Awareness is Clarity

Why are you doing what you’re doing currently in your life?

It’s a tiny seed I try to plant for some reflection and awareness.

To quote Andy from Headspace:

“Awareness is clarity, and clarity is life.”

Isn’t that what it’s all about in life? To create clarity for ourselves, what matters most to us and in what direction we’re going?

So how do we do that?

Not by thinking our way through all the possibilities. Staying inside of our comfort zones, believing we have it all figured out.

Not by plowing the same field over and over again for many consecutive years.

I recently had to deal with a few resignations.

Good people who, after many years with their company, decided it was time for a change.

I noticed a certain reservation with some of them when we talked about their decision. Like they almost felt they were letting the company and their colleagues down by choosing a different path for themselves.

It’s never great news when good people leave, but it’s not the end of the world either. It may be inconvenient for a while, but companies survive.