Begin again, the story of your life
You may do this, I tell you, it is permitted. Begin again the story of your life. - Jane Hirshfield
Hardly slept last night - insomnia has been a thing these past few nights. John left at 6:30am. I put some steel cut oats into the rice maker and went back to bed for an hour.
I told John last night that I don't want to let work and school make me forget my own life. I don't really believe in work/life balance, but I do believe in work/life alignment. If I am a creator/writer/teacher/connector, I need to do those things.
I'll get into it as soon as I turn on the work computer - I'll find my way this morning. But I really want to remind myself that I get to hit the reset button and run my day as I want it to be run. I want to foster independence on my team. I want to stay in proactive mode rather than allow myself to shift to the reactive pulled-in-every-direction mode. I already have an emergency meeting on my calendar this morning, but my job is to take care of those emergencies and ask the team to take care of the rest.
I told John last night that I want the team to take the training wheels off, but I'm having difficulty letting go of the handlebars on their bikes. I must let go much further past where my comfort level is, such that I can get back to myself.
I almost took the coffee cup directly to my work table, but I stopped and headed here to the "home" computer instead. I needed to set my intent for the day. So I have.
Off to it.
Hardly slept last night - insomnia has been a thing these past few nights. John left at 6:30am. I put some steel cut oats into the rice maker and went back to bed for an hour.
I told John last night that I don't want to let work and school make me forget my own life. I don't really believe in work/life balance, but I do believe in work/life alignment. If I am a creator/writer/teacher/connector, I need to do those things.
I'll get into it as soon as I turn on the work computer - I'll find my way this morning. But I really want to remind myself that I get to hit the reset button and run my day as I want it to be run. I want to foster independence on my team. I want to stay in proactive mode rather than allow myself to shift to the reactive pulled-in-every-direction mode. I already have an emergency meeting on my calendar this morning, but my job is to take care of those emergencies and ask the team to take care of the rest.
I told John last night that I want the team to take the training wheels off, but I'm having difficulty letting go of the handlebars on their bikes. I must let go much further past where my comfort level is, such that I can get back to myself.
I almost took the coffee cup directly to my work table, but I stopped and headed here to the "home" computer instead. I needed to set my intent for the day. So I have.
Off to it.