I was at my coaching meeting today where I was sharing some of what happened last week with her and as I spoke I suddenly made a connection that was so obvious in retrospect but it changed all of how I think and see things in a fundamental way.

Those are my favorite moments in coaching. When I can make a connection that shifts my perspective so that from there on I can see it again and again in my life. What a gift.

Yes to learning about myself and my patterns.

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I am so in my head for the last week. I can almost hear the conversations going on and on in my head. And yet I can’t seem to stop them.

So I’ve decided not to.

Maybe they just need some room right now. And resisting isn’t going to help. So i am giving them the space they need and trying to observe without reacting.

Let’s see where this goes.

Yes to what is

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So much of life is subjective. What’s wildly scary to me might be nothing for you and vice versa. Today I took some huge lead falls, they didn’t scare me. But the overhung route…well that’s another thing.

It’s a good reminder not to judge others by my standards and a good reminder not to measure others’ progress to mine.

Yes to perspective.

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I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about control and non- attachment lately. And about how things look vs how they feel.

Thinking about where and what I care about deeply and where and what I can let go more and not feel the need to control the outcome or even be attached to an outcome.

What are the things that really matter the most to me?

I recently made a change at work where I got rid of all ( except a very small number) of my recurring meetings. I can have up to 70 meetings on an average week and likely at least half of them are recurring. It was easier for me to do a major radical change and drop all of them vs picking one by one. I made a principled call on which few I needed to keep and why and then got rid of all of the rest to create more space in my week to get work done and to have free space to have in-week conversations as needed. So this way there is no need for a recurring meeting because I would be available very frequently every week as discussion topics arise.

We’ll see if this works but it was a result of this type of thinking around where can I let go and what do I really need to do to create non-attachment. It’s also a way for me to be able to practice inside out living and not outside in living. I’m not worried about how busy my calendar looks and I’m worried about how I actually spend my time and whether I’m using my resources in the most effective way.

Let’s see how it works.

Yes to radical new ideas.

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