Are you up against it? Do you feel like giving up?
It happens to us all, usually when we've got into a pattern of things looking like they keep on turning out the same way.
We keep trying and trying and not getting the results we want and frankly, it's all a bit demoralising.
We've all been there.
This video I'm going to share with you today came into my life just when I really wanted to give up. I couldn't muster the energy to ‘get my head down’ or ‘crack on’ or ‘keep showing up’ or any of those productivity platitudes!
So I was doing what we all do – escaping into my phone, and my feed. Passive consumption.
This video came up, and I was feeling so apathetic about everything, that when I saw it was 18 minutes long, I felt both guilty at the thought of delaying work for yet another 18 minutes, but also a bit overwhelmed at the notion of even focusing on anything for that long!
(It was a really bad day.)
And then I started watching it. It seemed curious, and a bit daft. But the guy's enthusiasm was contagious, and he was funny, and a bit sweary, and the further into I went, the more I wanted to know how it turned out.
(After it had finished, I leapt out of bed and ‘got my head down’ with work! 😂)
I shan't spoil it for you, because a degree of dramatic tension makes it all the more enjoyable.
You don't have to watch it now, if you don't have the time. Maybe file it away for a day when you've hit an extreme low with something you're committed to – a project, a business, caring for someone, getting through financial difficulties, bringing up a child, teaching an octopus to play piano… anything!
Enjoy the watch:
So. Many. Attempts. And 7.5 million views!
Isn't it adorable?!
It's like a TV programme my daughter sometimes watches: Unlikely Animal Friends!!
🐙❤️🙋🏻♂️
The key takeaway for me, was that we make progress by staying open to the changes that life has to offer (i.e. the unknown), rather than getting fixed on our old (known) ways of thinking, and therefore behaviours.
You've been given the life that you're living, with its unique challenges and circumstances that you're going to work your own way through.
You can certainly complain about that—you are more than welcome!—but before you throw all your toys out of the pram, why not remember Matthias and Tako and just… keep… going.
💞
Giles
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