🤦🏻♀️ I worked on vacation. I am not a diver.
Or, maybe I learned how to work less on vacation and practiced becoming a diver.
I worked extra long and extra hard the last couple of weeks, hoping to fully pause while vacationing on the magical Lake of Seven Colors in Bacalar, Mexico.
Despite the planning, things came up while I was splashing and lounging. Pretending they weren’t there just left me with a looming distraction. I couldn’t quite relax unless I attended to the siren calls. So, I stepped out into the stunning scenery, perched myself on the dock, and spent a few minutes each day keeping our Uplifters Live! May event moving forward.
But mostly I danced with my family in crystal clear water, watched them try new foods (fried crickets 🤤), and stretched our comfort zones. I even tried (finally) learning how to dive. Just like my aim of not working on vacation, it didn’t happen. At the last second of each attempt, I fell into my old pattern of jumping feet first.
🤦🏻♀️ I worked on vacation. I am not a diver.
Measuring my success on those terms would be a bummer. So, instead, I choose to measure progress.
💁🏻♀️ I worked far less and savored far more. I practiced diving and each time my body let me fall head first a micro-second longer. I am learning to dive and to balance passion and purpose. And lucky, lucky me, I’ll get to keep practicing!
I also learned that turning off my iPhone notifications mutes most of the siren calls.
What stories are you telling yourself about your progress? Are you expecting perfection when maybe you need more practice?
Lots more on the power of practicing and experimenting in this episode of The BariNation Podcast, where I had the great joy of being a guest recently.
Rising Higher, Together
If you’ve been reading these messages and finding inspiration in Uplifters’ stories, thank you. They make me better and I hope they do the same for you. I hope you’ll join 27 of our guests from the first year of The Uplifters Podcast for a day of collaboration and creative growth in NYC on May 17.
You’ll leave feeling energized, inspired, tuned into your internal compass, and ready to do big things! Truly, it's going to be the best day ever!
Check out the agenda and get info on tickets HERE.
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💓 Aransas
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