Learning Revisited.

We have all been alone in our car trying to figure out what the next big step in our journey should be. What is that one thing that we can take hold off that will add to or change your life. It's daunting and frankly, has anyone ever come up with an answer?

I would like you to take that responsibility off your shoulders.

Imagine you are no longer responsible for having to know?

That you have accepted the fact that you cannot answer these questions with more of the same thinking.

It's like a weight has been lifted off your shoulders isn't it?  Suddenly, there is no reason to brood, be stressed, or feel left behind. Having to know the answer is a huge burden that limits our thinking, creates judgement and leaves us feeling inadequate.

So imagine now that you are relieved of knowing.  What's next?


Well, I would like you to consider that you start the discovery process on how you learn.  What does
learning without the lens of "knowing" look like for you?

Perhaps we need to pause there for a second to really understand what that means.  Learning without a sense of knowing means looking at a problem without bias without the infliction of history or to be blunt - without your version of truth.

What could learning without the sense of knowing, look like?

Do you remember when you were learning to drive?  You had seen it done and you had a sense of knowing what needed to be done but then you got behind the wheel and realized you knew absolutely nothing.  How exciting was it?  Do you remember that feeling in your stomach, the sense of fear and joy at the same time?  You couldn't believe you were actually doing it!  Learning without knowing..  it's such an exciting thing!

So, why as adults, do we stop learning?  And, yes, I realize, we read articles, books or go to courses. But we typically do this to either find agreement with our knowing or expand our current knowing.

I do not have a ten step process to what this should or could look like but only ask that you consider this as part of the learning.

So instead of asking yourself "what do I do next?" maybe you should ask yourself (and everybody you know) "What are you learning these days?"

Work-Life Balance, May You Rest in Peace | Working Mother

Work-Life Balance, May You Rest in Peace | Working Mother



One of the best reads on Work-life balance out there!  Thank you Julie Teahan!  Look forward to cheering you on!



How do you juggle all that you are responsible for?  My fear is that everything becomes a checklist and one day we look up and realize that we have lost connection with the parts we love the most.  That we end up excited that the list was mostly done and the kids rooms are clean, but we haven't grown roots.



What can you give up in order to feel connected?

Finding Purpose as a GenX

The majority of us have grown up with parents who have had life long careers with 1 or 2 companies, worked 9 to 5 and came home with either dirty hands and sore backs or briefcases full of paperwork. We are now being enlightened by younger generations who are living experiences rather than focusing on investment portfolio's.  They are living remotely around the world while creating a work life ecosystem that doesn't include just one company or a single hobby.

Generation Xer's (1964 - 1981) are the Bridge Generation, we are the intersection of Risk Management and Innovation.

We've been raised to mitigate risk, invest in property and markets and always ensure you have an emergency fund.  But, we are fascinated by those younger who are living in Asia part time, managing 2-3 work contracts remotely and are making decisions based on a 120 year life span.

What does it all mean for us?  Some would argue that we have the best of both worlds - a nest egg and regular adventure travel (scheduled and planned accordingly of course).  But, we are also in a tug of war with ourselves.

We are checking off the lists of our elders while our hearts and souls are craving more.

We are digging to find meaning, to find out how to be more agile, how we can leverage all that we have worked for to do something that is meaningful.

Enter the Purpose Revolution.  It's one of those universal ideas that reaches in to multiple corners of your day and while I don't think it's supposed to alter your life immediately, it certainly puts a different lens on everyday interactions with your work, family, friends and yes, even strangers.

With Purpose Statement solidified, you are now living with it but not necessarily through it.  What does this mean?

For us it probably means that our purpose needs to be tested, it means we want to mitigate the risk of giving up too much for an unknown.  That we need to test it out to ensure it's truth.  And while some people may be able to throw caution to the wind, quit their job and become cannabis farmers.  Many GenXers need to have a plan A, B and C.

Have you thought through your Purpose Plan?
Are you comfortable with the idea of what it means?
How can we live it without uprooting our whole lives?

Welcome to my Purpose Journey.  It's not as scary as it looks and you don't have to give up everything you worked for....