Backtracking and Permission Slips
On forcing and "shoulds"
Is it a sin to backtrack from something you have said you will do or create?
I just sent out an email to my list with a confession: I told them that the year long project of creating a weekly update on the energies at play (according to the Sun’s transit through the Human Design gates) were pronounced dead before it even got off the ground.
Did I feel bad about it? Nope! Here’s why:
The idea came from an energy of something I needed to or should do. And because of an urgency I felt about not really having created much lately.
Once I sat down to write, my whole being felt flat, dead, a total lack of energy. So, I knew that forcing and pushing through would have made this a delivery lacking energy and depth. AND: I would not have been able to follow through the whole year.
Not fair on anyone!
I’ve made myself lots of permission slips over the years, and one of them is being true to myself and backtrack on or let go of anything not being authentic and aligned.
If you have not made yourself permissions slips (virtual or otherwise), I highly encourge you to do so. It helps getting clear on your energetic priorities and what you are available for in life (and business?). Here are some of mine:
Permission to
Simply BE
Say no and make it a complete sentence
Rest
Not do something because I feel I should
Not to be or do according to other’s expectations
Change my mind
Not having to explain myself
Tust my intuition
Let go of that which do not serve me anymore
Remove myself from people and environments that do not allow me to be ME
And here’s a funny one:
I’ve been thinking about it for the longest time and just recently gave myself permission to make the decision to transition from Facebook. It’s about noise, distraction, overwhelm of AI, lack of authenticity and the dreaded fear of being stuck in FOMO that leaves me, One: Feeling and acting like a zombie, and Two: Slightly forget who I am.
Being a 2/4 Projector in Human Design, that place has become a bit too much for me.
What I crave, and what is closer to my core is a community that allows me (and others) to be even more authentic, be better able to listen to our intuition, to trust our ideas, to pause when needed without the fear of missing out.
A place for presence over participation, depth over value, quiet brilliance over loud sharing. A space that is gentle, spacious, calm, emotionally safe.
No urgency. No hustle. No fixing:
A space where you remember
I will let it perculate and will most probably be setting up a community on Skool for this.
And Substack? I’m not leaving this place!
And those permission slips? Dig deep and get them down on paper!
Thank you for reading, and thank you for BEing YOU!