Thriving In Your Silent Season

Your phone hasn’t rang in a while and every time you get a text message it seems to be from your service provider. After reaching out to a few people all you receive are responses of people confirming their ‘busy-ness’. I get it. I’ve been there and I’m here to reassure you that it’s not them, it’s not you, it’s your silent season. Silent seasons are moments meant for taking inventory of all that has happened and dissecting what has led you to where you are now in order to move forward.

Here is how you can THRIVE during your silent season:

Embrace the stillness

It can be very tempting to want to make plans in order to avoid the quiet pace your life has taken, but remember nothing lasts forever. This is a moment in time carved out just for you to get still, quiet and develop your own sense of inner peace. You can embrace the stillness by taking time out to pray and meditate.

Evaluate Your “NOW”

Take inventory on where you are now and where you want to see yourself next. A great way to achieve this is through journaling. Writing your thoughts, feelings and goals on paper is a very powerful way to gain confidence and track your goals.

Clean House and Address the Mess

This is the season to get clarity and eliminate what does not serve you and where you see yourself in the future. That could mean: spiritually, emotionally, mentally or financially. There may be some people, habits or objects in your life that no longer serve your greater destiny and this is your chance to do away with things that may be holding you back.

Pursue Growth

It sucks when life seems to have lost its momentum. Your habitual self is telling you to just pick up the phone and forcefully organize a hang out, but what if you hang out with a book you’ve been meaning to read instead. You know the one, the book has been gathering dust and calling out to you for weeks or maybe it’s time to finally listen to that podcast you’ve been interested in. Do it! Get your mental glow on! Besides, you want to have something new to talk about when your social life has a pulse again.

Silent seasons are meant for reflection, restoration and healing. Things have slowed down and are quiet for a reason. If you are experiencing a silent season I challenge you to ask yourself this: “ When my silent season is up, what will I have to show for it?”

By: Charlotte Makala
IG: @theworkingwoman.africa