I have that ‘back to school’ feeling – excited yet scared, confidant yet nervous, ready yet apprehensive. The backstory? After some time off work, I’m returning tomorrow.

This feeling takes me back to the versions of me that would feel this way each September when the new academic year began and each September, I pushed past the more negative feelings and rode the wings of the more positive ones. I let my excitement fuel my confidence – I knew I was ready for whatever the year would throw at me. Little did I know it then but that was a life lesson I was learning. Every time I’m about to start something or return to somewhere that is a little foreign or distant, I will feel these emotions. And that’s okay.

So today I also remind you – whenever you’re caught in the emotions of your own ‘back to school’ moments, remember that you are ready for whatever, whenever, wherever.