We are living in a liminal moment. For the last few months, maybe a bit longer, everyone I’ve spoken to has seemed almost at the threshold of something.
Some element, or maybe even most elements, of their life as it was have crumbled away, and while in most cases we recognize this crumbling as an opening for something new, something exciting, it’s the waiting that has been the greatest challenge.
This is a moment, unlike any I can remember since I started doing this work, where we are all asked to sit within a liminal space and to find comfort in locating and standing within our own energies and dreams while also holding sufficient space for uncertainty and productive discomfort.
We’re being asked to move ahead towards what we want, even (and especially) if the exact shape of whatever that is has not yet become clear.
For me, part of this involves intentionality with where I direct my attention: Who am I giving my energy to? How much of myself am I allowing others to access? How am I spending my time? What tech, or platforms, end up eating up my time and attention, and are those ultimately the ways in which I want to be spending my time?
Does the way I allocate and utilize my attention each day reflect the life I say I want to live?
I’ve been turning to the exercise below, sometimes in writing and sometimes just as a moment to pause and reflect, as a reset for my own attention. I encourage you to give it a try if you feel so called, too.
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