We are super-busy in our workplaces and personal lives. Wish we had 30 hours a day. If we get some free time, we fill it with 'activities' whatever they are. We do not want to be seen as 'not busy'.
In all this, many of us genuinely miss the big picture and the acute awareness of our environment and where life is headed. The best parallel I find is when I drive. I get absorbed by the short crisp directions from my GPS - "turn left, turn right, drive straight" - and do not care on the overall direction. But then I miss a turn and get distracted. I would stop. I would zoom out the map to get the 'bird's eye view'. I check where I took the wrong turn and decide how to recover from there. I know the GPS re-calculates but I feel comfortable if I take control and decide.
This is no different in life. You get occupied in hundreds of things with someone around you always telling you to "do this or do that". No time to think. But it actually helps to take an occasional, deliberate pause and 'zoom out' from your situation. Look at things from a distance. Assess if everything is still going in the right direction. Or is there a wrong turn already. If yes, how to recover.
The only challenge is you need to know your destination (or at least the general direction) just like you do when you drive!
In all this, many of us genuinely miss the big picture and the acute awareness of our environment and where life is headed. The best parallel I find is when I drive. I get absorbed by the short crisp directions from my GPS - "turn left, turn right, drive straight" - and do not care on the overall direction. But then I miss a turn and get distracted. I would stop. I would zoom out the map to get the 'bird's eye view'. I check where I took the wrong turn and decide how to recover from there. I know the GPS re-calculates but I feel comfortable if I take control and decide.
This is no different in life. You get occupied in hundreds of things with someone around you always telling you to "do this or do that". No time to think. But it actually helps to take an occasional, deliberate pause and 'zoom out' from your situation. Look at things from a distance. Assess if everything is still going in the right direction. Or is there a wrong turn already. If yes, how to recover.
The only challenge is you need to know your destination (or at least the general direction) just like you do when you drive!
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