Last week I bumped in to a good friend of mine, which meant that we got to enjoy an impromptu lunch together. How I love unexpected gifts like these!
Anyway, having witnessed much of my personal ongoing journey of healing and growth, said friend has been encouraging me for quite some time to start sharing my insights through my writing.
I’ve postponed and procrastinated and made a whole heap of lame excuses.
But the truth is that writing has been my passion since I was a child. My journal was my go to, way before I reached double figures. It’s instinctive for me. It’s what I do to make sense of myself and my experience in the world. I write. I need to write like I need to breath. And yet, again and again, over the years, this, my first passion, has been pushed to the back.
So as I listened to the catalogue of excuses pouring out of my mouth and in to my friend’s ears that day, I realised something.
NOW is the time, to just say yes!
How often do we delay the very things in life that we want most? Often whilst committing our time and energy to stuff that doesn’t really interest us. (And I’m not talking day to day responsibilities that none amongst us are exempt from).
I made a decision that day I met my friend.
No more excuses.
No more delaying tactics.
No more polishing up on my procrastination skills.
I would simply start. Right here. Right now. And allow whatever follows as I commit to making the space to write, to lead me on a journey in to I don’t know where. The unknown is beckoning. Which for me, is absolutely where the magic and the miraculous can collide with the mundane and the mess.
I’m excited …
Please feel free to join me as I embark upon this journey of ‘just saying yes’ to sharing my writing on here. Love it or hate it, I invite you to share your comments along the way.
And maybe, just maybe, you could consider what it is in your life that NOW is the time, to just say yes to!
Here goes …
‘Often while committing our time and energy to stuff that doesn’t really interst us’
Interesting how just saying yes also requires to just say no.
The most effective procrastination tools I know are about filling time with unwarranted pursuits. It’s quite easy to see the hours wasted on social media or Netflix binges for the faff and avoidance mechanisms they are, but surely ‘I can’t do x because I’m too busy with an important y’ is valid, right? Well, no: just because a task is valuable, or even noble, doesn’t always make it right.
‘I have no time for my painting because of all the PTA cupcakes I bake’: unless baking is your passion, make time for your creative pursuit of choice, the form of expression you know is really you, but you’re afraid to dive in.
‘I wish I could start meditation, but work is too hectic right now’: work will always demand more of your time and focus (and diligence is a quality), but self-care is a must. Be honest: are you really needed at work at 9pm, or is it a really good excuse to avoid sitting with yourself for an hour?
Which seemingly genuine, worthwhile, meaningful tasks should you be saying no to, to make space for the important yeses in your life?
Thanks A. Yes I totally agree, often we need to say ‘no’ to some stuff (no matter how good it may be)in order to make the space for a more authentic ‘yes’.
Fantastic…looking forward to seeing more…x