Upside Down & Turned Around

This morning, I headed out for a walk around the farm — one of my favorite ways to start the day. The sun was just coming up, and everything felt quiet and alive at the same time. Birds calling, cows in the distance, gravel underfoot — that kind of morning. I use an app on my watch to track how far I go, nothing fancy, just a way to keep up with myself.

But today, when I looked down at my wrist, something was off.

The screen was upside down.
And everything looked… turned around.

For a second, I thought maybe I’d messed with a setting. I tapped and swiped a few times, but it didn’t change. I had to laugh a little — because honestly, it felt like the perfect metaphor for how life can feel sometimes.

Upside Down & Turned Around

That unsettled feeling when things look familiar but don’t quite feel right. When your rhythm is off. When you're doing all the same things, but something underneath feels different.

Funny how upside down used to be fun.

Remember hanging from the monkey bars as a kid?
Knees hooked, hair swinging, the world flipped upside down — and we laughed.
It was pure joy.
We did it over and over again, not because we had to… but because it made us feel free.

Somewhere along the way, though, we stopped playing.
Upside down became something we avoid — a signal that something’s gone wrong.
But maybe it isn’t wrong.
Maybe it’s just unfamiliar.

Have we gotten so grown up that we’ve forgotten how to sit with what’s uncertain?
How to feel a little off balance without rushing to fix it?

There are seasons that rearrange things — slowly, quietly.
Even when everything looks fine on the outside, inside you might be thinking, What changed? Why does this feel different?

Can you think of a time you felt that way?

Maybe you're in that space now.
Maybe you’re trying to hold it all together while something inside you feels like it’s coming apart or just shifting in a way you can’t quite explain.

If so, be gentle with yourself.

You don’t have to name it perfectly. You don’t have to have it all sorted out.
Sometimes just saying, “Yep, this is one of those upside-down moments,” is enough.

So today, I didn’t stop walking. I kept going, screen still flipped, pace still steady. And somewhere along the way, I realized I was okay. I was still moving forward — even without all the metrics lined up just right.

Maybe that’s the lesson.

You don’t need all the answers today.
You don’t need to feel “right side up” to keep going.
You just need to take the next step.

Upside down doesn’t mean you’re off course.
Turned around doesn’t mean something’s wrong.
It might just mean life looks a little different right now, and that’s okay.

And in the middle of all that?
Don’t forget to enjoy what you can.
Laugh when something feels ridiculous.
Let the light hit your face.
Take a deep breath and let yourself be right where you are, even if it’s a little wobbly.

Not everything has to be fixed.
Some things are just meant to be lived through — one step at a time.