Maybe it’s not:
- Depression (non-clinical)
- Self-induced anxiety
- Poor self-control
- Awful self-image
- Laziness
Maybe you’re just hanging around the wrong people.
I help busy people do inner work.
Maybe it’s not:
Maybe you’re just hanging around the wrong people.
Seriousness hardens; playfulness softens.
If you’re having a hard time opening your heart, your eyes, or your life—maybe it’s because they’ve each hardened from prolonged seriousness.
And maybe what’s needed is the opposite… some strategic playfulness.
P.s. I’ll be hosting a LIVE talk on going from Burnout to Balanced on Thursday 11/16 at 11am EST. I’d love to have you join if you’re free/ interested. Details here.
P.p.s. This post became the foundation of the afterword for: Letting Your Bow Relax—A Short Story About Not Being So Serious All Of The Time
If the goal is more free time (freedom)…
Stop equating all of your free time to available time.
They are NOT the same thing.
Available time gets filled with tasks.
Free time gets filled with life.
“Slowly, but surely” is a wildly underrated strategy.
Did you read that third word? Like, really read it?
“…Surely”
It’s the “surely” that makes this strategy a game-changer.
“Surely” is the kind of bet I like to make in my life.
A gentle reminder: the goal isn’t “healed,” it’s “to heal.”
Meaning, healing is an ongoing process—it isn’t something we complete.
If we take a few moments each day to:
We’ll be well on our way.
It’s when we set out to heal all of it that we become crippled with overwhelm, self-doubt, and fear.
P.s. For more on this topic, you can read my 20+ other 1-minute entries on healing here.
Too busy for inner work =
…And what exactly are you “too busy” doing again?
P.s. I also published 16 Fierce Jocko Willink Quotes from Discipline Equals Freedom today.
Sometimes our head moves fast and our heart moves slow.
Sometimes our heart moves fast and our head moves slow.
In each case, we should facilitate a compromise and have them meet somewhere in the middle.
Because both the heart and the head should be honored for what they know.
P.s. Today, I hosted a LIVE space on writing and how it can help you live a better life. Here’s the replay. Conversation starts at around the 6 minute mark. Enjoy.