12/29/2025
This wasn’t on my 2025 bingo card.
Just before Christmas, a freak knee injury forced me to stop. Like… actually stop. 😳
I live alone.
I’m “savagely independent” (as one ex boyfriend once pointed out).
And suddenly, my world shrank to couch → kitchen → repeat.
What surprised me wasn’t the inconvenience. It was the CLARITY!
Stillness does things hustle never will:
• creativity expands
• priorities get honest
• asking for help becomes necessary
• receiving help becomes prescribed
• gratitude becomes real, not performative
And it hit me this morning … this strange, quiet week between Christmas and New Year’s?
This is what it’s for … just noticing who you are when you stop running all over the place.
💌I wrote about it today - ⬆️ Link in bio or go to: dianearmitage.substack.com