nunya biz, next level

Are you familiar with the phrase about how what others think of you is none of your business? Yeah, me too.

I have actually gotten to a place where I am able to now catch myself in the moment with this. I recognize me when I’m in my desire to know what this person in front of me is thinking of me. Me, me, me. And I smile at myself for being human, then remember to let that sh*t go. The me melts back into the we.

However…

Do you sometimes find yourself already aware of what the other person thinks of you? And it’s, well, less than awesome? Yeah, me too.

And I find myself invested in correcting their perception of me, being understood, and achieving like-mindedness.

And then, I recently learned this:

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Turning my task list into a playground

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I’m really good at seeing what needs to be done, and taking it on. I’ve got to create that presentatiom for work. Ooo, meals for this week and grocery shopping. Return that client phone call. The dog needs a bath, sooner than later. We need the contact info for the HVAC company, where is that folder of contractors? My book ideas are coming hard and fast, I gotta make some notes. The grass needs mowing. What’s in this week’s farm box? Laundry could happen pretty soon.

And then, my to-do list is greater I can successfully manage. The balance I did have, I’ve lost. I am once again overwhelmed.

Now, I’ve learned some strategies that have helped me in the past. Maybe you are familiar with some of these:

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Let fly

You are here to fly

at full wingspan.

Marianne Williamson, via Pam Grout’s The Course In Miracles Experiment

Don’t hold back. Stop limiting ourselves. No longer automatically dimming ourselves when the room is already squinting at daylight.

Stretching our wings out all the way does not mean we will knock things, or others, over with them.

Yeah, I needed to hear this.

And now I am physically feeling into this. Hummingbird? Osprey? Angel? Hippogriff?

Where do you accidentally play small?

Not sure that you do? Me neither. Then why did this land so solidly with me when I read it?

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