My daughter secretly worries a little bit about my living alone and she has good reason. Recently, she sent me a TikTok and said, “I’m crying because this is you!” It was a young woman my daughters age talking about her Mom getting banned from the app Next-door for being a little too honest.
My daughter knows I banned myself from the app Next-door because it was too tempting to say what I really wanted to say instead of what’s acceptable in today’s world, so I had to stop going there for everyone’s safety. One of my top goals in life is to never have to call my daughter to bail me out of jail especially over an app. Offending someone in Target over the last Magnolia wreath might be a different story, but you choose your battles carefully while living an unsupervised life.
When you’re single with an empty nest, the freedom of an unsupervised life can be a hindrance. Over time we can slip off track and forget it’s easy to forget our purpose, or what we’re called to accomplish in a day. There’s a handful of people who hold me personally accountable each day and my work requires a daily check-in of tasks complete, so there’s structure in my life, but no hard rules. It’s not easy being held accountable, but it helps me focus on what’s meaningful.
I know God is watching every minute, but having actual people who care enough to hold you accountable to fulfilling your purpose is golden. I take the weekends off from accountability to let my body relax and my mind wander. The soul needs a couple of days to believe it’s possible to know how to live an unsupervised life.
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