There are 28 weeks left until 2021 becomes 2022.
But it doesn’t matter when you’re reading this, because if you stick with me, I’m hoping in 10 weeks, or 20 weeks, or 28 weeks, or 200 weeks, we can still keep this growth party going, and we’ll be better than we were in week 1.
Hypothetically, if we improve our lives and ourselves by 1 percent every week, we will be 52 percent better in a year.
What the hell are we waiting for?
That’s the whole point of Stepping into Better, isn’t it?
The thing about this beautiful thing called Growth, is that it tends to be forgotten. Like that second second cousin that everyone knows exists, but no one really talks to. I wrote about how Growth is a choice, and how it really doesn’t matter how old or young you are – there’s still scope to know yourself and grow yourself.
I also wrote about how everything around you changes, and the only thing that stays constant is you!
And so I made peace with the process a while ago when I understood that life can be so up and down, and such a bumpy ride, that a better car would make the ride easier and more fun. And therefore, working on yourself, for yourself, is imperative to your drive on this journey called life.
I’m currently going through many life transitions. A baby who is almost a year old, shifting houses (the count will soon be 5 houses in 7 months, phew!- story for another day) restructuring my life, my business, my mind and my body.
Through all this uncertainty, it’s been hard to focus on progress and consistency with this blog.
As a creative entrepreneur who is smack in the centre of a transition, I’ve had days of crystal clarity followed immediately by days of completely hazy wtf am I doing’?
As I sit here, still, finally with a moment to myself to process the madness of so much change and transition and letting go, and grief (of the pandemic), and the overwhelm around me, I’m putting into practise what I teach everyone else. That when you’re driving in fog, the only way to move forward is two feet at a time. You see what you see, and when you move ahead, you see what comes after.
In regard to this blog, as also with any venture you may be working on, I’ve been trying to hit the perfect format. Posting twice a week, long form articles, well researched and in depth, as the gurus say, etc etc.
I’ve been overwhelmed and confused about the shape and form of this blog and have oscillated like a bunny on crack.
What’s happened in the pursuit of this perfect format, is that the pages have been empty, while the mind has been so full.
And in chase of the perfect strategy, we lose the essence of the imperfect journey that makes it all so fun! Therefore, I raise my glass to you with a sigh of relief and redemption from finally saying out loud that – better is always better than best.
Better to write you a short post, than not to post at all. Better to exercise a bit, than not to exercise at all. Better to laugh a little; than not to laugh at all.
Better to eat a tiny piece of cake, than not to eat cake at all. Tee hee.
Getting stuck in the pursuit of perfect, best, the right wAy, the only way, is like throwing out the salad cause you ate a piece of cake!
There’s a fine line between self sabotage and the pursuit of perfection : )
Just Eat the goddam cake. Eat the salad too.
And be nice to yourself, and kind to yourself.
No one has all the answers and no one needs to.
I don’t feel ready enough to offer you something consistently, I don’t believe I’m ready, but I’m gonna stop thinking about the perfect colour themes, the perfect fonts, the perfect strategy, and I’m going to focus on what made me want to start this blog in the first place – I’m going write, to connect with you!
Not for my own glory, and not for my own praise
But to help a healing heart, and a sinking soul to raise
And so, I shall write to you. About things that matter that not everyone talks about, and the highs and the lows, the joys and the struggles, the learning’s and the laughs as I work on myself, for myself, and truly, from the bottom of my heart, for you too!
I leave you with this thought this week – applaud yourself for the small steps you’ve taken and focus on the aspect of your life or business or project that gives you joy. Focus on the food, and the plating will follow. A pretty plate with sucky food will still be returned to the chef.
So focus on the food.
And come back next week!
I hope we can be lifetime buddies on the road to better!
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