What if I don’t have to act on every what if…?

As a rebalancing Product / Process person, this blog title is a mind-blower. Don’t get me wrong, I have always valued the process. But somewhere along the way I weighted the outcome more heavily.

Of course ,this can be helpful in many situations. My young-to mid adulthood held many of them.

Older and wiser really is a thing. I give myself more time now, to actually “enjoy the journey.” Not just in the overall picture, but in the daily doings, too.

For example, I know that I enjoy writing lists. For me, it’s a creative free-flow state where more and more ideas arrive. What if I allowed myself to revel in the list-making itself — and enjoyed that creative flow state for what it is, without needing to actually accomplish what’s on it? List-making, as art for art’s sake?

What if I don’t have to act on every idea? What if it has absolutely nothing to do with follow-through and it’s all about generation? What if the possibility, the idea, the free-flowing state, is actually what’s important? And then from there, I will know what and which to actually act upon, and when?

What if it’s really all about the what-iffing? And about the itty-bitty baby steps, movement in seemingly random direction? What if it doesn’t always have to be about big action and making things happen?

What if it leaves room for the miracles that are just waiting to peek through, if I would only get out of the way?

What if the process itself is the outcome?

What if anything further is therefore pure magic?

Third dimension is doing vs. being.

Fourth dimension is going from doing into being.

Fifth dimension is our doing comes from our being.

Problem-based learning

The problem is not the problem; the problem is your atitude about the problem." quote by Captain Jack Sparrow

Problem-based learning (PBL) is a teaching method in which students learn about a subject through the experience of solving an open-ended problem found in trigger material. The PBL process does not focus on problem solving with a defined solution, but it allows for the development of other desirable skills and attributes. (Wikipedia)

Problem-based learning is also a self-awareness evolution. It’s like a life curriculum:

The problem is not the problem.
The problem is my attitude about the problem.

So here is my recent awareness of my practice in this subject:

I’ve focused on the problem. Hah, “trigger material” for sure, I know we can all relate.

Then, I’ve focused on how I no longer am focusing on the problem. Which is actually still focusing on the problem.

(Have you noticed that focusing on the solution is actually still looking at the problem? Because a solution inherently needs a problem to solve.)

What if I turn aside and focus on just getting to it? (Life, the day, my work in the world, even simply lunch.)

No problem.

AI generated image of two hands holding multicolored smoke and glitter: poof, problem gone

Bonus coolness if you can see the patterns and progression of 3D, 4D and 5D living at play here.

For all

May I be warmed by the love

that flows through me.

May I be assured by the protection

that surrounds me.

May I be bolstered by the confidence

the Universe has in me.

May I be peaceful and at home in my life.

Chani Nicholas

Have a deeply beautiful day, my friends.

(Image generated together with AI, and greatly appreciated.)