For some months- okay, probably much longer than that, I have had a sense of… something. I’ve had a feeling of restlessness, and it’s one I haven’t had for a long time. The last time, I started a business. Before that, I moved to a state I had only visited once. Both have been profoundly transformative events, and I wouldn’t trade them.
It’s tingling again. Life is much more complicated now, of course. There is family. There is a business. There are some deep community roots- I have lived longer here than anywhere else in my life. There is a mortgage, bills to pay, a path to a good and satisfying future on this present course. There is nothing wrong with the life I have right now. Any changes I would make are fairly mundane.
But there is this sense. Up until a couple days ago, I couldn’t quite put it to words- something very frustrating for someone who loves language and usually struggles more to stop the words rather than start them. Then it hit me yesterday. “Get ready.” Ready for what? When? How? No answers there, just “Get ready.”
What does that mean? Inquiring minds want to know, and the answers are pretty thin right now.
But here’s what we’re doing:
- Reduce. We’ve acquired a lot of stuff. We need a lot less stuff. You want any of our stuff? Turns out several local thrift shops and consignment stores do. You better hurry.
- Review. What do we hold dear? What’s really important to us? How do we demonstrate that?
- Reconnect. Over the years, we have formed some great friendships that we’ve let go by the wayside. Over the past few months, we’ve been reconnecting to some of them. What fun!
- Relax. Seriously. It’s the toughest thing, especially when feeling restless. But if the next few months or years look like that last couple times I got restless, there will be plenty enough stress and change to come.
So for now, we get ready. Tune in for more.
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