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The workload I have at the moment means in two weeks I don't have an entire day off. Even though I thought I have been prioritising wellness and scheduling me time, I guess it's just one of those busy times in life. Don't get me wrong, I love everything I'm doing- like today I get to walk through a forest, find birbs and public speak BUT I'm just conscious of my mental and physical wellbeing if I don't make time for proper rest days. How many of you find yourself in similar situations?!? Let me know in the comments! 💪🌱💚 Photo by @gogreenfortheocean 📷 In times where the world is pulling you in different directions screaming "this is important" you must find the strength to pull yourself back and remember that YOU are important. Take care of yourselves and make sure you find time for some guilt free rest this weekend 💚🌱💪 picture by @jeanthebiobum 📷 I'm so so sorry that so many of you have had to experience the anguish of email/boss anxiety. Its truly horrible that so many people in power get away with treating the people who work for them like actual garbage. I hope we can all band together to boost eachother up and maybe along the way we will lose that fear. Love you all and stay strong 💚💪🌱 photo by @biologistspace 📷 I got a beautiful message from @emily.jo.h saying that reading the weekly blogs has inspired her to keep going during a slump period and it makes me so happy to see how honest words are not demotivating us but I fact more empowering to hear. As a community we just keep lifting eachother up and it's truly magical. Thank you to anyone who ever submitted a blog and for all of the good that radiated from it throughout our community 💪🌱💚 this phenomenal picture is by @swampery 📷 ***NEW WEDNESDAY BLOG!!*** Today's blog is a string of thoughts by @sevenpayne that takes us on a journey through his life in conservation. I have been looking forward to this blog in a while as Steven is one of the most supportive people who has been cheerleading me on every day and is a classic representation of the encouraging and welcoming nature of the lonely conservationists community 💪🌱💚 link in bio :) I 100% always wish I was in a hammock. Hammocks solve every problem. Once I was clothelined by a tree and I just came back to camp, curled up in a hammock and waited for my concussion to pass. Hammocks should be in every first aid kit. Do you agree? 💚🌱💪 Photo by @biologistspace 📷 Let's get some diversity going on! If you work in an unrepresented ecosystem on this platform- send me your photos!! Let's showcase deserts, reefs and savannas and most importantly, the amazing conservationists working in them!! 💪💚🌱 Photo by @naturalistnatasha Yesterday I caught myself saying "I can wear those shoes from Indonesia to the wedding- you know, the ones I went spelunking in!" Because one time a group of us all went spelunking in Indonesian caves in long skirts and strappy sandals because we just came across them on our way home from a meeting. Let me know in the comments if you've also been inappropriately dressed in nature just to seize the moment! 💪💚🌱 Photo by @that_inverted_guy 📷 Just incase you didn't see my story yesterday THANKYOU SO MUCH for creating member profiles on the LC website! It's opened up such a cool opportunity for us all to be globally accredited biodiversity monitors and to help businesses on a global scale with their biodiversity monitoring needs. If you want to be involved in this opportunity and haven't already, go create yourself a member profile because these are the people I will be contacting to get involved! Thanks again!!! 💚🌱💪 Photo by @caitlin.brant 📷 Five years ago this month, my alarm went off, waking me. "Do I really have to go today?" I give my dogs a quick run, fill food and water for all the mini-zoo, shower, and head out, checking in on the armadillo family living below my patio first. I get to class, slump down in my chair, and pull out my notes. Same as every day was in optometry school, physiology followed by optics, but I doubt I heard a word of it. I'm sat at the only window seat in the class, same as every day, counting animal species passing by. But today something was different- a little sparrow had wiggled their way into the window and spent the whole day hopping around the light fixtures. I couldn't even tell you broadly what topic we talked about in class, but can detail that bird's movements like it's happening right now. It became so abundantly clear in that moment that I would prefer to be absolutely anywhere else, and watching animals in particular. Within a day, I'm ringing up zoos and parks and setting in motion a dramatic career shift. For the life of me, I couldn't even tell you how I had gotten on such a wrong track, but now every day the first thing in my mind, "I really get to go to work today!" -@intyrely_eco

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