Plight of An Aries Part 2

Wow. I keep bumping into all these powerful women! Coincidentally, most of them are my Aries sisters.....

Some people have contacted me after reading this blog and said "I hear ya about the Aries thing, I'm an Aries too!" I feel so supported and its true - when you need help you ask and people will magically appear to support your cause and help move you forward. So thank YOU!!

I bumped into a woman today at the DUMBO Flea Market. And we started gabbin. As it turns out, she is a dancer/choreographer, has a young daughter, is a yoga enthusiast - AND - that's right, an Aries. We talked about what I've recently coined the "plight of the Aries woman," we are confident leaders and creators. But our biggest inner struggle is chasing 20 projects at once - and it often leads to being exhausted or frustrated and the incompletion of ANYTHING, or even worse, a combo of all the above. I struggle with the notion of whether or not to do something about it, like - GASP - focus on one thing at a time. OR just accept that this is simply how I am and to try to love myself completely, 20 projects and all, anyway. :)

This new friend also said that lately, with the coming of spring, she's particularly susceptible to wanting to do everything at once. There's all this energy riveting through her that needs to be released.

Indeed.

That's why I practice yoga and write, it cools my fiery Aries waters.

Yesterday I spoke to my college friend who now lives in Seattle. Aries. Same thing. Claims she's "not sure what she's doing with her life." So she says. That's another Aries trait: seemingly appears to have it all together on the outside, on the inside is on the verge of a meltdown at any given moment. We're prone to sudden outbursts and I believe its why we girls need an outlet and we need other strong women in our lives. This outlet can be so many things: writing (hello!??), performing, drawing, teaching, caring for a child, cooking, gardening, kickboxing, painting, or simply gabbing with your girls (my personal favorite).

Without an outlet, all this unreleased, bundled up energy turns into anger, feelings of self-loathing, jealousy, pettiness and/or feelings of dissatisfaction.

So, girls, (sorry fellas....) in short, we really need each other. If you are feeling overwhelmed or frustrated or tired - relax (yoga??) - You're fortunate to have that yearning inner voice within you. It's probably your inner Aries needing to be channeled into something beautiful!

So get to it - XOXO M