POV: You wake up, scroll your phone, realise it’s Wednesday morning (again), you’ve snoozed your alarm (again), and it hits you, every day is starting to feel a little too much like groundhog day.

Welcome to the club!

Somewhere between work deadlines, school WhatsApp groups, and half-drunk cups of coffee, you realise you've lost sight of the one person who keeps it all running - you. You know, the old you. The one who used to say yes to adventures, laugh until you cried, or feel calm without needing a sound bath and ice dip just to regulate your nervous system.

You see, here’s the thing no one tells you: you don’t need a midlife crisis or a one-way ticket to Bali to find you again. (Although, no judgement if that’s your goal, we can defo help you on this one.) Rediscovering yourself doesn’t have to be about becoming someone new. For me, it’s about remembering who you were before life got noisy.

Signs you might need a little rediscovery

• You keep saying “after this week things will calm down”… and it’s been 14 months.

• Your hobbies currently include laundry, replying to emails, and overthinking at 3 a.m.

• You feel permanently “fine” but can’t remember the last time you felt genuinelyalive.

If you’re nodding along, congratulations, this is your sign.

What rediscovery can actually look like

It doesn’t have to be dramatic. Sometimes it’s as simple as going on a solo coffee date, walking without headphones, or finally saying no to something you don’t want to do. Other times, it’s stepping completely out of your normal life, swapping your inbox for ocean views, alarms for sunrise yoga, and responsibilities for a few blissfully guilt-free days just for you.

And that’s where the magic happens. When you give yourself space, things shift. You start to hear your own thoughts again. You remember what you like, what you need, and who you actually are beneath the roles you play.

The myth of “I’ll do it later”

Spoiler: later rarely arrives. Life doesn’t pause. The emails don’t stop. There will always be something else to do, fix, or plan. The trick is carving out moments now, not waiting until everything’s perfect (because it never will be). And if the last year has taught me anything, it’s that life really is short. I’ve watched friends going through the hardest times, others gone far too soon. It’s been a stark reminder that we don’t always get “later.” Sometimes it takes those moments to make you stop and realise that waiting to live isn’t really living at all.

So maybe it’s time to take your own sign seriously. The one that’s flashing in metaphorical neon saying, “hey, remember me?”

Ready for your sign?

If you’ve been waiting for permission to press pause, breathe, and find yourself again, this is it. Maybe it’s a walk in the woods, a glass of wine with friends, or maybe it’s finally saying yes to that retreat you’ve been quietly dreaming about. Because you deserve space to rest, reflect, and remember who you are, not just who you have to be for everyone else.

At Retreat Yourself, we’ve watched women rediscover parts of themselves they thought were gone forever. The laughter, the confidence, the spark, it all comes rushing back when you give yourself the time and space to find it.

So go on, take the sign. Pack the bag. Book the trip.
You’ll thank yourself later.