One Apple A Day #1086
This is the last apple of this week. I always have mixed feelings when I write Friday's apple. A part of me is happy for the upcoming weekend while another one wonders what I will do with the free time in the morning. In the beginning, I used to write every day of the week, but at some point, I realised that I needed a break.
Like when we follow a training program to improve our fitness level, recovery days are as important as exercise days. So, I made a commitment to take two days off every week.
But this Friday is different. I'll be off for eight days. A whole week away from my practice.
I'll be walking along the Narmada river with my friend and mentor Sujith and other twelve innovators. It will be as much as an outside journey as an inner one of subtraction.
And for me, the journey has already started.
Travelling in these troubled times is complicated. While doing my best to arrange everything, I experience the reality of the VUCA world. The last days have been full of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. Outside, with all the changing rules and the paperwork. And inside, with fear, tension and doubts creeping in and making my resolve tremble.
Truth is, I'm neither courageous nor adventurous.
But that's why I'm going.
I feel that facing my fears is the beginning of my journey of subtraction.