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Funny how lessons come in many flavors. I had one recently with my calendar of all things, and it taught me about attachment.
First question – how do you see your calendar?
In the past, I saw my calendar as a hindrance. It made me uncomfortable. Everything on there was an appointment I didn’t want to go to. I didn’t check it often. I ran from using it for preparation because of lack of comfort.
I’ve changed my position on comfort. I’ve also changed my position on calendars. Both came from a change in mindset.
Calendars didn’t give me comfort because I didn’t try to understand them. I didn’t see them as a guide to my day, but a tool that kept reminding me of things I didn’t want to do.
I work best as an improviser. I pointed to it as a part of my identity. A calendar fought that, so I never liked them.
The change came when I used my calendar through a class I took. I came to recognize the strength in calendars as a data analyzer and a place to remove anxiety by giving me the chance to see the day in whole.
Experimenting gave me a ton of interesting insights and it reminded me of a key lesson.
We are constantly changing as people, our identities are in flux. We aren’t who we woke up as the night before so to hold on to the past is different. In my identity I saw a person who needed to improvise, but what i realized is that it is just one facet of a person that is always growing. Opening myself up to that experimentation gave me another tool to use.
As I said, lessons come from interesting places. But, above all, we have to be interested in learning them or they pass us by. Think about your attachments and what are they holding you back from.
From the desk of Adam Thomas 