For the last 6 months I’ve been perpetually behind on my work and I couldn’t be any LESS stressed about it.

I’m calling it magic. You can call it a conscience shift in perspective but I really think you SHOULD call it magic.

Rather than assert myself forward, I’ve embraced indifference and indecision when I can’t seem to complete or even start a what-would-be important project.

This is quite the opposite of what my friends know of me but don’t call it quitting my ambition.

Pausing when I FEEL like it (I do what I want!) has, in fact, sped up my progression in every arena in my life, while reducing my anxiousness and stress levels.

I am a recovering Type A addict, and I am 6 months wild.

Magical things happen when you get over your bullshit; my bullshit being self imposed deadlines and false senses of urgency. Thinking I needed to answer every call, respond to every email, jump on every idea, and take every opportunity ASAP. It’s the way I was trained in Corporate America, and I was pretty good at it.

But I am no longer about that life; I am not chasing quotas and or facing end of quarter pressure from the board.

I am about THIS life, the one in which I do not answer to anyone or anything other than my gut. That means I also don’t answer to myself either, or rather to my mind.

You see, my mind sets plans and with plans I set deadlines and with deadlines come stress. No good output comes from a place of stress! We all know this…

Rather than aggressively push forward, I’ve said to hell with my plans and commitments; For the last 6 months I’ve had no “plan” and have allowed life to play with me.

She is in charge, after all.

Peep this though: The process of forward movement doesn’t change but by approaching whatever is in front of me with almost a naive perspective, I allow myself to create only when it truly feels like the idea has arrived – when it is ready to burst out of me.

I firmly believe the majority of my success this far has been because I DON’T have the experience to “know better” so I’ve always served from the heart and even when it fails (as it does often), I allow my self to feel the valley just as much as the peak. And guess what? I’m still here.

If I am going to take a risk, and must have an assumption about it, I’ve always assumed it’s going to be brilliant.

Once I remove my mind from the equation, shit actually moves forward. Nay, I am PULLED forward in the right direction.

When I am behind or indecisive about a decision that is to be made, I respect that feeling and allow my gut to guide me. If I remain unsure, it’s not time. It’s not ready. I am not ready.

But when it is, watch da funk out.

My mantra this year is MAGIC over mind.

Dedicating this post to a friend of mine who encouraged that to share this advice I gave to him with you. He’s a bit of a magician himself!

Trust your gut,
xoM