A post like this is more therapeutic for me, than anything…so thx for reading if you do. I try to focus mostly on the stuff “out there” to see how I can be helpful. But sometimes, the stuff “in here” (my brain), is a challenge, & talking it out helps me not only feel clearer – but as a result, consider what “out there” could be improved upon.
Got back late from TX last nt, after a presentation w an electro medical co. we’ll share more abt soon. With the weather patterns over the last wk, the diff warm & cold fronts have delayed, cancelled, & caused crazy turbulence on flights all over.
My flight was delayed a number of hrs on the tarmac, killing most of the day. This was coming off the heels, at the end of last wk, of a quick in & out trip to SC, to work w a great school there.
Sometimes the road life’s awesome. Sometimes it’s brutal. A Thursday/Friday to one city & back, leading to a Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday to a diff city & back…presenting/networking at each can take its toll. I got back last nt & hit a wall. Still this morn.
I wasn’t “not ok.” I was/am a mix of MANY things. And isn’t that how many of us are for a good chunk of our lives? Ex) We had a great dinner w fam the nt before, have an exciting mtng coming up, have friends or kids who just played well in a game, but someone in our fam is very sick. Life’s a COMBO of many events happening at once, & then how our specific neurobiology handles/makes sense of it all.
Sometimes, in the example above, the sickness of the fam member dominates. Sometimes it’s there in the subconscious but we can be in the moment – enjoying the other stuff. It’s rare that EVERYTHING is great or terrible all at the SAME time.
I’m a big campaign person when they nail it. But describing a place, generally as “not okay,” doesn’t do it for me. We’re way more complex than that. Adam Grant had a great article calling on of these spots “languishing.” We, on our Scale (➡️slide) call this stage: Fluctuating.
It’s ok to feel what you feel. I’m fluctuating right now & while it sucks, I feel comfort in knowing, I can move to the left on that Scale at any time, w the work I know how to do.