Oh, hi friends!
Sometimes when we're working, living, or creating, we run into roadblocks. Or baby roadblocks, some minor friction.
Usually fresh ideas are necessary to move forward. You just need a little…lift.
Here are a few suggestions for finding a new perspective:
Change the font. Size and color too, if needed.
Compare where you are today with where you were one year ago. What's different? What isn't?
Explain what you're attempting to do to the youngest person you know. Listen to their response.
Phone a friend. Talk about anything except what you're thinking about.
Inhale art of the highest quality.
Write a letter to yourself, around 100 words or so, about a person or pet you love.
Pick up a book. Flip to a page. Read the page. Put the book back.
Do something you're good at.
Do something you're bad at.
Create a snack. Admire the snack. Eat the snack.
Pinpoint a single question you need answered and write it down.
Ask someone the question. (Friends, colleagues, or Claude.ai are a good start.)
Divide the issue in half. Or quarters. Find a wedge that feels manageable to you.
Imagine yourself on the other side. Who will you be? Where will you be?
Btw, thank you everyone who cheered on my “do the thing” Tuesday — I made the edits and sent it along!! And it took EXACTLY two hours (my first estimate before I ballooned it up). Such a good feeling. I’m here if you’d like me to shame squirrel you into doing your thing, too!
I'm going to go do #10 right now. I love making admirable snacks.
First and most important...High five, Kara, on doing what you set out to do yesterday! I knew you would. But even more key is that you committed to and believed you could. YOU made it happen.
Thank you for this awesome list for discovering new or reframed perspectives. Number 10 cracked me up. I don't know why, but it made me smile. It's direct. Number 7 is a technique one of my friends frequently uses. I love that strategy but have yet to try it. It sounds like the universe is leading me to try it sooner rather than later. I liken the book page randomness to reading a fortune in a cookie. I get great pleasure in fortune cookie reading and discovering a message that resonates in that moment.