It’s easy to live your life on autopilot. Just going through the motions. Doing what everyone else is doing. Not thinking a whole lot about your direction and where you want to go.
Until your soul begins to cry out.
Then what?
Gotta make a change.
But change is scary.
What then?
Still gotta make a change.
Just have to move through the fear and forge ahead.
Of course it’s gonna be scary. Why the hell do you think everyone else is on autopilot? Yeah, that’s why. Because it’s scary to think big and live large.
But if we don’t turn our lives into daring adventures, then we’re just hammering out the status quo like everyone else. And we wouldn’t want that. Life’s too damned short for status quo.
So what’s your daring adventure going to be?
What have you done today that scares you, if even only a little bit? Share your story in the comments below.
Andrea, this was the perfect thing to hear at the perfect time for me! We live in an ideal rural location, own the house outright, husband has a nice pension, retirement finances are looking fine, He is 13 years older than me, been retired for 6 years and encouraging me to stop working so we can spend more time together. I have writing and painting projects waiting for me and just got involved in a long-term program to connect more with the community.
And yet . . . still anxious about quitting my job! The question is, if not now-when? I and one of my half sisters are the only ones in the family that have ever consistently worked a 9-to-5 job – everyone else are dancers, artists, self-employed, crystal healers, theater stage managers, and/or part-timers with full-time bohemian life-styles. So certainly no pressure coming from anyone BUT ME! Maybe this is where the REAL work begins . . .
Alex, how perfectly exciting and exhilarating!
Of course there’s going to be anxiety around such a significant change. It’s a change in security, a change in routine, and will then force you to look at your new goals and hopes and dreams, sort of tossing them in your lap saying, the time is now, are you ready to jump in?
What a wonderful time!
And yes, probably where the real work of letting go begins!
I’m so excited to hear more about where your journey leads, Alex! Thinking of you…
Today I began to speak, truly speak to my daughter about why her father and I got a divorce. I have feared the day her anger towards me would boil enough to discuss why it is I broke up our family. If she only knew why? But now she does, well a bit, enough for a 7.5 year old to process. She is my best friend and honesty is always the best policy. Yet, it was fear and my own pain for what once was. However, I think talking and sharing is the only road towards healing and moving forward. Andrea your writing is stunning and your talents vast, thanks for pushing past my own fears to help heal my sweet little girls fears.
xoxo. M
Megan, this comment brought tears to my eyes for several reasons…
First, thank you for reading and letting me into your life and heart through my writing – that is an amazing privilege, and it brings me great joy that anything I might say helps you and your daughter to heal your fears.
And also because I’ve had those same fears myself being divorced and navigating the choppy waters of single parenthood.
You are a brave and amazing lady and certainly a wonderful mother and I’m sure that you being there for your kids will help them to float through their hurts and thrive.
XOXOXOXOXO!!!