Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Where, whaaa?


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Ever have one of those “What the hell am I doing with my life” panic attacks? You know the ones that you feel in your chest, like you’re about to hyperventilate? I had one of those today when I realized the guy I was entering into the database had been president of a particular subsidiary company since he was my age.

Now I’m not saying I would want to the president of a company (unless possibly it was my own company), but it makes me feel like I’m not living up to my potential, that I’m not as successful as I would like to be in the fields I would like to succeed at. That’s what gets the chest tightening a bit.

I have, perhaps, a misguided belief in our ability to create and shape our own reality. Unfortunately with all my varied interests, I don’t have a clear vision of the reality I’d like to create. Or maybe I do, but I lose sight of it. Or maybe I do and it’s just more complicated than most so it’s taking me longer to effect.

I don't know. If nothing else, it motivates me to work harder.

4 comments:

  1. "I have, perhaps, a misguided belief in our ability to create and shape our own reality."

    I don't think it's the belief that's misguided--perhaps it's the way that you put the belief into practice that may be misguided?

    That, and the fact that you "don’t have a clear vision of the reality I’d like to create."

    This is many, many years of misguided wisdom speaking. :)

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  2. Misguided wisdom can be the best. Maybe it's that I'm not committed enough or focused enough on the vision of reality I want to create.

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  3. It actually doesn't take very much commitment or focus. Your vision takes:

    1.) Specificity. Once that's crystalized, then:

    2.) Let go of the outcome (let go of expectations) by paying attention to the process

    It takes a few other things too, but that's a good place to start.

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  4. Hmmm... That does sound like a good place to start, but I do need some measure of focus in order to crystallize the vision. Perhaps the moment of panic is more inspired by how unbelievably busy I am the next few weeks. No time to do anything, let alone crystallize a vision.

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