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Recently, I had the privilege to hear “someone’s heart” about some major decisions regarding a hoped for direction in a relationship and a desire to engage in more frequent work or perhaps a career change. After several interactions and some movement forward, I received a note. In essence: “Things didn’t turn out the way I’d hoped and I made some sacrifices, but had I not taken this risk, I would not now know so much more about me … and then this: “It was time well wasted.” I was so moved by such a healthy reframe and have been “dancing” with the phrase ever since… time well wasted. We usually say: “It was time well spent” but this reframe opens many possibilities.
We of course want to have a lot of memories of time well spent but we often don’t get there because we think it was (or is) such a waste of time to spend time on something we want to do or be. It seems so frivolous or so much work.
Today’s image is a view from an abandoned cabin at the top of a trail in Telluride, Colorado. My photo friend dragged me up there to see this “unreal view” of a cabin with multiple windows and doors that each had a unique stunning view of the surrounding landscape. The only post processing work here is a slight crop to reduce the overall size of the image. Ah…”time well wasted”.
What say you? Can you think of time well wasted that lead you to new places and insights?
IBK
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I recently accomplished two big goals that I had worked on for almost three years—a Competent Communication and a Competent Leadership certification for Toastmasters International. Then I found myself in a not entirely pleasant valley of self-doubt, low energy, and lack of productivity. Now that new beginnings are surfacing like daffodils out of the spring thaw, I realize that the valley was just a time of incubating new goals and finding a new direction. All good!