Love this. Having now been in therapy for over a year, one of the most radical ideas that somehow scared me the most to consider was "What if you're actually doing ok?". It's easy to want to be fitter, busier, and richer. It's harder to sit, figure out your values, and identify that growing in one direction would mean sacrificing something you value. Saying 'no' can be its own form of self-improvement by keeping time & energy for the things you're already doing.
Absolutely. A lot of this stuff was from therapy learnings. I've been off-and-on (currently on) with therapy for a few years and one of the big things was just learning that I'm not behind and all of the pressure is what I'm putting on myself. Reflecting on it, so much of the changes the world suggest benefits someone else. All of the growth I've made the last few years (and there's been lots of growth!) comes from staying the course on stuff, not making changes.
Thank you for this week's feed... I have been through so many losses in the past 5 years, Jonathan. Those have changed me. Hopefully, I'm a better person now. Have I stopped changing? I think and hope, I'll be always evolving, being true to my core self and fulling who I'm meant to be. I've learned that some changes I can choose, others I don't choose. But there you are, perhaps life is a balance of choice and fate? Life is consistent in one thing: it is always changing, shaping, molding me into a better version of myself, I hope! Thanks again.
Love this. Having now been in therapy for over a year, one of the most radical ideas that somehow scared me the most to consider was "What if you're actually doing ok?". It's easy to want to be fitter, busier, and richer. It's harder to sit, figure out your values, and identify that growing in one direction would mean sacrificing something you value. Saying 'no' can be its own form of self-improvement by keeping time & energy for the things you're already doing.
Absolutely. A lot of this stuff was from therapy learnings. I've been off-and-on (currently on) with therapy for a few years and one of the big things was just learning that I'm not behind and all of the pressure is what I'm putting on myself. Reflecting on it, so much of the changes the world suggest benefits someone else. All of the growth I've made the last few years (and there's been lots of growth!) comes from staying the course on stuff, not making changes.
Correction: 5 to 10 years* fulfilling*
Thank you for this week's feed... I have been through so many losses in the past 5 years, Jonathan. Those have changed me. Hopefully, I'm a better person now. Have I stopped changing? I think and hope, I'll be always evolving, being true to my core self and fulling who I'm meant to be. I've learned that some changes I can choose, others I don't choose. But there you are, perhaps life is a balance of choice and fate? Life is consistent in one thing: it is always changing, shaping, molding me into a better version of myself, I hope! Thanks again.