Know What You Know

Lately, I have been really at peace with not knowing the future.

I am not saying I have mastered this peace all the time, but it has been happening often. I am oddly okay with not knowing, and when I am freaking out, it is usually when I am stressed.

But when I am calm and really thinking about it, I have become way more comfortable in being uncomfortable.

It is oddly so peaceful.

I am someone who often must know what the plan is or what to expect or I will stress.

I want an answer to everything, like if I am making the right choice, or if this is a mistake, on and on.

But lately, I have found that when I am paralyzed by the fear of not knowing, there is this cool little trick I can do to move myself out of it.

When I am stuck in a rut or procrastination loop of not having an answer, I lean into what I do know.

Pretty soon I dissolve the fear of the unknown and I can move forward letting the stress of what is to come, good or bad, go.

For example, I often stress about my future and what I want to do for the world. I am constantly fine tuning, assessing, re-assessing, and wondering about if I am making the right moves to get myself to where I want to be.

The fear of not knowing if I am making a mistake, or missing an opportunity, or going after the right thing, constantly eats at me.

This used to give me a lot of anxiety.

But now, when I start to stress, I have found that if I just get through the day, and focus on doing things that I do know, the rest will come.

So, what do I know?

I know that if you work hard, you will get results.

I know that if you give genuine value, you will get it in return.

I know that you need to stay active to perform at your best.

I know that taking care of yourself first allows you to then give the best version of yourself to others.

I know that if I never give up I cannot loose.

I know that my main goal is to create change and help as many people as possible.

I know that I whole heartedly mean well and want to do the right thing. Even if I mess up, it was only out of lack of experience, not bad intentions.

I know all this, and much more.

And at the end of the day, I after I go over all these things you know what I realize?

I realize that no matter what happens...

I know I will be just fine.

So even if I make the wrong choice, miss an opportunity, or bounce around to six different jobs before my business is a success, it won't ever be a waste of time.

It will all be lessons in a life that I so luckily get to live.

Now I want to put a disclaimer on this, I do not mean you get to float through life saying "I don't know" the whole time and think something will just appear for you.

I mean this as in know what you want, know your goal, but don't stress about how you will get there.

Your plans could change in an instant, just make sure you are making plans and pursuing them whole heartedly.

I know what I want, I know what I want to accomplish, but I maybe just don't know exactly how to get there yet.

But oddly enough, that is what makes it so much fun.

LAWS CO.