Groundhog Day Awareness
Another day.
Another day.
The thoughts are still on the same repetitive loop.
The conversations in your head sound familiar and predictable.
No new results in sight.
You’re not lazy. You don’t lack imagination. It’s just that routine is easy, comfortable and efficient. It works, until it doesn’t.
Most of us don’t wake up one morning and decide to live on autopilot.
It happens slowly.
Quietly. One familiar choice at a time.
You do what you have to do. You follow the rules you were taught. You repeat what was modeled and praised. You keep things moving. You check the boxes.
And it carries you for a while. Until the increased volume of your inner voice starts getting your attention.
This is when life can get bumpy. Shit gets unpredictable. It may even hit the fan.
That feeling isn’t failure. It’s information.
What you’re bumping up into is an old story that isn’t important to you anymore. Something you thought was true, now is just a story that takes up space in your head.
You’ve been moving through life in a lather, rinse, repeat cycle, surviving hour by hour, day by day.
Living in the I have to bubble instead of the freedom of I get to.
Ready for some good news?
No need to panic. You can wake up to new possibilities.
You’ve become aware that something has shifted while realizing that your old ways, beliefs, thoughts may no longer fit.
More good news — awareness can just be information asking to be noticed, curiosity knocking at the door.
You’re not irresponsible for wanting something different now or ever. And you’re definitely not selfish.
Listening is often the first step toward a new direction. Curiosity leads before the proof or evidence appears.
So listen. Pay attention. Give yourself permission to wonder. Start there.
If you’re standing in front of a door you’ve been eyeing for a while — wondering whether to open it — we’d welcome you at the Clarity Roundtable.
A warm, thoughtful space to talk things through.
To reflect out loud.
To make sense of what’s already been stirring.
Pull up a chair when you’re ready.
You’re right on time.
-Steph
I'm hearing quite a bit of chatter about feeling fatigued with life as it is and feeling the need for change. The hustle and chaos that many of us are living in has finally worn thin. We are ready for change and intentionality instead of scrambling to keep up with everything we see and hear on social media.
I heard Punxsutawney Phil is predicting an early spring! Good, the snow and cold can go away sooner rather than later. I hope the prediction is correct.
And your community has the awareness of the space you want to share with them!