I usually write posts considered long by blog standards.

Just for kicks, I’m challenging myself to brevity this week. The rules are:

1. Write post in 20 minutes.
2. No matter what, must publish post.

The idea is to make Ristretto instead of my usual Americano.

Oh, you.

Yesterday, I lightening-posted about meeting yourself where you are.

This means not hating yourself for being where you are now, but accepting where you are because, really, it’s okay.

It’s okay to need help, it’s okay to feel frustrated.

It’s okay to lip sync in Australia and blame it on the rain.

Because, at this moment, you don’t really have a choice — other than fighting where you are, which, as we discussed, won’t really change it the way you want to change it.

This meeting yourself where you are is so important (to be happy, to make progress in your stuff, to grow towards a different career, to permanently lose weight).

The part where I do what I tell you to do.

The process:

• Select problem you’re struggling with.
• Instead of thinking up solutions, describe where you are right now
• Tell yourself, it’s okay that I am [description of where you are] — it’s part of the long, meaty process that is the rest of my life.
• Name one perfect thing about [description of where you are]

Here is me, meeting myself where I am:

I am headachy and tired because I’m recovering from a week-long bizarre illness, and I’m so thankful for my illness. Permission to be glad to be sick.

Perfect thing about this: Being sick limits me, but it gives me stuff, too.

I am happy that I got to sit around and read and watch movies and plot my world domination of all of the miserable worker bees. Permission to rest.

Perfect thing about this: The more I rest, the more productive I am.

I’m excited to put out a bunch of new products and offerings that can guide you, soup to nuts, from total stuckness to doing the right career path for you — basically, the tools I use and work I do — though I’ve felt impatient that I’m just not done yet. Permission to have mixed feelings and be in process.

Perfect thing: I’m being taught to enjoy the process of making these products, and not just push towards the goal of having the products out there. Ahhhh, this is a good one.

I’m doing some free legal work for my dad’s company, and I like feeling useful in a way that is usually very expensive. Permission to enjoy feeling helpful.

Perfect thing: I help my family, it helps me back.

You’re turn.

You’re working through some stuff, and it’s probably related to youifying your work out there.

Wherever you are with it right now is great, and wonderful.  You’re in process like I’m in process.

Meet yourself where you are with it and find one perfect thing about the where you are.

In the comments, tell me all about it.

(Eee, gads! I forgot it’s Tuesday and time for sylificating your life and times! My fault! This lightening posting has overturned my basket. Ah, it’s cool though, just keeping it fresh. Worst quality for any blog = boring.)

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