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Ep 72. How to explore new things without burning out - esp at the end of the year · The Pausecast

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  Hi, I'm Rachel O'Meara. I'm the host of the podcast.
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  Alright, hello everyone. So glad that you're here.
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  Today's topic, I want to speak about how to explore things but
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  not necessarily burn out or be at the end of your rope at this
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  time of year, in this world of things ending winding down for
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  the year holiday. Season is upon us, a new year is
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  right around the corner and there's a lot going on, right?
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  So how do we explore, how do you do things that you're excited
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  about? But maybe don't want to go fully
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  on in or not necessarily bite off more than you can chew and
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  it get into that stress mode, right?
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  So, that's the topic for today. On that note a couple of things.
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  So how do you explore when I think about exploring?
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  It's like, little things. You might want to try right?
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  Maybe there's a new workout that you want to try.
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  That's really a simple one, right?
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  Like new new sport, maybe there's actually a new skill
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  that you're looking to learn but you're not really sure if that
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  would be the next career trajectory you want to launch
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  into, or if it would really serve you.
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  And I think of this, a lot of times as experiments, right?
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  These are things that you could Try.
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  They don't mean they're going to change or anything in a major
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  way but I think it's good to honor this.
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  So the first thing to do is to notice what it is that you want
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  to explore. Okay, maybe there's a new Java
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  class. You want to take if you're a
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  programmer. So, the first thing is to notice
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  how you feel when you think about that particular Endeavor,
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  maybe you feel excited, maybe you feel Joy, maybe there's some
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  fear their right anxiety. Like whoa, I don't know if I
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  want to do that right now. Had a client recently.
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  Want to take a 200-250, our yoga teacher training, okay, that's
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  like a great Endeavor, it's an experiment.
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  But the flip side is there's a lot of time commitment involved,
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  right? So the first thing is to just
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  kind of understand what is it, that you feel.
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  And then also, I would say, the next thing is to get curious.
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  This is you being courageously, curious about what is striking
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  you right? So great questions to ask
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  yourself, are well, what? Come from this.
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  What would what would I want to know?
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  What is the Y in this as well. So I think when we know our why
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  it kind of adds to our purpose like why is this important for
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  me? So you could ask yourself why is
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  this important for me? You could even Journal about it.
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  I think journaling ads in an additional layer of depth into
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  your insights right out. When we literally write things
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  down, our brain is processing it in a different way.
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  And even in that, in itself can lead to The answers, right?
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  So allowing yourself to know, what is the why behind me
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  wanting this to do that? The other part to remember here
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  is even if this is something you're really interested in
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  think about the timing because it might not just might not be
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  the right timing for you and it might be something like learning
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  a language. Maybe you want to take a
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  vacation and it's going to be three week long, right.
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  Maybe you just took one, I don't know.
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  Like, a couple months ago, right?
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  Maybe just came back from. Um, maternity leave.
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  There's all kinds of things, right?
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  So the key here again, is your noticing.
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  The trend is to give yourself permission to be curious because
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  there's probably answers there, which will make your decision
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  making a lot easier. But if you don't, if you're not
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  really thinking about it from an objective standpoint, right?
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  That's the Curiosity part. Why would this be exciting for
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  me? What would I get out of this?
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  Why does it even matter? Notice how different that is
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  than the thoughts. That could be something that
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  more were along this flavor. Like, well, I've always wanted
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  to do this and my mom was someone who was a big advocate
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  of this and we watch it on TV. So, this is clearly something
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  that I love. Hey, that seems to me a little
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  more rooted in story. Meaning, this is the story, I've
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  told myself and the thing was story is it's a representation
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  of the past. It is not your curiosity, it's
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  It's what you've been told or what your patterns have been
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  modeled around. So that's a big difference.
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  So the key is here to give yourself the permission to ask
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  yourself the the why, the What the how, and why would this be
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  important to me? And then be curious about it
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  because maybe decide this is important to me.
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  I do think this would really offer me a lot.
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  Maybe it's the training and as an athlete, right?
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  If you are doing yoga teacher training, but is it the right
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  timing? You know that part, maybe you
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  might want to Out a little bit. And if it's not the right
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  timing, what could be the right timing.
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  And again this is just staying objective, maybe summer is a
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  slower time for you because your kids are at camp or you aren't
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  working or you're more motivated to do things then, I don't know.
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  It could be anything, right? So, the key is first to just be
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  courageously, curious about this.
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  I mean that's the biggest theme. I think I could offer.
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  You can list pros and cons. This is more journaling
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  exercising for you to do. So, what am I?
