Friday night I was watching Medium, and Joe's boss, was having a meltdown. He was trying to solve a problem with the development of an alternative fuel and felt his team was getting in his way. Some were plain just not adding anything, but even those that were trying to were "blocking his flow".
"I had great flow before you came in this morning, then it stopped. And then the flow came back after I saw you leave for lunch. That's why I changed the locks on your office door - you need to leave."
Don't you wish unblocking the flow was this easy?
Honestly, I feel like my "flow" has been blocked for several months. I was on a clear and successful path both personally and professionally just over a year ago. It was a nice, balanced equation with a strong foundation - so I thought. But then for reasons still unknown to me, a big part of my personal foundation chose to abandon me. Let's just say it's hard to keep going professionally when a main source of support and inspiration doesn't believe in you anymore.
I've been dedicating a lot of time the last month to getting my flow back, from unblocking to finding inspiration to making some hard decisions.
Are there people in my life blocking my flow, or is it just me? Well, it's a little bit of both and I'll probably have to have some honest conversations I've been avoiding with certain people, but that's only part of the point.
What I'm really excited about is today, for the first time in years probably, I defined my top five goals for myself. While I don't plan to get specific with you all - they are hanging on my office wall and that's good enough for me - I will let you know they cover personal relationships, physical health, financial health, professional satisfaction and changing my living situation. What's better is I've broken them down into one month, six months, and one year - so I have a bit of a road-map.
I know, this is kind of lame. But it makes me feel better. Plus, everything is really achievable when its broken down, which makes it much less overwhelming. And the past year has been overwhelming enough!
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