When everything's important...nothing's important.
It's kind of like being in the middle of the forest and trying to distinguish the trees. It's hard to do when this warp speed world that we live in demands that we assign importance equally to everything. This can be super tricky, especially when you're trying to determine what truly matters versus, what's just noise...and there's a lot of noise out there.
How do you know what to put on the back burner versus what really needs attention? The thing that's ready to come to a boil.
Where do you take a gamble and drop a ball and hope for the best?
You hope that the balls you've dropped are balls that were safe to drop...that the impact won't be too serious. And let's face it...It matters more in some places in your life than others. But the weight of this can feel quite heavy if you don't know which ball to keep juggling and which ball is safe to drop...and typically you don't find out until after it's happened.
Ugh.
It's only through 20/20 hindsight, that you get the lesson...understand the purpose...see the dots connecting. Notice which balls you should've held on to...and which ones were safe to drop.
That's just how it works.
Being willing to gamble a bit. You win some and you're gonna lose some. Hopefully with time, experience and wisdom, you become an expert...you're a better gambler.
And in the meantime?
Remembering that every expert was once a beginner, they dropped balls and sometimes the important ones.That's where wisdom comes from...the mistakes, not the successes.
If you're a beginner in some area of your life right now, if you keep at it…it will get better, that's pretty much guaranteed. If you're an expert in something...remember what it was like to be a beginner.
Both the beginner and the expert could use the same thing...a little bit of patience...one with self and the other...with others.
Are you ready?
Let's get to it...
Your challenge...
It's super difficult when you're in the middle of that forest to recognize the particular trees you should have been paying attention to and maybe appreciating the ones that you did pay attention to...because that's not random.
Beating yourself up?
Kinda pointless after the fact.
Acknowledging the learning and moving forward?
That's the ultimate goal...and so difficult to do when it's attached to failure.
Reframing.
It's always about assessing the meaning you're giving to things.
20/20 hindsight...a gift or a curse?
It's up to you to make that call...but don't linger there...you may drop another ball...
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Cheers,
Ann
When everything’s important…nothing’s important…