No. 13 Playing Your Opposites: Stretching Out of Your Comfort Zone
Before we left Canada for our honeymoon, we had booked exactly one accommodation. As someone who starts packing three days before a trip, I was convinced I was doing my honeymoon wrong. By the third drive in a row spent booking that night's stay from the passenger seat, I caught myself thinking: huh, this is actually fun.
This issue talks about how, contained doses of discomfort can widen your window of tolerance, both personally and professionally.
No. 11 Change Begins When We Can See the First Step
"Change starts when someone sees the next step." I came across this line from William Drayton while listening to The Magic of Imperfection, the new book by Jason McLennan (founder of the Living Building Challenge), and it stopped me in my tracks.
No. 10 What Yayoi Kusama Taught Me About Regenerative Futures
I'm wrapping up a relaxing vacation in Central Canada; I went to Quebec City, Montreal and Toronto. One of my highlights was visiting the Art Gallery of Ontario to see the Infinity Mirrored Room – Let's Survive Forever by one of my favourite artists, Yayoi Kusama. As I waited in the long line for my 1-minute turn, I watched the artist process video. She said something that hit me like lightning: "As an artist, my job is to glimpse the vision."
No. 6 When Good Change Still Feels Scary
Everybody wants transformation, but nobody wants to change.
I didn't fully understand that until one of the best days of my life: my partner proposed and I got a raise on the same day. I was ecstatic! And then I woke up the next morning feeling anxious.
No. 3 Acceptance: Doing your best and still growing
I struggled to write this newsletter.
The past two weeks have been busy with work, and I’m also in the middle of planning a wedding with my fiancé, so our weekends are fuller than they used to be. I’m grateful for it all, and yet when I sat down to write, I felt restless. I changed the topic three times and wasn’t sure I’d finish.
Therefore, the theme I ended up choosing is acceptance.
I chose this theme because whenever we step outside our comfort zone, discomfort is part of the deal. Our nervous systems are wired to respond in familiar ways, and change is scary for most of us, myself included.