Make it up as we go along
Feet on the ground, head in the sky
It's okay, I know nothing's wrong, nothing
I, I got plenty of time...
~Talking Heads
Time is the strangest things...it feels like more than a few days ago that the inspiration struck me ️yet, that's all it's been.
I'm curious, have you spent time with what you've believed was possible and/or are dreaming into for 2023?
Don't get me wrong, it is 2022 — I don't want you to get caught up in the future. There is no greater medicine for a future you dream of than to be here now.
In my POSSIBILITY blog post, I shared specific steps for reconnecting with the possibility inside of you — what you believe can happen for you/to you.
In my RELEASING blog post, I shared specific ways to release what is no longer yours to carry.
In my CLARITY blog post, I shared on simple yet powerful question to get the clarity you yearn for.
In my COMMIT blog post, I shared a recipe for helping you get clear on what you're actually willing to commit to.
Today, I want to share what you can do to get started on a new path — what I think of as course-correcting.
What is course-correcting?
Welp, imagine you're on an obstacle course on a stretch that has you hiking uphill on a mountain that has valleys and peaks as far as you can see.
You're going along, making your way up the trail and can see across the valley that there's a massive mudslide on another trail about 20 miles away — your vantage point is such that you can see across (it's like that here in New Mexico).
From a hike a couple weeks ago...the mountains on the left under the clouds are about 30 miles away.
Do you keep going or do you change course?
I don't know about you, but I'm already thinking steps ahead to figure out where I can catch another trail.
I might check my compass, look at my pocket map, maybe drop a pin so I know where I've been.
And then, I'm going to find my way somewhere else. Where?
I don't really know, but I'm going to figure it out as I go.
So thinking about what you believe is possible for you in 2023, shit...right now in the final days of October, what will you do if it doesn't go as planned?
Will you allow yourself to keep going because it's what you decided or will you allow yourself to course-correct?
What you want in 2023 needs you to be excited. To actually care. To be committed. And to be flexible when things don't go as you had hoped or expected.
Having a goal or a dream or a dire need is one thing, and how you start on the obstacle course to get there is where it's at.
It is not about forcing.
It is not about pushing.
It is not about comparing.
It is about following your path.
It is about listening to your intuition.
It is about enjoying your journey.
I know you know this stuff, but I'm telling you this morning — typing in real time because last night I was too tired and knew what was meant for you would come out to me today — I didn't force or push or compare because nothing is a big deal unless we make it one.
Again, nothing is a big deal unless you make it one.
What will you make a big deal out of? The good stuff or the hard stuff?
The annoying stuff or the stuff that takes your breath away?
Again, you're human so go easy on yourself when you do deviate (aka get in the weeds, fuck up, freak out, lose momentum, etc.)
Notice you doing the thing, "oh hey, there I am doing that thing." And come back to the present — to what is.
Not dwelling on what isn't is the best kind of advanced course-correction medicine you can put in you pouch.
Your willingness to commit is literally the magic sauce that can catapult you anywhere you want to go faster than you can even imagine.
How you respond to being flung to where you want to go when you hit bumps and mudslides is the difference between arriving and falling midflight.
From here, you don't need to know all the steps on the journey. You can't. You never will.
Simply ask yourself:
What is the most natural, graceful next step?
Hint: it's the one that is closest to you.
E.g., You want to change jobs in 2023 — is the most natural, graceful next step to start researching jobs or to update your resume or to ask a friend or mentor for advice or something else?
E.g., You want to do something that costs more than you have to spend right now — is the most natural, graceful next step to try and get a job in the final months of the year or to ask someone to loan you the money (or invest in you) or to sell some things or... something else?
Is there a path that I'm not seeing?
Is there someone in my life who might know?
We don't know what we don't know, ask for help. Every successful (regardless of you how define this word) person asks for help.
No one does anything alone.
If you could use some course-correction energy, give this a listen.
If you need an ear, I'm here.
Big love,
Annie
