First Published 14 September 2023

A Strange Absence of Focus & Direction

In a small stroke of irony, having talked about Focus and Direction last week, this week as I sit down to type this week’s ramblings, I have neither.

It’s been a strange week.

With my weekly accountability group (formed after reading the 12 week year with my book club) I am settling in to my new 12 week year.  I had a pretty successful week last week and the focus now seems to be keeping me focused on my lag goals (what I aim to achieve come the end of this 12 weeks). 

Yesterday I took some me time and had a kinesiology session for me (with dreaded homework – which I am determined to do!) and in the evening I had a great as usual catch up with a school friend.

I had planned to soft launch my new website today with the full launch to come next week – a self imposed deadline as I liked the symmetry of it being 3 years since I started writing these weekly notes.  In a shock even to me, I did actually hit the button to launch and sent the link to my (hopefully kind) testers so that’s a big win.

And then there was today.  It started with a funeral, moved on to a potential lead for a photo shoot (my other business!), and then the mad scramble to write the last 4 pages I needed for the above mentioned website.  And to wrap it up – I now kind of feel like this is turning in to a dear diary style of post! 

So, where am I going with this…?

Ummm….

Well…

Life!  

It never does go the way we expect.  

Sometimes we scrape a deadline when we least expect it.

Sometimes we have a grand plan and everything is tracking along exactly as we expect it.

And then there are moments where everything just goes blank.  Kinda like when you walk in to the kitchen and forget why you needed to go to the kitchen (chocolate – the answer is usually chocolate 😉 – just a shame I have stopped buying it!).

I am going to wrap this up with a message I have just given to myself.  Be kind to yourself.  You don’t always have to have a plan.  You don’t always have to be ‘on’.  It’s ok to have a day where you don’t really know what you want to say or what you are thinking.  It’s only when that day turns in to weeks and months that you might want to seek support.

Here’s to tomorrow being another day. I was about to say a better day but I don’t want to put any pressure on the day.  Curling up with some light hearted TV or a relaxing book followed by a good night’s sleep might be just the reset button that is required.

As for me, I am off to a comedy show tomorrow, so I get the distinct feeling that tomorrow will be laughter filled with good company so that’s a win in my book!

What’s your go to reset button option?  If you need help finding what’s right for you, don’t hesitate to get in touch.