I’ve given countless workshops, but I never had more enthusiasm than I had while putting the one together last week. In addition to preparing for the workshop, I lovingly made food for nine people, cleaned and decided it was time for several house upgrades, etc., etc.
The night before the workshop, I awoke way early with less than two hours of sleep, but I didn’t feel tired.
I LOVED the workshop on Saturday, had an essential time out on Sunday and then Monday I jumped right into a full schedule.
Apparently because of all my activity, I wasn’t firing on all cylinders, and things got wonky.
Usually, I write this blog in advance, with a couple of days to edit and mail it to my list a little after 7 AM.
I didn’t get up until 7:30 and had no writing done at all.
A rough draft came together, and I edited between coaching sessions… only to discover after I mailed it that I completely wrote the wrong last name of a dear client.
The client in my first session had a brilliant insight that was so good I was going to write a blog about it. I mean, it even mirrored what I was learning last year. I carefully wordsmithed her ideas as she talked and wrote them down. At the end of her session, I hurried off the phone because of a scheduled call, a woman who’s always on time.
No call came.
Nonetheless, I was in my rush to send the client’s notes from the first session to her. I mixed up her last month’s and this month’s files I was closing and didn’t save her current one. All those wonderful ideas I carefully crafted for her and my future writing — poof! Gone.
While waiting for the call that was very late, another client called to reschedule. We did that, and then I commented about an experience that was happening to him. I soon realized I had been talking to myself. I don’t know if my phone disconnected or his. I called back and got his voicemail.
The woman who was supposed to call me got the time zones mixed up. We had a great conversation. We were starting to talk about her registering for my program when her baby did what babies do after they eat… everywhere. Yes, let’s talk another day.
And so the day continued to go.
However, what interested me throughout the day is the way I felt.
It’s probably a combination of getting tired of years of reacting to a lifetime of crazies and, as a consequence, what I’ve learned about being in present time, that I didn’t trigger an emotional OMG response to any of these.
Add to that the weekend workshop where we were aligning with a higher level of focus, and this was definitely small stuff.
Whatever the reason, it didn’t register that I should be upset or feel self-judgment. I was quite familiar with how those felt having mastered those responses in my past. Instead, I cleaned up the missteps and moved on.
I could’ve been sunning or watching a movie or going to the dentist.
Emotionally, it felt all the same. No charge but interesting to observe. Clean it up and go on to the next thing. I later realized how the missteps were piling up, and I needed a break because I was leaving behind an atypical pile of weirdness.
I felt that I’d been riding a large wave that came to shore, and what a ride it was. However, there were signs it was time to take a breather. Simultaneously, I was able to rearrange my schedule to take a few days for myself.
I know there are things you think you screwed up or aren’t working like you thought they would. Maybe they’re things that didn’t come out right when you said or did them. Some may be big whoppers.
Today you can start fresh. The crazy stuff will one day be a distant memory. No reason to self-flagellate. Realign your energy: be kind, learn and it’s called Next.
If life is working as you imagined, enjoy it guilt-free. You deserve it.
You’re really doing all right. You’re becoming aware of new things. Life moves on, and so can you.
You have a choice. Suffer and make it hard on yourself or choose to live your life with grace and ease.
Hint: the latter takes a load off your shoulders.
With all the missteps I made, I felt better making a decision to take a time out and regroup.
Getting upset is optional and doesn’t help anything.
How can you take a time out for yourself to gain perspective, even if it’s just to take a pause in your own thinking?
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