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ISSUE 53
To be or to do
"Doing is never
enough if you neglect being."
- Eckhart Tolle
It’s often said that the best thing for a child is a parent who says ‘You can do anything!’ and a parent who says ‘Prove it.’
Once we’re adults,
most of us have both of those voices in our own heads, regardless of how we were raised. We feel partly satisfied and confident, partly impatient and driven.
Some of us have a bit of an imbalance - much more of the ‘Prove it!’ voice in our heads, relentlessly pushing us forward.
Some of us have such a big ‘You can do anything!’ voice in our heads that we take on mountain after mountain, certain we can climb anything, without thinking of what it will cost us physically, emotionally, and mentally.
After a barn burner of a year in 2019, during which I pushed myself to keep growing poseycorp and also write 12 personal essays, I’m setting less aggressive goals for 2020. I’m gonna try to be more like Roger Federer, who said in a January 2019 article in Tennis World, "I have found a perfect balance between hard work and rest."
Thank you Roger Federer! More reading, more meditating, taking more walks in the middle of the day when I’m not working with my beloved clients, more being grateful for what I have, less relentless pushing to prove myself to myself. More time just being. That sounds like a great way to start the new decade.
Here’s to a 2020 for us all with a perfect balance between doing and being, between hard work and rest!
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