WRITTEN BY SHARRA GREENE
The career path I’ve chosen is a constant series of steps into the unknown. As a stylist, I often don’t know whether or not a look is gonna come together exactly how I’ve envisioned it. As a freelancer, I’m constantly being pushed to create my own opportunities. As a creative director, a team member can flake on me, a showroom can reject a pull request (don’t even get me started on delayed shipping 🙄), or I can get a last minute client that drastically changes my schedule.
…just day after day of embracing the unknown, which, if you know me personally, (if you don’t, I’m telling you now) has always been a MAJOR challenge for me.
I often feel overwhelmed, and I’m sure I’m not the only one, because all of you have lives, responsibilities, and people depending on you to come through in some way. I think we all can agree, THAT SH*T GETS STRESSFUL AF! Lately, I've been feeling so conflicted, constantly questioning if how I’m showing up for everyone and everything in my life is enough and fair.
Some days I feel unequipped and indebted to those I love, and some days I feel like “Look, I’m trying my best, I don’t owe y'all a damn thing!” If you go back and forth between the two, just know that both feelings are very valid. 😂
Being responsible for so much makes many of us feel like we must have the solutions at all times to stay prepared.
As I was scrolling on IG the other day, I came across this graphic and saved it. It’s so simple, yet so true. The last three points really resonated with me, so I wanted to share it with you all in case it helps provide as much simplicity and clarity for you as it did for me. 💕
SOLUTIONS WILL EMERGE
In one of the books I read (wish I could remember 😓) I learned that our brains really are like computers, and they automatically come up with solutions in the background, even when our main focus at the time is not fixated on the issue. (So clutch! God was onto something!) This means obsession over an instant solution is rarely ever necessary. We’re naturally built to seek them out.
UNCERTAINTY IS REALITY
… the lesson that most of us learn when we start dating or apply to our first jobs…
EMBRACE IT
THE KEY that I realize I don’t do enough. Let some things be. Plan and then remain open to possibilities that you may not have thought about. Trust that leaving some room for the unknown will work for your good, and not always against you.
Which law of detachment do you need to start practicing the most?? Let me know in the comments!
Sharra,