One Apple A Day #477 - take a step back
Something magical happened yesterday during a session with my coach.
We were exploring a problem that has been troubling me for some time. Something practical that requires a workable solution. A tool or strategy that can help me overcome the problem and get the results that I want.
The annoying thing is that I already know about many possible solutions, but I don't use them. It is as if my mind knows what to do, but all the other parts of me refuse to follow.
So, yesterday during the session I was stuck again in this uncomfortable place. I was feeling the usual guilt of knowing what to do and not doing it. Until I realized a troubling truth. I didn't know what to do once the problem was solved. I focused so much on the problem before me that it became the only thing I could see. So, I decided to take a step back. To put some distance between me and that problem so I can see what's around it. And beyond it.
If we get too close to it, even a grain of sand becomes a mountain.