As I mentioned last
time, the theme for the month of January in the creative mentorship program I
belong to is creating space.
Our most recent
exploration around creating space in our lives has been about changing our
minds - which isn’t as simple or obvious as you may think.
Changing our minds
covers a whole spectrum from always changing your mind, all the way to rarely
changing your mind. As well, each point
on the spectrum can have good qualities, such as being flexible (changing more
often) to being committed (rarely changing), or not so good qualities, such as
being wishy-washy (easily influenced by others) or rigid (inflexible, ignoring
the guidance of others)
Most of us are in a
fairly balanced position on mind changing, but it does depend on the situation
and circumstances as to which end of the spectrum we tend to lean towards more.
So, for this week,
we’ve been challenged to look at how we make choices and decisions, and whether
we ever change our minds after making those decisions.
We exist in a
society that seems to have a real phobia about making the “wrong” decision to
the point that sometimes it feels like even the most basic choices we have to
make in a day - what do I eat, what do I wear - can become paralyzing so that
when we are faced with bigger, more challenging choices, we don’t know what to
do.
A great way to
approach life, and decision-making, is to treat life like an experiment - a
concept that I play with often. That way
there is no great pressure to make the “right” choice, but rather a chance to
see if something works, or not, If it
does, great! If it doesn’t, trying
something else.
Besides decluttering your physical space, sometimes it’s important to declutter your choices and decisions. Imagine how much easier your life would be if you let yourself change your mind if necessary.
Beth
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