I spent years cultivating the Green Zone after a lifetime in Red and Blue.
Achievement to me = safety.
Because achievement was defined by Structure, and I thrive with Structure.
Post grad school (and two masters at the same time), I internally struggled in my jobs. I’d create the structures to support the work I was doing (efficiency!) and then spin aimlessly when I didn’t have Structure.
Now, I get to create beautiful Structure in my own life and work, one “brick” at a time, at the pace my nervous system can sustain and recover from.
Dalai, that is an amazing transformation. Not easy. So many of us equate achievement with safety. An understandable response to modern life and circumstance. Glad you are finding your way. Thanks for sharing.
Story of my life…until I chose to change it.
I spent years cultivating the Green Zone after a lifetime in Red and Blue.
Achievement to me = safety.
Because achievement was defined by Structure, and I thrive with Structure.
Post grad school (and two masters at the same time), I internally struggled in my jobs. I’d create the structures to support the work I was doing (efficiency!) and then spin aimlessly when I didn’t have Structure.
Now, I get to create beautiful Structure in my own life and work, one “brick” at a time, at the pace my nervous system can sustain and recover from.
Dalai, that is an amazing transformation. Not easy. So many of us equate achievement with safety. An understandable response to modern life and circumstance. Glad you are finding your way. Thanks for sharing.