Making it
Life has launched me into a totally new place. I feel unsettled, yet happy. Not quite comfortable, but looking forward to what things are in store.
In the span of a few months, I’ve changed jobs, fallen in love, moved out of my home of 2 years, co-founded and became CMO of a non-profit and now live with the love of my life.
All these adjustments have contributed to the most stressful and chaotic time of my life. It’s all good stress because these are things I’ve always wanted, but even too much good stress isn’t healthy. I’ve started having anxiety attacks and my chest tightness, which I got rid of awhile back, now has returned.
Learning how to adjust and then making those adjustments has been arduous but a welcome challenge. However, similar to how my life’s trajectory has seem to have grown at exponential speeds, I need to learn how to live a healthy life.
It’s simple right? More sleep, more exercise and less (bad) food.
I sometimes feel like those things are against me and my success though. It’s hard to live a healthy life. However with my health failing and impacting my day to day life, it’s now time for a paradigm shift that is obvious but now feels real: my health will bring me more success, rather than less.
Beyond my health, I still battle my old friend/enemy, time. There’s so much I want to do, yet so much of that is not related to what I want to accomplish. Trimming the fat (no pun intended) is now a necessity rather than a prudent choice.
All this points in the same direction though. I need to quickly decide what I want, what I need in order to succeed and how I can still enjoy life and smile everyday.
So here’s my game plan for the next 3 months: get my heart (the organ) back to normal and then follow my heart (the emotions) to get to where I want to be.
