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This is my end of the year ritual
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This is my end of the year ritual
![Stop trying so hard 🛑 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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For many of us, especially overachiever types, over-trying is keeping us from creating what we really want to create. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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You might not need to ‘do more’— you might need to do less (but better). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Let me share an example: after years of trying to keep an orchid alive, I have TWO that are generating new buds. [You might remember this when I ‘tried really hard’ in the past and queried for advice]. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Having two that are reblooming means that ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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1. I haven’t killed them ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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2. They are happy and healthy enough to create a new bloom spike. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Here’s what’s different — I left them alone and dribbled water in about once a week. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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That’s it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I didn’t overact — I didn’t water them every couple days or check on them constantly or move them from one spot to another. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I didn’t obsess about their health or if the root that’s sticking out looks healthy. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I just let them be. And they are thriving. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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What would your passion project look like if you let it be more? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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If you took the action you need to (ie watering the orchid weekly-ish) from certainty that it knows what to do to thrive? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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That means following your inner hunches (‘hmm I haven’t watered the orchid in a week and the leaves look a little shriveled so I’ll go dribble some in’). And then letting go and trusting. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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