Yesterday, I read that Jennifer Lawrence, from Hunter Games fame, is taking a YEAR off! She is shutting down her cell phone and (I think) her computer. I don’t usually note those kind of articles, but I found myself truly envying her decision.
To take a year off… wow!
To take a month off… wow!
To take a week off… wow!
To take a day…
Or, a moment…
For right now, I need to just focus on taking moments off… (not kidding)
Taking a moment and taking a deep breath is a micro vacation, and so necessary.
These days there are so many thoughts in my head that I don’t know if I am finding the same kind of harmony, as when I feel like I have a game plan more clearly defined.
I really think it’s the number of things in my head at once that is making it trickier for me to find my sweet spot. And, there are a few large items, with respect to work, that are unresolved, and in large part, out of my hands.
That’s life.
My head realizes that I am fortunate. I am blessed. I am still living this amazing life, and enjoying this wonderful journey, but my immediate state is unsettled.
I am working on focusing… on breathing deeper… on taking one step at a time… on sorting through all that is on my to do and on my mind… and trying to prioritize.
It’s like getting my arms around my absolute truth becomes so tricky in moments like this, that I feel like there is no real energy to move myself forward into the next moment of who I want to be.
And, that is ok. That is all part of it.
I had some great conversations yesterday with people I work with, care for, and truly love. They are my partners in crime. They are my teammates. We are all chasing our own dreams individually and yet sharing our dreams together. And, my sense was that we were all in a place where we just couldn’t find that next puzzle piece to keep the picture getting clearer.
Days like this its time to stand up, stretch your legs, and look at the partially completed puzzle from a little farther away.
Resort the unattached pieces, take a deep breath, and sit down again, ready to continue.
I wish I had a year… hopefully someday I might. But, then I will get bored.
I have moments… and I will leverage and cherish my moments of detachment…
I look at my boys. I look at my wife. I look in the mirror. I talk to my parents. I talk to my colleagues, and my purpose (not the destination) but the importance of continuing to move and to solve and to be seems so necessary and important. And, I feel grateful for the opportunity.
And, I will then keep looking for those corner pieces that make us feel like even thouth its only one more piece to the puzzle, we have made more progress than usual.
Smile.
Breathe.
Thank.
And just keep going…
Somedays keepin’ going in truly moving ahead.
Yours in the pursuit, some days making more progress than others.
Nestor