learning you can't do it all at once, priceless move... β¨
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purpose + possibilities.
Here's something I'm sure is true for most of us here...
I have a lot of ideas. π‘
A documentary series about what it means to move in purpose. Another book, this one profiling 100+ professionals who built purpose-driven careers on their own terms. More events, stories, and rooms I want to be in and build.
And if you're anything like me β a founder, creative, and builder β your brain probably works the same way. The ideas don't stop. They multiply. π―
What I've noticed though, in my own work and 1:1 sessions with founders inside the Everyday Creative Accelerator I'm currently facilitating, is that the ideas aren't the problem.
The problem is thinking we have to act on all of them right now.
So I made a decision: instead of trying to move everything at once, I built a priority list complete with levers β a simple set of conditions that tell me when I'm ready to move to the next thing.
For example, once I've completed a certain number of profiles, then I can start sourcing for the video series.
Or when I've gathered enough data, then I can begin shaping the book.
The ideas are still there. They're just sequenced. βΎ
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and while there's a lot of important conversation about mental health...
I want to make sure we're also talking about the cost of not pacing yourself when you're in motion.
Because staying in motion matters, but how you move matters just as much.
Two women we profiled for The Purpose Post learned this the hard way (and so did I π€¦πΎββοΈ).
One had her hair fall out, the other was teaching self-care while burning out herself.
Their story is definitely worth coming back to this week...even I need to re-read this one.
πͺ Today's Reflection: What idea, project, or commitment are you holding onto that might actually belong in your next season?
Take a second, and write it down. Then ask yourself what one condition needs to be true before you're ready to move on it. That's your lever. πͺπΎ
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purpose + our people.
"The simultaneous grief and gratitude of adulting is πππ.
Yesterday, I was grateful for another private screening of my documentary, Return β and the dope convos that have emerged at them. And maybe the moment by moment, day by day-ness of it all is enough?"
Taking care of yourself isn't a reward for when things slow down. It's the practice you build while everything else is happening at once.
P.S.Know someone who's juggling a million ideas and at risk of running out of steam? Forward this their way. It's the perfect read for someone who needs it this month. π«ΆπΎ
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