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Diana Montalion
I resist bringing my full attention back to focused work, like a toddler who doesn’t want her face washed. Even though, focus is joy.
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Diana Montalion
This week, my intention was to be more mindful when attending online work meetings. As I did, I noticed something: I’ve constructed a Me Who Goes to Meetings.
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I’ve learned essential lessons about rest and renewal over the last decade. For example, renewing my energy is the most trustworthy bellwether of career satisfaction and success. Which surprised me. Pushing less hard is counterintuitive.
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Wisdom crafters are seekers of a philosophic sunrise. They work hard, often in the shadows, to discover insights that change our view of things. Sometimes gently. Sometimes like a bolt of lighting.
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In the midst of the pandemic, during a retreat, I take a breath. When I stop constantly swimming towards more, I discover enough.
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I wanted to live a Year of Enough. Now, I live in a pandemic epicenter where there is no more. Ironic, don’t you think? Inside all the uncertainty, I’m discovering the seeds of enough.
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In the midst of the pandemic, many colleagues are working while their kids are schooling at home. A few have asked, via social media, for strategies. Having homeschooled for ten years, I have some! Here they are.
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It has been three weeks since I posted. In part because some difficult work consumed my writing energy. But mostly, because I ran smack into something I didn’t want to say out loud.
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What I do is balanced and supported by all I don’t do. I’ve never been great at balance. Or taking deep breaths. Seems I’m learning both now.
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When I hoard todos and refuse to ask for help, I stifle the Enough Economy. A lesson I recently learned for the bazillionth time.
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I don’t enjoy competition yet can be quite competitive. What’s that about? How is competition related to being enough?
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I recently made almond milk. It was so easy, I wondered if there are other products I buy that I don’t need. Which made me wonder why I love ‘products’ (instead of food) in the first place …
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When I look back on the last ten years, I can see where I’ve experienced enough. Where I haven’t. And how I can change so the next ten years are more than enough. Wanna try?
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Seeking work life balance suggests we don’t work during the life part. We work all the time. Here is how I am blurring the edges.
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A writing exercise to uncover ‘enough of what?’ in which I share TMI and link to cool stuff.
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My inner resistance to this practice is solidifying, concretizing. Simultanously, I am developing muscles I’ve never had and always needed.
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In which I demonstrate my unrealistic relationship with TODO lists and wonder if, maybe, that relationship will change this year. Maybe.
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Imagine the holidays with no sugar, including flour and alcohol. Horrifying thought or joyful ideal? I’ve never enjoyed food more.
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Becoming free from the empty drama of “enough” at the holidays may require years of experimentation. But what matters most is knowing that your time, energy and attention are the most valuable things.
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Who gets ‘a thousand invitations’? How many invitations are enough? What are you doing New Year’s eve?
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In the center of my inner world, there is a garden. I have arrived here. Just in time for the holidays.
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On this Winter Solstice, I devote myself to exploring being, doing, having Enough. And publishing consistently about the experience.
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In the fall of 2018, we took a month-long road trip, towing a 25 foot travel trailer. Here are some highlights.
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In two days, I leave on a month-long, drag-an-RV-behind-the-truck road trip. What - the frack - am I doing?
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“Wake up” is a marvelous goal for a roadtrip! Both the surface meaning “enjoy each morning on the road, even when you’re exhausted” and the deeper meaning “seeing yourself all-too clearly is true freedom.
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