To get out of anticipation stage
Oh, hi friends!
I was talking to my brother Eric the other day and he said something that’s been stuck in my head:
I’m trying not to dwell in the ‘anticipation’ stage.
That means when you know something is going to happen later, you’re not living it out before it actually occurs.
Say, for example, if you know you have to sign up for health insurance before the 12/15 enrollment deadline (reminder to all my freelancing friends out there), you’re not telling yourself every single day how time-consuming it’s going to be or how much of a hassle.
You wait until it’s time, and then you do it.
Or if you know you’re getting edits back soon or you have a meeting or interview planned in a few days, you’re not telling yourself, “I don’t have a lot of time,” or “This is going to be a lot of work,” or “What are they going to say??”
You wait until it’s time, and then you handle it.
To get out of the anticipation stage, you can ask yourself, “What is relevant to me right now? What is one step I can take right now? What information do I have right now?
Less projecting, more presence.
I’ll be trying that this week, and hope you might, too.
I love this sentiment from Caitlin Kunkel: “Enjoy it while knowing you can be better in the future.”
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Love, Kara