Thinking about things that I like
This blog post is not for you. It’s for me. I’m thinking out loud. You’re welcome to ‘overhear’ that process if that’s of interest, but I’m writing it to help me structure my thoughts about it, not to entertain you or convince you of anything. Those things may happen along the way (with any luck), but they’re not the intention.
I’ve been thinking about the year ahead. I know it’s already fairly well established, but I can never really get started on a year until I’ve made my mind up about what sort of a year it is meant to be. What it’s for, if you like. And while most years tend to go in a much different direction than I initially had in mind, it helps at least to make a start with some sort of intent, because that always at least sets you off in interesting directions.
Last year’s theme was reinvention and rediscovery. It was that archetypal quest to ‘find myself’. And I did. Here I am. Perhaps not so different on the surface, but pretty substantially and profoundly changed – in some ways that are entirely deliberate, and in all sorts of ways that I could not have possibly anticipated.
But it’s an ongoing process, so this year is about course correction. Or at least, I’m finding that to be a useful metaphor. I may be on a journey of discovery and it might take me in new and exciting directions, much as last year did, but I do really like the path I’m on. However, there are always certain telltale signs that I’ve gone off-course in some way or another, and they will usually manifest as stress, dissatisfaction, restlessness or exhaustion.
