Have you ever tried to plan something? If so, you’re likely familiar with the universe’s spectacular ability to insist that you do not.
(Especially if your universe includes children 🙂
It strikes me that a strength worth building is being able to roll with changes as soon as possible.
Until recently, my default was to try to make the original thing work. Sometimes at incredible cost and effort. But doing so defeats the purpose of the original plan (assuming it included enjoyment).
Because if you’re only able to do the thing under duress, it’s more or less shot, gone, done.
The only way to change this fact is to roll with it — and quickly.
It’s obvious that rolling with it, making lemonade, and pivoting are all wise things to do.
But I’m trying to emphasize the power of doing it quickly.
Honing the skill of sensing the moment when dropping the plan becomes the best course of action.
Because the sooner you start to adapt, the better the experience.
Case in point: We’re wrapping up day 10 of sickness in our house. (3 out of 4 family members; do not recommend.)
It has upended our amazing plan to give Kayte, Young James, and Alice a couple of weeks of immersion in the community arts & nature school they visit every Thursday. (And to give me a multi-day, house-to-myself business focus session).
But rather than follow my initial impulse to just make it work, we’re rolling with it. Now, the sick and recovering have the house to themselves, and this is my office for the next couple of days:
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The view from without |
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The view from within |
Rolling in the forest,
James
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