Hey Muses!
A few months ago I started The Well Space on GroupMe because I wanted to create a community centered on uplifting and supporting one another on our various wellness goals. Ideally, folks in the group would find some overlap or similarities with their goals and would start checking in on another. A huge focus for museologie is creating community through the lens wellness. Well…that didn’t happen. I tried different approaches to engage everyone, but nothing worked. I was encouraged over & over to keep at it, so I did. I tried even more methods to engage, but still struggled.
I recently listened to Issa Rae’s MasterClass and she had a few take home messages:
Be consistent.
Create what you want to see.
Use your resources.
The story I want to tell is worth telling so work at it.
The most impactful thing she said (in episode 3) is as followed, “I would advise you to try, but know when to stop.”
I’d been feeling burdened by the group and the lack of engagement for well over a month, and after hearing Issa say that, it felt like affirming sign to end the group. I sent a message to the group explaining why I’m ending it and how I think there is a definite need for wellness accountability, but GroupMe wasn’t the right platform. I let them know I am open to feedback, then shut it down about 24 hours later. I felt good. It felt good.
I love the name The Well Space, but hesitated to use it because I know a business with the same name. Their focus wasn’t on health and wellness, but it is a Black owned, woman led business and it didn’t feel right. In true Jordan form, I grappled with the new name for the space that I’m cultivating to
uplift wellness practices.
support one another in our wellness goal
create events after covid around community and wellness.
Well, I got it.
The Wellness Reservoir. YES!! Yall like it?? Okay let me break it down. Wellness because that’s the focus and it must be in the name. Reservoir because it is defined as “a supply or source of something.” Museologie’s events are your weekly supply of wellness. yay!
Every Sunday I post the upcoming week’s wellness events and everyone is welcome to attend. This is to help with my consistency with the wellness practices AND it’s about building a supportive community around wellness practices and educational events.
Lastly, wellness isn’t just meditation and journaling. I’ve expressed these sentiments and am trying to figure out ways to incorporate the other dimensions: occupational, cultural, digital and etc. There’s more coming, I need to figure it out and that’s my focus for the next few weeks. Yes, I’ll still put out the weekly wellness calendar, but there’s more to museologie than that. I have to figure out what’s next, what’s sustainable and really, what i want to do and why.
xo - JM