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  My what are the top Pros three like what are the top things and
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  just brain dump it and then Circle the ones that matter to
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  you and then you can kind of see filter out what are the
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  priorities for you? Okay, well, clearly, these are
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  the top reasons I do it and so maybe you decide because it is
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  the end of the year here. You think about what would I
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  want for next year? And maybe there's just one thing
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  that comes up, right? Maybe there's just one thing you
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  want to do. And that's it for me.
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  I mean, I work from home actually, I'm really motivated
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  to have some some gardening. Like I really want some flowers
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  in the backyard and even though that's not part of my day-to-day
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  job, even just seeing them will be inspiring every day.
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  That's what I think about. And so, you know, I'm curious
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  about it because that will serve me.
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  And I know if I look out the window and I see them that I'm
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  going to be excited and reminded of all the work that I'm doing
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  that really helps people grow, for example, right?
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  That was good, I just thought of it.
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  So So you know, then I can come up with a budget and I can see
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  what time of year that makes sense for it.
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  Right? Right now it's the end of the
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  year doesn't make sense to implement a bunch of new garden
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  seeds and they probably wouldn't last until the spring.
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  I don't know though, I'm probably depends on the thing.
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  So I probably didn't need to do some research.
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  You can also apply the law of little things.
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  Tho LOL. T loped, I like to call it low
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  mauve little things. So, just think of what the next
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  little thing I could do in service to this particular,
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  exploration, a tie Right. Okay, so now notice, so that's
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  one scenario, just kind of just naming a feeling being
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  courageously, curious, and listing out some of the things
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  that can work for you. Now, what if you're already
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  feeling pretty much at wit's end but you just have that tendency
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  to explore the collectible but who I want to see this and it
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  might be shiny objects. In might actually be just
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  beautiful things that you want to do and acts of service.
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  It could be anything, right? So the key is to just know your
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  inventory of how you're feeling. Now, your feelings are super
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  big. Big indicators of it.
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  So if you're already pretty exhausted and you feel like your
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  plates full right now? It might be Jack full Jack full
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  jacked up Jack. I don't Know full of stuff,
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  because it is the end of the year and maybe you just are
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  like, you know what, like I'm good.
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  I don't, I can't do anything else.
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  I'm going to table this so that's being wise, right?
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  Like that's understanding what your awareness is after your
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  capacity. And this is the key is giving
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  yourself the permission again. There was this theme Here of
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  tabling. Something just saying you know
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  what I don't think this would serve me and know that if you're
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  thinking about these things by the way, it doesn't mean
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  anything else. It's not a judgment on who your
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  character is or that you don't do enough for like, getting like
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  a little self-sabotaging and Currituck mind where you're
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  annoyed because you're even thinking about these things.
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  Okay. But here, I want to remind you.
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  We are human creatures who are designed for The exploration for
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  learning and growing, that's the transformation imperative,
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  right? Like, we were all designed to
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  transform as adults. That's what Jack mesirow says,
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  adulthood is for formation, right?
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  Sorry, childhood is for formation, adulthood is for
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  transformation and not the other way around.
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  Like I almost said and he was a transformational educational
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  theorist by the way, and someone who's brought a great deal of
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  insight into the world in terms of what What it means to truly
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  transform. I highly recommend looking him
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  up, or studying him a little bit Jack, mesirow someone, who I
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  studied, under my my trainings in my graduate work.
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  At the right foundation at the right Graduate University and
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  and so just know that your natural inclination and you're
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  simply tuning in to notice that. When you think you want to start
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  something new, it doesn't mean you do it and that's the
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  discernment. That's what you can decide to
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  do. But give yourself some credit
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  like that's amazing. You want to learn new things and
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  you're 64 way to go like let's do that right.
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  But it doesn't mean you do it right now and you can have some
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  fun with it. You can think about it in a way
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  that it's serving You but really I think of it like this is like
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  a little in the inner clock that's reminding you of your
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  aliveness. It's reminding you that you are
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  a human who's designed to transform and these are awesome
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  skills and activities or learning Endeavors that will
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  help you progress in that world of transformation because you're
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  becoming someone who you couldn't have imagined you
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  become maybe if you learn these skills.
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  I think that that's the cool part.
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  And so I want to remind you that that's not a bad thing like it's
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  okay to be About these things. The key is to know what serves
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  you, okay? Like if you're wanting to learn
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  the guitar, is it really because you want to go back to your why?
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  Like why does this matter for me?
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  You might discover. It's actually just because You
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  have a thing for music. You love being creative.
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  That's what you get down to. And that's actually the core
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  yearning, that would be it underneath.
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  That is what I would tell you, or you might discover.
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  So all that means is like there's this desire and you to
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  be creative. It might be the guitar.
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  It could be cooking class. It could be reading like stories
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  to your child. Like that's the key part and
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  maybe for you the thought and idea of playing the guitar will
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  serve that, but it doesn't necessarily need to be the
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  Tarek's, actually, these Journeys that are going on
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  deeper down that are servicing up because they are really
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  wanting to get met if that makes sense.
