They tell you to be aware, because during times of possible big change you may be presented with an opportunity to go a direction you never considered. The good news is that I'm always aware of new opportunities. The bad news is that I'm always aware of new opportunities.
For 20 years or so I had a filter that I passed everything through. If it made people healthier, I did it. If it didn't. I didn't. It was simple and mostly foolproof. Mostly.
For 3 months I've been molting. The outer surface cracking and breaking apart. The me I used to be challenged on the daily. The fervor with which I lived, dampening. The me underneath not fully formed but being forced to the surface nonetheless. Through choices. Through no choices.
Pupa? Is that this state in the metamorphosis? Butterfly I am not. Crab maybe? Does a crab pupa? I google it. Because that's what you do.
Turns out I have most of the words right. Per the usual, I'm using them however I see fit. Turns out that the hard shell is called a chrysalis. I like this immensely. Mostly because I like how it looks and sounds, but also because it immediately conjures up Chrysalis Records, a 70's and 80's record label that I'll be googling in 3,2,....turns out I was close. Formed in 1968. Artists of note. Billy Idol, Sinead O'Connor, Blondie, Liz Phair and Iggy Pop. Good company if I have to choose a metamorphic state.
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"Eyes on the prize. Eyes on the prize." I repeat to no one in particular. No specific prize articulated. Just positive motion forward. Be the best at what I have. Keep my eyes open for something unexpected.
Eyes. On. The. Prize.
This will do for today. No need to complicate things with the new. Knowing that there may be complications ahead. This is what life is and it seems like the older I have gotten, the more complicated it's gotten instead of less. The choices I've made now to be questioned ad nauseam.
It's January 22nd and the luster (chrysalis) of the new year is already cracking for a lot of you (us). The momentum and excitement of possibility sinking into Monday. Questions emerge.
How do we break through?
How do we keep it on track?
How do we become that magical person that emerged on December 30th? On January 1st or 2nd? This is the $10,000 question right?
How to bottle up that positive energy and sprinkle it throughout the year?
These are the same questions I am asking.
I saw on the internet of things, yet another trend to get you focussed for 2024. A simple list of 24 things to accomplish in 2024.
24 in 24.
I made one initial stab at this but per the usual, the goals were so big. Record an album. Write a book. Find some joy in life. I can’t just lose 5lbs. I must swim the English Channel. Become a late emergent rock star. The bars. Impossibly high. My ability to jump, low.
But I keep coming back and adding to it. This week, I'm just going to commit to making the list.
24 things to accomplish and or consider. The goal in this may seem to be able to go back in 11 months and see where you landed. See how many you ticked off the list.
This morning I think though that the goal is to sit with that list. Make sure you aren't just making another list for a list’s sake. I’ll share it. You'll be able to share yours. We will give it a go.
Can you(I) make sure that the items have meaning?
Can you(I) make sure the "things" are aligned with what you say you're about?
If you check off one of these goals (because that's what they are right) in say April, can you commit to sitting with that success and defining if achieving it gave you positive momentum and reason to celebrate so that the next goals you set have more meaning?
Chrysalis.
I even like the way that word looks.
#hugsandhi5s
The comment is reconnect..... with old friends, be friends not enemies, reconnect for love and peace, ( maybe for the heart) reconnect with clients and meet new people that give reason to keep connecting and reconnecting.
I want to do this. 24 in ‘24. I’ll keep you posted.