Tuesday · October 6 “Every version of you got you here.”
Igniting your passion in a noisy world
Igniting your passion in a noisy world
- Stepping out of your comfort zone: You may ask, “how does this help you find your voice in a noisy world?” we daresay this is even where you need to start from. Your inability to look beyond the safety net you have created for yourself would make you feel the pressure that comes with these noises, makes you feel a little unloved and gradually, you find yourself in a pattern that doesn’t leave too much room for growth! Step out today!
- Explore new ventures and interests: It takes a critical evaluation of yourself to be able to realize whether you are even toeing the right path. The noises of this world would keep derailing you when you are not walking in your purpose. Step out into the world, explore new interests while challenging yourself, let your knowledge take roots in versatile ways, this way, you find yourself and when you speak, you speak with a voice people want to listen to, when you act, their noises leave you unbothered.
- Give yourself a chance: Sometimes, we do not allow ourselves to grow, we get drowned in challenges because we place to many neck-cutting conditions on our necks, so much that some people do not even have time to unwind. You feel as if the moment you take a break, the world would come crashing down, cut yourself some well-deserved slack! Not taking a break won't help you find your passion and it certainly doesn't mean the world would come crashing. Explore! Learn! And most importantly, live!
- Self-love: Love, they say, is the greatest gift of all. Imagine giving yourself the greatest gift of all. Loving yourself helps you come to terms with things you cannot change, fighting tooth and nail to rewrite and change the things you can. Ultimately, when you love yourself, your purpose regardless of distractions from people would begin to unravel itself to you.
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Questions
Does this mean the rest of the flat has to be perfect too?
No. That is the point of choosing one surface rather than the whole room. It works precisely because it does not ask anything of the rest of the space.
What if something has to sit there temporarily?
Then it sits there today, and it is gone by tomorrow. The surface is a decision you keep making, not a rule you are never allowed to break.
Does it have to be a table by the door?
No. Any surface at the edge of arrival will do — a shelf, a bench, the end of a counter. What it needs is proximity to the door, and freedom from every other duty in the flat.
How long before it feels automatic?
For her, four days to stop reaching, and closer to three weeks before her hand went there without thinking about it. Most women who try this land somewhere in that range.
One letter, most Sundays.
Written to one woman rather than a list. No offers dressed as observations, and nothing sent because it is a Tuesday.