It’s a question that can turn up in all sorts of places. Someone else seems to have more confidence, more energy, more freedom. Their business looks like it’s flowing, their relationships look happy, their life somehow seems to require less effort than yours. And before you know it, you’re looking […]
Overthinking and Pressure
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Before phones could tell us what the traffic was doing, we had TomTom. And if you’re old enough to remember ignoring it – taking a different turning just to see how insistent it would get – you might recognise the bigger pattern too. There’s a difference between choosing a different route and losing touch with the thing that was quietly guiding us in the first place.
Thursday started like most days do. I had a rough idea of how I thought it would unfold. As you’ve probably guessed, my next line isn’t going to be, “And everything followed the plan in my head perfectly!” I’m not sure that would make for a particularly interesting post. What […]
We often think momentum has to look a certain way. Moving quickly. Having a plan. Pushing through. But over the last few days I’ve found myself wondering whether we’ve been giving momentum far too much to live up to. Perhaps it doesn’t need to be fast. Perhaps it doesn’t need […]
On Monday morning I was out with one of my Cinnamon Trust dogs. At his age, our walks are more of a gentle plod. I wandered along while he caught up on all the fresh smells. I suspect he mainly sees these visits as an opportunity to collect a fuss […]
Yesterday I found myself wondering whether momentum might be gentler than I’d always imagined. It felt like an interesting thought, so I decided to play with it for a while. Not by trying to prove anything. Just by noticing what happened. Then something unexpected happened. An idea arrived. I let […]
After a few weeks away from LinkedIn while I was limiting screen time because of my eye, I found myself wondering how to begin again. It wasn’t that I’d forgotten how to write. I’d simply lost the rhythm I’d fallen into. As I was thinking about it, I noticed the […]