Modelling
Someone somewhere has already done the thing you want to do.
Yeah, isn’t that cool?
So the hard part isn’t really finding out what to do- it’s having the discipline and persistence to do it too.
Change the time horizon
Sometimes it can feel like something isn’t working.
That might be a method problem, but it might also be because of time line you’ve attached to it.
We’d do well not to mistake a faulty method with a lack of patience.
What you’re doing might actually be working, but you just haven’t waited long enough to see.
Add a few more months on before you measure progress and then you could change the method.
All will be well
Everything will more or less be okay.
We don’t have to hold on tightly to everything, we can just show up with grace and know that all will be well.
King of the world
You know the thing you’ve been avoiding?
The email that you know if going to tke some thought…
The boring task that simply needs your time…
The uncomfortable action.
Yeah, that one.
Do that first- then you’ll feel like king of the world.
Listening with your whole body
In the workshop today we did one of my favourite ensemble games: as a group we are scattered all around the room. Without a single person leading, we must collectively begin walking, then running and then collectively decide to pause. We cycle through those modes.
It seems easy, and the instinct is just to lead the group. But of course that’s the whole point, there IS no leader.
I love when a group surrenders to the the collective.
And we all start listening with our bodies.
It’s a beautiful thing when multiple organisms become one.
Sometimes things don’t work
And sometimes you just don’t have enough data.
You can’t go to the gym for a couple of weeks and give up because you don’t have abs. It feels like a long time in the moment- but you don’t have enough data yet to know what’s working or not.
It’s so tempting to draw conclusions early.
It’s also tempting to do the same thing for too long expecting different results.
The solution is to remain awake.
Awake to the feedback you’re getting. Knowing the difference between ‘good’ difficult and ‘going nowhere’ difficult.
It’s knowing when to keep trying, when to adjust slightly and when to change tac completely.
When in doubt keep trying a bit longer.
Way faster than you think
Ever notice how the tasks we think are going to take us a long time actually take no time at all.
It’ all the procrastinating that actually takes the time.
On the flip, the tasks that we think will be simple and quick often turn out to be more complex.
Either way, we’d do well to just get on with it I think 😉
Rest but still routine
After a giant week of big work days, a rest day is always welcome.
In the past I thought that meant completely letting go, but I’ve actually found if the only thing I change is the amount of work output, then the rest sinks in better.
I’m sleeping a good amount and waking up early on a work day.
I’m eating great food that fuels me and keeps my energy consistent.
I’m moving my body enough to give me energy.
On a rest day, I don’t want to stop these things.
Keeping the fundamentals in place lets my body and mind equalise and truly rest when I don’t need to work.
If the fundamentals are dropped- a rest day actually becomes something you need to recover from.
And being in recovery mode when it’s another work day is not a position any of us want to be in.