Of course it counts! Self-imposed deadlines can be tricky and you are giving yourself a wonderful gift by honoring your bandwidth and committing to completion at a pace that meets your needs. Nicely done!
Also, finding focus is a big one. There are so many things to distract us...not just bad things...good exciting things, but I'm trying to resist biting off more than I can chew!
I'll bite ;) So Optionality was my concept lurking in my head that I was afraid to put out until it was totally baked, which you and I both know Elisa, is ridiculous. So while I'm navigating ups and downs of launching while living life, I do think this quarter was huge for me in terms of putting a stake in the ground of passion-projects-turned-real.
Unfortunately in the first quarter of this year I found myself recovering from a brain bleed! I was turning over on my chiropractor's table and fell off the table as he wasn't close enough to catch me. I ended up in the ICU two hours later in a bad brain way! I am almot recovered I hope as next ct scan in April. It has given me a case of ptsd....basically fear of everything and every headache , ear ache , eye pain which were quite real anc sidewalk on which to fall. And depression from the initial drug and can't take Advil or have a cocktail! Bottom line it all sucks. That is my first quarter. Still writing my column Dear Gail on substack however, and trying to figure out Substack. I just bummed out everyone ....bummer!
Oh my goodness, Gail, I'm so sorry that happened. That is scary and a big deal, and while it's a bummer that happened. YOU are not a bummer! I hope your next scan shows great progress...
I relate in one way because many years ago when I was 16 I had a car accident and broke my two front teeth and lacerated my gums...much fixing and root canals and such ensued. I've had caps for 40 years. But you can bet I worry about falling face forward at random times to this day. (I also have super dentist anxiety, but I'm hardly unique in that.)
These events are traumatizing. Although I rode and showed my horses for over thirty years and broke ankles and fingers and bucked off and dumped in jumps and never felt trauma like this. And thank you for your nice message!!!
I have been spinning through all of Q1 after unexpectedly losing my job (no layoff; company was shut down by the government (((long story))), instantly putting 800 of us out of work), and I have been through, I think, 4 of the 7 stages of hell that that kind of chaos introduces. Particularly during a cash crunch because just paid college tuition in December. SO! My achievements: applied to 20 or so jobs (I think 25); have been doing the important mental work of not giving in to fear; and slowwwwllllly clarifying what it is I really want to do next versus ohmygodineedajobnomatterwhatthejobis (which is hard with the bank clock ticking). So that's a dose of Real Serious Real Life, but that's where I'm at! AND I turned a big corner in my mind on Friday last week about that "What I Really Want to Do" piece. Felt like a win.
Oh, Stacy, figuring out how to answer that question of "What I really Want to Do", especially when there is money anxiety creeping in, is SO HARD. That's a huge win. I have always found it agonizing, honestly.
Of course it counts! Self-imposed deadlines can be tricky and you are giving yourself a wonderful gift by honoring your bandwidth and committing to completion at a pace that meets your needs. Nicely done!
Thanks Dana! How was *your* Q1? (Besides including a lovely lunch on the UWS of course.) :)
Since our lovely lunch, I've been finding my focus! FMF - the mantra for 2024 - and I have to say it has been a productive Quarter. Yay to us!
Oh yay, that's awesome!
Also, finding focus is a big one. There are so many things to distract us...not just bad things...good exciting things, but I'm trying to resist biting off more than I can chew!
I'll bite ;) So Optionality was my concept lurking in my head that I was afraid to put out until it was totally baked, which you and I both know Elisa, is ridiculous. So while I'm navigating ups and downs of launching while living life, I do think this quarter was huge for me in terms of putting a stake in the ground of passion-projects-turned-real.
I am happy to be your encouragement to be half-baked. but yes, definitely, I think we went from zero to sixty pretty quickly really :)
Unfortunately in the first quarter of this year I found myself recovering from a brain bleed! I was turning over on my chiropractor's table and fell off the table as he wasn't close enough to catch me. I ended up in the ICU two hours later in a bad brain way! I am almot recovered I hope as next ct scan in April. It has given me a case of ptsd....basically fear of everything and every headache , ear ache , eye pain which were quite real anc sidewalk on which to fall. And depression from the initial drug and can't take Advil or have a cocktail! Bottom line it all sucks. That is my first quarter. Still writing my column Dear Gail on substack however, and trying to figure out Substack. I just bummed out everyone ....bummer!
Oh my goodness, Gail, I'm so sorry that happened. That is scary and a big deal, and while it's a bummer that happened. YOU are not a bummer! I hope your next scan shows great progress...
I relate in one way because many years ago when I was 16 I had a car accident and broke my two front teeth and lacerated my gums...much fixing and root canals and such ensued. I've had caps for 40 years. But you can bet I worry about falling face forward at random times to this day. (I also have super dentist anxiety, but I'm hardly unique in that.)
These events are traumatizing. Although I rode and showed my horses for over thirty years and broke ankles and fingers and bucked off and dumped in jumps and never felt trauma like this. And thank you for your nice message!!!
I'm so sorry, that really sucks :(
I have been spinning through all of Q1 after unexpectedly losing my job (no layoff; company was shut down by the government (((long story))), instantly putting 800 of us out of work), and I have been through, I think, 4 of the 7 stages of hell that that kind of chaos introduces. Particularly during a cash crunch because just paid college tuition in December. SO! My achievements: applied to 20 or so jobs (I think 25); have been doing the important mental work of not giving in to fear; and slowwwwllllly clarifying what it is I really want to do next versus ohmygodineedajobnomatterwhatthejobis (which is hard with the bank clock ticking). So that's a dose of Real Serious Real Life, but that's where I'm at! AND I turned a big corner in my mind on Friday last week about that "What I Really Want to Do" piece. Felt like a win.
Oh, Stacy, figuring out how to answer that question of "What I really Want to Do", especially when there is money anxiety creeping in, is SO HARD. That's a huge win. I have always found it agonizing, honestly.