"Waiting for clarity is a trap. You have to go out and find clarity"
Yes perhaps motion is clarity. I'm definitely one of those people who plot and plan like a devious with demon and then huddles in anxiety. I think this piece was a good wake up call.
I think another important point here is one plots and plans because of fear. You don't want to jump into something and regret it for eternity. What would be your advice for that? Fear of fear i suppose.
I’m totally struggling with explaining clarity too! And I think your metaphor of the poster is spot on. I (reluctantly) agree that movement is the key. I’m a chronic thinker. Butttt.. I also think that going inward to examine yourself, discover your skills, your values, your purpose, is also a certain type of movement. However, at some point, we need to move outward too. To test the ideas we’ve landed on about ourself, our desires, and our clarity.
"Change only happens when we start moving." Couldn't agree more - I've been telling myself "momentum over maps" for months. One foot in front of the other. Just sit down and do SOMETHING. Lean into my natural inertia!
Love the concept for the program - small group program is my favorite mode, I used to run similar mastermind groups. People need this ❤️
YES! My thoughts move so fast, I can get a lot done in my head, but when I'm speaking to someone else... something happens in speech that gets me to such a point of more clarity, and better ideas, and new energy. I've tried to capture it with voice notes, which helps somewhat, but it's not the same.
There was something about entering my 40's that started to shift things for me. It also made me kick myself for how much time I spent being a chicken. Maybe it's another symptom of perimenopause - the only awesome one!
I am a thinker and a planner and the queen of analysis paralysis. If I can't see the solution clearly, I WILL think my way into never taking action and you can't stop me! ha! Then my brain went to Jello, and I couldn't think my way out of a paper sack.
Turns out a world without action or thinking things to death is very boring. So, I started to just do things, and that made me a bit braver, so I did more things. I think I'm starting to find a happy medium between my analytical mind and my courageous doer. I think of it like the Fool card in Tarot (now my favorite card) - I replaced refusing to jump until I could clearly see the bottom with leaping like a happy idiot over the edge just to see what will happen.
I still have caution and assess risk on the big things, but most of the time just moving and trying something feels much more fulfilling.
Yes! I feel like midlife is where we get a healthy case of the fuck its - at this point, ,we’ve stumbled enough to know we always get back up, so why not fling yourself off a cliff and trust yourself to fly?
"Waiting for clarity is a trap. You have to go out and find clarity"
Yes perhaps motion is clarity. I'm definitely one of those people who plot and plan like a devious with demon and then huddles in anxiety. I think this piece was a good wake up call.
I think another important point here is one plots and plans because of fear. You don't want to jump into something and regret it for eternity. What would be your advice for that? Fear of fear i suppose.
Yes! Such a good point. I actually wrote about that, too - https://newsletter.signalstrength.coach/p/talking-yourself-out-of-career-change
Will give this one a read!
I’m totally struggling with explaining clarity too! And I think your metaphor of the poster is spot on. I (reluctantly) agree that movement is the key. I’m a chronic thinker. Butttt.. I also think that going inward to examine yourself, discover your skills, your values, your purpose, is also a certain type of movement. However, at some point, we need to move outward too. To test the ideas we’ve landed on about ourself, our desires, and our clarity.
Yes! Kind of like we discover our voice through the process of writing!
"Change only happens when we start moving." Couldn't agree more - I've been telling myself "momentum over maps" for months. One foot in front of the other. Just sit down and do SOMETHING. Lean into my natural inertia!
Love the concept for the program - small group program is my favorite mode, I used to run similar mastermind groups. People need this ❤️
Thank you for reading and this reply - it’s so easy for me to forget that thinking alone doesn’t actually make progress for me :)
YES! My thoughts move so fast, I can get a lot done in my head, but when I'm speaking to someone else... something happens in speech that gets me to such a point of more clarity, and better ideas, and new energy. I've tried to capture it with voice notes, which helps somewhat, but it's not the same.
There was something about entering my 40's that started to shift things for me. It also made me kick myself for how much time I spent being a chicken. Maybe it's another symptom of perimenopause - the only awesome one!
I am a thinker and a planner and the queen of analysis paralysis. If I can't see the solution clearly, I WILL think my way into never taking action and you can't stop me! ha! Then my brain went to Jello, and I couldn't think my way out of a paper sack.
Turns out a world without action or thinking things to death is very boring. So, I started to just do things, and that made me a bit braver, so I did more things. I think I'm starting to find a happy medium between my analytical mind and my courageous doer. I think of it like the Fool card in Tarot (now my favorite card) - I replaced refusing to jump until I could clearly see the bottom with leaping like a happy idiot over the edge just to see what will happen.
I still have caution and assess risk on the big things, but most of the time just moving and trying something feels much more fulfilling.
Yes! I feel like midlife is where we get a healthy case of the fuck its - at this point, ,we’ve stumbled enough to know we always get back up, so why not fling yourself off a cliff and trust yourself to fly?
Exactly!! It’s liberating, exciting, and a little crap your pants intense, but I’m here for it.