The self trust element really does make a difference. It feels hard because we don’t want to make the wrong choice. We want certainty, but that could lead to constantly chasing the end, instead of living in the experience of what we are creating.
You’ve put it so succinctly. That’s exactly it - we want certainty. We want to know that we’re on the right path. Making the right choices. Looking worryingly at the horizon keeps us from looking around, being in the now. And that’s such a shame, because all the enrichment is in the journey.
The way a draining job leaks into everything — evenings, weekends, relationships — and you spend years thinking it’s a you problem. It’s not. This is the reminder.
I needed to hear this. I completely resonate with the idea that other people's rules may not work for us, and that's okay.
As a child and young adult, I let others write my story. Today, I write my own unapologetically. It took a lot of therapy to get there, but your post is a reminder to keep going.
The self trust element really does make a difference. It feels hard because we don’t want to make the wrong choice. We want certainty, but that could lead to constantly chasing the end, instead of living in the experience of what we are creating.
You’ve put it so succinctly. That’s exactly it - we want certainty. We want to know that we’re on the right path. Making the right choices. Looking worryingly at the horizon keeps us from looking around, being in the now. And that’s such a shame, because all the enrichment is in the journey.
That’s right, “the enrichment is in the journey”, and whose journey is it?
Thank you for this reflective article.
The way a draining job leaks into everything — evenings, weekends, relationships — and you spend years thinking it’s a you problem. It’s not. This is the reminder.
I needed to hear this. I completely resonate with the idea that other people's rules may not work for us, and that's okay.
As a child and young adult, I let others write my story. Today, I write my own unapologetically. It took a lot of therapy to get there, but your post is a reminder to keep going.
Thank you for sharing this! I’m glad you took charge of your own narrative. And yes, keep going! I’m rooting for you :)
yessss to taking the pen back! This resonated in so many beautiful ways.
So glad it resonated! And Credit to you for the Self-Authorship word too!!