There are so many things that I want to do that it can be overwhelming at times. I go against the prevailing advice of “focus on one thing only” because I find life so much richer if I can see it from more than one side.
This is not to say that I don’t ever focus! I can be laser focused when it is necessary. But, I do like to focus on one thing, wring as much as I can from it then let it sit for a while as I focus on something else. For me, the focus and release is powerful because I often find amazing answers while I am intent on a different problem.
Recently, one of my students pulled a card for me from one of her favorite decks and included the following note: “I was thinking of you and pulled this card; the back of the box says that it is an offbeat way to forecast your future.”
Can you guess what the card was? A bull’s-eye! Focused intent, keeping your eye on the prize, honing in on what you want.
What struck me is that I seemed to have been anything BUT focused recently! I THOUGHT I had been kind of floating along in the loveliness that is August in Seattle and following the breeze wherever it leads me. Teaching a class, doing Feng Shui appointments, working with Abundance coaching clients, showing houses, reading a book in the sunshine, etc, etc Basically, what I thought of as a pretty nice summer schedule.
The receipt of this card made me look deeper at what I was ACTUALLY doing and guess what?
In addition to all of the above this month, I have been VERY focused on doing the prep work for creating my new company.
There are a lot of behind the scenes “stuff” that needs to happen, so I have been working with attorneys and accountants to get all of the i’s dotted and t’s crossed so I can have everything in place for the big announcement coming soon.
Goes to show that sometimes when you are focused on going with the flow you can actually get a LOT done toward your dreams.
I wonder – are you focusing or going with the flow? What is happening for YOU now?
Original post: August 26, 2010
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