Feeling Bored? Unmotivated? Lazy?

It’s that post. Where we remind ourselves we’re half way through the year. Where we meet this realisation with panic or satisfaction. Or both. Or neither.

Personally, I like to get sh*t done. I like achieving, creating, making things happen. I like the satisfaction and sense of purpose that accompanies it.

And so, since coming back to Sydney shores I’ve been all geared up to get things moving again. Bring to life the shamanic learnings. Surely my time to hibernate and restore is over?

Yes?
No.

So how do we trust this lack of momentum? How do we trust ‘not achieving’? 

Firstly we read the following from Margaret J. Wheatley’s Perseverance and pay particular attention to the last section.

“It’s hard to find fault with eagerness. It seems like such a good thing – people motivated and eager to get to work, take on a project, change their lives.

But not too far down the road, eagerness shows its ugly side. People become so committed to their cause or work that they become missionaries. They want everyone to work on this particular issue, or do this diet, or follow this plan that will change your life.

People can also let their commitment to being of service grow into exaggerated heroism. They’re willing to take on any problem you give them. They keep looking for the next great cause. They seem unstoppable in their motivation and energy. “Bring it on!” is their life slogan.

Such people are like supernovas – great clouds of fiery, burning gasses that appear powerful and beautiful, but are actually already dead. They’ve exhausted their energy, blown themselves up and what we’re observing in the night sky is just their last gaseous remains.

Eagerness is a good place to start, but its propensity for unfettered growth requires vigilance. Like a parasite, it tends to kill off its host.

“It’s not a bad thing when our eagerness fades and we find ourselves just doing the work, bored at times, motivated at others, working day-by-day on little tasks, hoping that some of what we’re doing is useful, but not really sure.

It’s good not to be a supernova.”

You know what? It actually is.

If you’re being triggered by 1/2 year panic or remorse see if you can shift your perspective to the above. I know it’s helped me.

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