Your post is the first time I have been tempted to try the Enneagram thing... not because I think it's a hard science but because other concepts like Myers Briggs have helped me understand more about how I work and what I need to be successful, etc. [I am so INTJ that once at a workshop you had to stand somewhere in the room to demonstrate where you were on the spectrum and I walked OUT of the room... lol]
You are such a gifted writer and storyteller. I’m now contemplating why I haven’t started on my one big goal that I set out to accomplish every year for the past 10 years (including vision boarding around it every year), yet have never started it. I used to be a runner. I love running. I used to run and train for half marathons every year. I want to start back up. I have wanted to start back up since 2012! That’s 10 years of having this goal and not starting it. I think in my case it’s more about the power of habits and needing to create a new habit which takes time. I’m now thinking about my first piano recital and had a very similar experience. You are not alone. And I’m excited for more of your writings. Thank you for sharing. You have a gift.
My latest theory on “stuckness” is that if you’re inclined to rapid-fire problem solving, you’re also inclined to quick-assumptioning ™️ around the end results of basically everything.
My own stuckness sits squarely with the fact that I have a vault in my brain of every interview of every successful writer or business person. And while they would say “Yes, I worked very hard to get here,” they ALL ALSO SAY IT WAS A STROKE OF LUCK THAT LIFTED THEIR EFFORTS.
And my brain has had NO interest in luck. So I actively avoid starting things that I think I’m inevitably reliant on luck to see succeed.
Here’s the kicker, though. Just recently my brain did a switcheroo on me. And it asked me, “Amanda, what if luck needs a place to land?”
So I decided that I’ve been dumb and scared OR just really really good at forecasting the inevitable doom of everything. I was probably also smart but too much smartness can sometimes make a person dumb.
I’m not saying you’re dumb. I’m just saying if you’re really smart, it’s possible that’s why you get stuck. ✌🏼
Your post is the first time I have been tempted to try the Enneagram thing... not because I think it's a hard science but because other concepts like Myers Briggs have helped me understand more about how I work and what I need to be successful, etc. [I am so INTJ that once at a workshop you had to stand somewhere in the room to demonstrate where you were on the spectrum and I walked OUT of the room... lol]
You are such a gifted writer and storyteller. I’m now contemplating why I haven’t started on my one big goal that I set out to accomplish every year for the past 10 years (including vision boarding around it every year), yet have never started it. I used to be a runner. I love running. I used to run and train for half marathons every year. I want to start back up. I have wanted to start back up since 2012! That’s 10 years of having this goal and not starting it. I think in my case it’s more about the power of habits and needing to create a new habit which takes time. I’m now thinking about my first piano recital and had a very similar experience. You are not alone. And I’m excited for more of your writings. Thank you for sharing. You have a gift.
Me too! I plan and push tasks through at work all day long, but never on my wants. I get stuck!
My latest theory on “stuckness” is that if you’re inclined to rapid-fire problem solving, you’re also inclined to quick-assumptioning ™️ around the end results of basically everything.
My own stuckness sits squarely with the fact that I have a vault in my brain of every interview of every successful writer or business person. And while they would say “Yes, I worked very hard to get here,” they ALL ALSO SAY IT WAS A STROKE OF LUCK THAT LIFTED THEIR EFFORTS.
And my brain has had NO interest in luck. So I actively avoid starting things that I think I’m inevitably reliant on luck to see succeed.
Here’s the kicker, though. Just recently my brain did a switcheroo on me. And it asked me, “Amanda, what if luck needs a place to land?”
So I decided that I’ve been dumb and scared OR just really really good at forecasting the inevitable doom of everything. I was probably also smart but too much smartness can sometimes make a person dumb.
I’m not saying you’re dumb. I’m just saying if you’re really smart, it’s possible that’s why you get stuck. ✌🏼