Preparedness

[batskeets]

I've become such a fan of this blog... yet another article that resonates with me right now:
http://generationmeh.com/2009/12/02/expiration-dated-of-lost-luggage-and-missed-connections/

I particularly need to remember this part, in times where I'm getting freaked about being prepared for what's to come. (such as right now, with two big vendor events looming on the horizon over the next week or so)

Opportunity comes when it comes and it comes with the caveat that it's more ephemeral than you would imagine. The timing might suck, the circumstances might be all wrong, you might have a dozen other plates in the air, but there's opportunity, standing on your doorstep, cap in hand, FRAGILE stamped on its forehead and it's only gonna knock once, ya dig? And the perfect storm of readiness that you're waiting for? It's never going to come. There will never be a right time. Life is lived out of alignment. You can either accept that and modify your approach accordingly, or you can put your carpe diem off indefinitely and be left with nothing but whatever was stashed in your carry-on to show for it.

There are two sides to that, from where I'm standing:

A) the fact that opportunity is fleeting is precisely WHY I'm often working so hard, and it's a justifiable reason to do so. So much of life can simply be about being in the right place at the right time, knowing the right people, and so forth... missing out can make or break you.

B) the "perfect storm of readiness" really WON'T ever come, and although I *can* prepare myself to a certain extent, I may never feel Completely Ready for what I'm about to face. So, maybe I shouldn't fret so hard over accounting for and anticipating every last little thing.

Okay, enough angst. I'll post something more fun soon, I promise. ;)

Comments

[katlyn.livejournal.com]

Hrm.

The above is rings true, and is also hard to accept. I'm not so much a "worrier" but sometimes it seems impossible not to be constantly looking into the future... which pretty much means missing out on the present.

"Carpe Diem!" "Fish Of The Day?" "Not carp... Carpe."

(Though I seem to recall you're not much of a first-three- seasons girl.)

Bah. Ignore me. :}

[beatnikbetty.livejournal.com]

i don't know if you found that on my blog when i posted about "why its uncool to be unhappy", but either way, yeah, this blog is right on the money more often than not about our generation.

[skeets.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I did get it from your link! I read some of their older posts after reading that one, and liked a lot of what I saw.

The timing of their posts on the topics they've been covering recently has been strangely in-line with my recent struggles. It's almost creepy! ;)

[sarapada.livejournal.com]

Point B is a *huge* thing for me; I'm constantly working on remembering that.

[drjeff.livejournal.com]

I have this story that I tell clients (over and over again!) about how impulsively picking up the phone at work in southern Oregon one day led to me moving to Portland and a bunch of other stuff.

I'm not much of a believer in planning, overall. It's a mixed blessing. :)

[skeets.livejournal.com]

Heh, unfortunately, I'm one of those people who tends to freeze up when shit hits the fan, so I'm no good without at least *some* semblance of planning. ;)