Embrace Your Life’s Pivots Before It’s Too Late

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Embrace Your Life’s Pivots Before It’s Too Late

Do you ever feel guilty for wanting to try different things? 
I certainly do. But the stuff I’ve been studying recently has really helped. I hope this helps you too. 
If you know anyone else multi passionate, struggling to pick one thing, or decide on a niche, please send them my way. 

So I was thinking the other day about the idea of taking on many projects, and I remembered the first time I
learning the word “pivot”. I was like 8 years old maybe. 
My Dad was coaching me in basketball and he was showing me the rules of the game.
When you pick the ball up you have to keep one foot screwed to the ground, but otherwise you can move around. 
What a great metaphor for life.

I've come to appreciate the power of this word pivot when it comes to life. 

Once you have some safety & security (aka the foundation of wellness and self care), then feel free to go wild and try things out.

The reality is we can be scared of change, or we can find joy in change.
I think the scariest thing today is that this change can happen super fast.

A pivot is about changing direction, reorienting yourself to face a new path. I suppose this appreciation is similar to what my friend Paul talks about in his book “The Pathless Path”.

A willingness to re-imagine how we see life as a lot more random and unpredictable in ways.

Instead of a straight, linear journey down one highway, you might find some joy you wouldn't have discovered otherwise by switching roads, or even vehicles all together.

Each pivot, or new path is a chance to discover new parts of you, or those you serve.

The Reality of Modern Life

It might seem difficult to believe you can completely reinvent yourself. 

But the reality is less and less of society is guaranteed these days. 

As we move further away from a predictable schedule and work style society of the factory days to a much more interconnected, crazy, creative world, we can't really predict much.

Visualizing Life's Journey

Life milestones used to be pretty contained to a few major moments. Graduation, securing a career, buying a home, marriage, parenting, and well retirement.

But now, instead of five or six moments, we might have 20 or 30. A midlife crisis doesn't really need to be a thing. By midlife these days you could already have had multiple companies, traveled the world and collaborated with hundreds of people around the globe. 

Embracing Change

In today's world, we often feel pressure to find one true calling. But the stories of people who did many things reminds us it's okay to take a side road, or change direction all together. 

This could be in sequence, like a career change. It could be simultaneous like playing music at night and running an email newsletter by day.

It could be micro, like switching from X to Instagram as your go to social media platform to post to. Or it could be macro like becoming a graphic designer instead of a podcaster.

Insights from Barbara Sher

As a multi-passionate person who struggles with things like “finding a niche” or “focusing” Barbara Sher's book, "Refuse to Choose!" is really helpful for feeling safe to make a pivot. For feeling sane instead of psycho. Man she’s another person I wish I could interview.

She calls us "Scanners," people with multiple interests and passions who often feel pressured to pick one path but just can not!
She encourages embracing all your interests and seeing this as a strength.
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