What is my greatest opportunity today for my growth?
Spoiler alert: to be completely present 🕊️
The night before a workday I typically look at my calendar to get my head around what the next day will bring. What do I have to look forward to? This is especially important if I have an 8 AM meeting as sometimes I like to enjoy my coffee a little longer before I am in front of my laptop working, which these days does not mean I haven’t already worked from my phone even as early as 6:30 or 7. It’s like as soon as I wake up my brain starts to get engaged in work. This morning there will be an 8 AM zoom meeting that will cascade from there into back-to-back meetings that will carry me through the entire day.
Not every day is like this. On many days lately I have an hour here, an hour there - spare time that I am happy to fill with a walk or an errand or a chore. The more extra things I can get done in a work day makes my evenings and weekends that much more enjoyable.
As I was walking into the park I passed the statue and I started to ponder this question: What is my greatest opportunity today for my growth?
Every day we have an opportunity to grow! There’s not a day that goes by when that (or this) is not true. Growing can be playful and fun, it does not have to be serious business or feel like work.
On days when I have back to back meetings, my biggest struggle is to stay present for the meetings and to not get distracted by other things coming at me. This is a struggle constantly. My level of urgency that I feel (which is mostly self imposed) is higher than it needs to be too much of the time.
What can I do to slow down, and to multitask a lot less, and to stay present with my present appointments?
Leave my phone across the room
Shut down my second screen when on video
Take notes during the meeting to share, keeping my mind engaged is helpful
Honor the person or people in front of me, they took time out of their day for us to be together, they made an effort and so should I
Just because I can multitask, doesn’t mean I should
Remember, everything else can wait
The urgency I feel is only in my mind
There’s plenty of time
Looking forward to a fully present and engaging, productive yet peaceful, kind of Tuesday. Enjoy this one glorious day too!