Last Drop Blog

Another realization from yoga the other week. A well paced class typically allows me to be the most present I can be. Things are moving constantly but not at an overwhelming speed. Breaks are well deserved but not overused. You are teetering the line of being in control and being pushed out of it.

This felt like a great approach for your life. At least your life in your mid-late 20s where you feel like really chasing something. It is also a great reminder that when you have a thought that can be applicable to your own life, that it is not original. In fact, there are likely hundreds of thousands of maybe even millions of people who have thought about what you’re thinking about. You can likely search vaguely around on the internet for what you’ve been thinking about lately and find articles, videos, movies, research papers all relating to said thought. It can be incredibly reassuring to do so and give you the trust to dive deeper into these thoughts and take action in your life. I have found it beneficial to go find some content out there that may be already existing when I have these thoughts. It flexes your curiosity muscles. You’ll likely never be more interested in these kinds of subjects or topics than you will be in that very moment. So I think the next time you have a real life experience that you think has a deeper meaning you should explore it a bit instead of just let it pass on.

For me most of these experiences happen when I am practicing yoga or doing some sort of exercise outside. It is typically when I am not consumed by my typical day to day thoughts and just being present in the moment which I have learned you have to work for.

This is where keeping a good pace can play to your benefit. You cant have everything be go, go, go or else you’ll never give yourself the time to explore passing thoughts, moments of inspiration, sit through a conversation that you think is taking up too much of your time, etc. You also cant just sit inside by yourself all day thinking your next great move will come to you. In that case you will start to to get wildly comfortable in your space. It can be incredibly detrimental and isolation is not something you want to mess with for too long. So all in all, the overlying theme of this post is, balance. Which we all know is what literally everyone will preach. But it is not just something you can tell yourself is important. It is something you have to practice. Every breakthrough thought you have is just a future action that you truly must take. For me that yoga class I had a breakthrough thought. I discovered that I really enjoyed the class because of the pace. I discovered that you should control the pace of your life in a way that you can really enjoy it. Therefore, I must take action on creating a well balanced lifestyle. I must push myself. I must rest. I must think. I must give myself grace. I must practice gratitude. I must write. I must do all these things because I had a feeling that only I knew what was best for me. The crazy thing is someone in that yoga class may have walked out thinking it was the worst class ever and they wished it was slower or faster or louder or quieter. For them they may not have had any good thoughts.

In life, you will have many moments that only impact you and no one else. They can be tiny daily things or they can be monumental life moments. It is up to you to dive however deep or shallow into what you think these moments mean. They may just be changing the way you have been living and you may not even realize it.

Grateful to have people around me who challenge and inspire me to pursue growth. Grateful for good conversations. Life can feel challenging and that is likely because you brought on the challenge. You determined you wanted what was best for yourself so you took a step in the direction that you thought was best. That in itself is enough to be proud of. Even thinking about what your’e currently doing and wondering if it is right for you is progress. Growth is purposeful. Your thoughts are purposeful. Your actions are brave.