Well, I’ve talked about this topic before, but it seems I need to continue making it into a practice because it hasn’t stuck yet. Why? Keep reading.
As I am reaching almost a year since I quit my old career to become a full-time writer, I have taken the time to reflect on how things have changed. One thing that stood out was how busy I felt, how overextended. I was running in too many directions. Working way too hard. Not taking enough time to just be still and have fun.
I expected the first year to be about start-up. I mean, my entire world shifted. I had to create a publishing house. I had to hire employees. I had to write and release books. I had to get on social media and reach out to people. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
I have some of those aspects pretty well in hand now. I know how to write books. I am continuing to learn about the best ways to make the business side expand. And, of course, the most heart-felt way to connect with readers and people in the publishing industry.
One thing I realized is that “everything” will get done at some point, and there’s no point killing myself to try and do it all by myself or in a really compressed timeframe. It’s time to walk a new path.
Happiness is simplicity.
How could I make my current life simpler? Were there tasks I was doing that could be done easier? Or not at all? Could I adjust my schedule to allow myself to take more frequent breathing spaces?
Yes.
It’s funny, but I am coming back full circle to the mantra I had when I first started this new journey a year ago. Keep it simple. Expect the best. TRUST.
How does that resonate?
It’s so easy to pile on, isn’t it? Add to the to-do list. Throw in another task because we think it might produce a higher outcome. You’d think I would have learned in my last career that the scatter-shot approach doesn’t work. Slow and steady gets the job done every time.
So, there we go. Simpler. Better.
Most of all, happier. And that’s why we’re truly here after all.
How could you make your life simpler, and how much happier would you be if you did?
Image courtesy of antpkr / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Ava
This question is one I’m wrestling with – as are many women I know, all of us caught on the ‘hamster wheel’ of too much to do and not enough what you’ve called ‘breathing spaces.’
Your journey in shifting your world is inspiring as is the mantra to which you’ve come back.