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  All right. So, how does this all fit?
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  Let's kind of recap this, right? So, how do you explore?
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  But not burn out with our theme today and at the end of the
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  year, right? So I think it's not about doing
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  everything at once being like Oh I got to do that because that's
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  like a Instinct sometimes but the really out the reality is it
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  may not be the right time. I'm and doesn't mean it can't be
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  done but what will serve you most?
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  So how do you explore is to give yourself permission to explore
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  first? It's not a bad thing.
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  It's really just your Humanity. That's on its course for
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  transformation, which is pretty cool.
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  And as a leader, that's important, right?
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  Your awareness is deepening, as you allow yourself to explore
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  this. So, give yourself permission to
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  be creative and to understand what's going on right now.
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  Imagine you're the detective exploring This world of new
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  exciting things you could do and the idea is to prioritize that
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  as well. So once you ask these questions
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  and get curious about it knowing your deeper, why, what do you
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  decide? Okay, yeah, this isn't going to
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  work right now. I am booked solid for the rest
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  of the year and it's the end of the year.
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  I want to have time to chill out and be with my family and relax
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  and not have to take another thing on, right?
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  So it's about a little planning and knowing that maybe it's not
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  right now but this is a This is a big priority for three years.
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  I've been wanting to clean the pantry.
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  I mean, that's literally something that could be on that
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  list, right? You want to explore organization
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  in your house? Right?
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  All of this is our options. So the key is don't shut it
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  down, and don't blame yourself because that's an option, right?
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  You could, if you were aware of it, but rather explore it.
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  And that by, that is, is you are Curious.
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  George. You are thinking objectively,
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  but giving yourself that time to, to commit to journaling, to
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  it, or Talking about it or, or giving yourself permission to
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  just be objective and think about, what could be the
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  benefits in the pros and cons of it.
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  And I'm pretty sure it by that, that will be fulfilling for you,
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  and you can make a choice. You can make the decision of
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  what will work for. You better tune in to those
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  feelings because they are tied to those deeper yearnings that
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  we were talking about. And I bet you anything, you will
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  have a much better direction for what to explore, how to do it
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  and why and and if you can't come up with those reasons, it's
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  probably not a good decision. Asian right?
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  Maybe that why isn't necessarily there or it's just like you're
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  not that excited about the why you're like oh yeah well my
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  great aunt said this would be a great hobby, I should learn.
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  So I guess that's what I was going to do watercolors and then
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  you're like, wait what? No I don't want to do
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  watercolors. That's not what I wanted to do
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  at all so I'm excited for you to explore this and let me know how
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  it goes right. Like this is what I help my
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  clients with because there's so many choices in front of us
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  every day, but if we're not connected to that deeper
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  awareness or our feelings, Or those yearnings.
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  Then we're never going to understand what would serve us.
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  But the really great way to start that is to give yourself
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  permission to explore it and that feels fulfilling, it's not
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  necessarily a half to. So then it doesn't feel draining
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  you have and keep the autonomy for it, right?
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  It's your choice to do this to discover what might work, and
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  what might not. And you can think of it like a
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  new frontier for the next year, like what could be on my plate
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  for next year? That would be really exciting
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  for me and maybe you have A list of 20 things right now because
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  you love exploring things, right.
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  I think that's totally possible. Great will write them down and
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  then maybe pick this year a couple and this could be
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  literally a bucket list, right? I think it'd be all the things
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  you want to do so just pick maybe start with literally one
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  or two. Don't go crazy.
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  One number 1 will be the number one.
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  Maybe you don't know, right? Maybe it's a little bit of like,
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  I have like 20 things. That's okay, just go and pick
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  one like that's the decision and that's a view that's like when
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  you are connected to those That you have that are really good
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  for indicating and decision-making.
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  They will get stronger as you practice naming, feelings, and
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  being more emotionally intelligent.
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  As you are aware of what's going on around you and inside you.
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  All right, friends. I hope this was helpful, drop me
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  a note, and let me know what you think.
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  If this is something to try, I want to hear from you.
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  I want to know if you've tried it.
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  What did you come up with? So that you did explore?
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  And then hopefully, this isn't something that stressed you out
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  or really led to any more additional burden or work that
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  you have. This is why is because it's in
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  service to your doing, right? You're going about it with a
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  curious approach, which means it's novel, which means it's
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  exciting. And there's nothing about it.
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  That would feel I think draining or exhausting because this is
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  how it works and I'm excited for you and if that's not the case,
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  maybe maybe it didn't work, I don't know.
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  Maybe maybe there's something else that you need support on.
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  That's okay too. I would love to hear from you so
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  I can support you and help. Up to redirect and guide.
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  Thanks so much and I will see you next time.
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