💃 That too-small pants feeling

I was on hold for the 3rd time in an hour.

Every time I conceded to a “call-back,” instead of staying on hold, I somehow missed the call.

It’s like I was living in a Call Back Black Hole.™

The hold music was a catchy mix of yacht rock and late nineties: under-age club-where-everyone-is wearing-black-pants-and-drinking-watered-down-rum-and-cokes. It was A VIBE.

All of which is to say, [FIRST NAME GOES HERE], I was obviously dancing.

Has this ever been you? On hold so long you’re dancing to the music, but also wondering when the f$%k someone will remember you’re there?

Spoiler alert: sometimes this is what it feels like to be “between worlds.”

Not like “ghost of Christmas past” type of between worlds, but more like: “I know I’m done with this chapter, but I’m waiting to understand what the next is” type of way.

I’ve been here more times than I can count, and I can tell you one thing:

As much as it can suck (big time) not knowing what’s around the corner, I’ve grown to believe that actually, maybe:

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It’s the whole point.

(I said what I said)

When you get into a groove of doing the same thing, in the same way, every same day…yes there is comfort.

Consistency

Reliability

Order

And this is great!

For a time.

It is how we build systems, and how we grow into whatever new skill we are learning.

It’s is how we rest and integrate things into our lives. (I have learned the hard way how important this is.)

And then, if we let it go on too long, it can become:

Stagnant

Too comfortable

We climb to the top of our game. Sure the view is nice. For a few minutes. And then?

What is there to learn? Who is there to learn from?

If we aren’t learning and growing…What are we doing?

I have the belief that we are here on earth for 2 reasons: to learn and to grow (and to love and give back).

OK… 4 things.

So if you ever start to have the slightly itchy feeling, that feeling that life is all of sudden feeling a little like a too-small pair of pants (you know the one wink)

like you’ve been dancing to the hold music for a LITTLE TOO LONG,

I suggest you take some to ask yourself if maybe it’s time hang up that phone.

To think deeply about whether you are in same, same, same mode and need to shake it up a bit.

And if you are teacher who is nodding along, maybe even ignoring that little ache, that little voice that KNOWS it’s time for something different, (and you want to try your hand at writing!) I’d love for you check out my debut course that will teach you how to go From Classroom to Copywriter.

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pps. hang up the phone! they’re not answering.

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