’ll just keep giving more.

You’re still capable.

You just don’t want to spend quite so much of yourself on things that leave you depleted.

Maybe that’s not becoming difficult.

Maybe it’s becoming 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲.

And frankly, I think midlife might be onto something. ❤️

23/08/2026

I didn’t set out thinking:

“I want to become a digital entrepreneur.”

That wasn’t my world.

I had a career, qualifications and years of experience doing what I’d trained to do.

What I was really looking for was something much simpler:

𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

Something I could build alongside the career I already had.

Something that could potentially give me more flexibility and more choice about how I worked in the future.

I didn’t know how to build an online business when I started.

I’ve learned as I’ve gone.

You don’t have to know where something will lead before you’re allowed to explore it.

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈’𝐦 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐦𝐞.

22/08/2026

There was definitely a time when a free Saturday meant:

Laundry. Shopping. Emails. Catching up on work.

Basically… a different kind of workday. 😂

These days I’m becoming much more protective of time that doesn’t need to be productive.

Maybe that’s another thing that changes as we get older.

You stop feeling quite so impressed by being busy all the time.

𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞?

21/08/2026

There’s a lot of pressure to know what comes next.

Especially when you’ve spent years building the life and career you already have.

But maybe you don’t need another five-year plan.

Maybe you don’t need to make a big decision.

Maybe curiosity is enough for now.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠?

20/08/2026

One of the biggest things that stops people from exploring something new is:

“𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭.”

Neither did most people who started.

You don’t need to know everything before you begin.

You learn. You ask questions. You take one step and then another.

That’s why I share these stories.

Not because everyone’s journey will look the same — but because sometimes seeing what’s possible for somebody else makes you curious about what’s possible for you.

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭.