Originally published on August 12, 2010.
If you could make whatever it is you’re waiting for “explicit”, would it help you breakthrough and get a move on?
The other day I was lunching with a friend and said “I just don’t have the bandwidth to deal with that right now.” And she asked: What’s keeping you from having the bandwidth? (What are good friends for if not to call you on your excuses???) And, you know, I actually had some pretty valid answers. Even so, having said them out loud I realized that I did have the bandwidth to deal with each of the individual circumstances that stood in my way as long as I took them one at a time. Breakthough!
There’s nothing secret about it. Everyone knows that I am waiting for my real parents, the king and queen, to come restore me to my rightful throne.
— Meg Cabot
Seriously folks – have you ever felt like “the time just isn’t right yet” for making a change? I have, many times over. And eventually I got to a point where I knew: the time is now. And I knew why – some certain circumstances had changed in some certain ways… let me explain with a few examples. Continue reading » What Are You Waiting For?
See the girl in the purple tee? See her I-can-do-this mojo? – I want me some of that!
Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.
— William Wordsworth
Recently a friend gifted me with a journal – a beautifully bound, preciously blank book. But, to my chagrin, I find that the pristine pages intimidate me.
I’m Breaking Out My Catcher’s Mitt
We have a great deal of freedom to choose exactly how we will live … each day is made up of a myriad of ‘choice points’ and Morning Pages [daily journaling] creates our ‘catcher’s mitt’ for many small ideas that lead to larger breakthroughs…
— Julia Cameron
from The Writing Diet: Write Yourself Right-Size
When it comes to journaling I prefer Continue reading » I Go to the Jedi…
If you could make whatever it is you’re waiting for “explicit”, would it help you breakthrough and get a move on?
The other day I was lunching with a friend and said “I just don’t have the bandwidth to deal with that right now.” And she asked: What’s keeping you from having the bandwidth? (What are good friends for if not to call you on your excuses???) And, you know, I actually had some pretty valid answers. Even so, having said them out loud I realized that I did have the bandwidth to deal with each of the individual circumstances that stood in my way as long as I took them one at a time. Breakthough!
There’s nothing secret about it. Everyone knows that I am waiting for my real parents, the king and queen, to come restore me to my rightful throne.
— Meg Cabot
Seriously folks – have you ever felt like “the time just isn’t right yet” for making a change? I have, many times over. And eventually I got to a point where I knew: the time is now. And I knew why – some certain circumstances had changed in some certain ways… let me explain with a few examples. Continue reading » What Are You Waiting For?
Often we experience personal losses (big or small) as if they were physical blows to our psyches, they wobble our equilibrium and give us pause – and enduring this period of grieving is a very personal and unsettling experience. How we bounce back is also a very personal thing. Here’s a glimpse into one person’s encounter with grief and relief.
After reading my post In a Pickle a few weeks ago, one of our readers (who prefers to remain anonymous) wrote me an eloquent email describing their own A-B-C-D-E. S/he wrote (bolding by Ellie):
I just wanted you to know that your blog is helping someone else through some grief. While my grief is different than yours, I feel we share some similar pain in the process of healing. Your ABCs inspired me to write my own. It really helped me to focus on moving on, but at the same time [I could] allow the grief to be there. Grief is useful and temporary, but I need help reminding myself on that aspect.
But what blew me away was the “D” – Distract and Dispute passage:
Continue reading » Riding the Wave of Grief
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