Took an unscheduled, unscripted and unplanned 37 minute nap tonight that I almost let turn into eight hours of slumber but the things that drive me pushed me off of the couch.
Spent 15 minutes stretching so that I can get back on the treadmill, made a list of action items and sat down here to pump out a quick post.
Took an entire chapter from the secret hideaway and dropped it complete into what you are reading now.
Thought for a moment about whether there is an actual wall up or if someone is waiting for me to reach out first.
Pictured a wall with some cracks in it and figured I have torn a few of those down in the past and can do it again if needed.
Made a mental note to add a second update to that other joint and spent a moment working out what metrics need to be created to measure a different project.
Ain’t adulting just peachy keen.
It Is All Instinct
Got a call asking for advice regarding a particular situation and I asked if they knew this song?
“Of course, but I always think of this version. How does that apply here?”
“I did almost everything on my own, had almost no help or support. I walked alone. Dislocated a finger, got sick, had a bunch of other things happen and handled everything”
“Could you have asked for help?”
“In dire emergency and very specific situations the answer is yes. But I don’t ask for help easily and I operate off of a gut feeling. It is all instinct. Figured that if I kept doing my thing I would get back to a place where I wouldn’t have to do it all.
Gear up, cinch your belt tighter and plan on a lonely existence for a bit. Stay focused. Stay tough and when you come out the other side you’ll be pleasantly surprised and you will come out the other side.”
“Did you?”
“Did I what?”
“Come out the other side?”
“Depends on how you look at it. In some ways yes, in others, not yet. A different guy walked into the storm than the one who came out.”
Looking For Answers
It is much better on this side and there are lots of reasons to be optimistic about much. Now we go looking for answers to some of the bigger burning questions and see where that leads us.
In the interim that might be a chiropractor ‘cuz I have a kink in my back that refuses to come out. Remember when I said adulting is fun. 🙂
When I say I know things it is because I do, even if it is all instinct or something. Sometimes the angels do more than smile upon you, they applaud.
But you never get that far without reaching for a little bit more, so might as well stand up on the pony and swipe at the ring as we circle past it.
One more time.
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