Passionate Theme of the Day: Fast Lane

“Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can”.—Danny Kaye

WOW. Can I just say everything since the holidays has pretty much been a blur? And…I miss you! I know my post pace has slowed down a bit. But I’m making the adjustment to life as “Professor Kammie”. Still sounds weird. Especially since I’m teaching at my alma mater, in the same classrooms where I once sat perched ever so sassily. Just like many of them. Sometimes hung-over. Or tired or bored or curious. Maybe anxious. Inspired. Hopeful. Alive. Occasionally distracted, afraid, amped-up.

So pardon my distance. It’s not you. It’s ME. Life is everything I said I wanted to BE - and then some. (Be careful what requests you make of the Universe. It’s a literal translator. Ask. Get it. Done. Ready or not.) The people I’ve made commitments to outside of the academic walls are being patient, but they want their Kam!

So I find myself at this new place. The scenery is similar. Yet very different. And suddenly I’ve got a whole new to-do list. And quite honestly, I think to-do lists should be called “to-die” lists…that’s how much I loathe them. Yet, I KNOW that’s exactly what I need right now. Some Coach Kam techniques and a BIG ol’ fat “get it done” list.

How do I get it done, when I also wanna just BE where I am and simmer in the NEWness of it? How can I both honor the transition and still keep my commitments? Some might say I need to drop something. Ahhh, but what if I don’t WANT to? What if I can’t? OK, maybe I can’t drop some things, but I could drop others? Perhaps it’s just a shift in focus.

Pardon my rant. I just needed to verbalize my excitement and hesitation for the many “doing’s” I need to DO, and the chillaxin’, JOYFUL, inspired, BEingness I crave. But it’s not about balance. It’s just finding a way to blend BEing and DOing into a wacky, mixed-up, homemade elixir that tantalizes the taste buds and tempts the tummy. Ya with me? Balance - out. Riding the waves - in.

Think I’ll heed the words of Karl Wallenda:

“Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting.”—Karl Wallenda

Ready or not, this is my new life. It’s evolved into this new thing…looks similar, but something’s different. Kinda like when you get your hair done and people start to notice a week or two later. It’s a subtle shift…but now I’m realizing ALL those baby steps last year…finally got me HERE. (OMG! I’m there).

Where has the New Year taken you so far? Are you strapped in for the ride of your life? Or are you still floating around in space? Are you a bit disoriented by all that you said you’d tackle in double-OH-seven? Or are you cruising along at maximum altitude?

What one acknowledgement or awareness would help you “see” that you are exactly where you asked (or didn’t ask) to be?

Revising & philosophizing,
Kam