sharpen the saw
this is my last month at my workplace. 2025 will truly start as a blank page when it comes to my work life. i have decided to make some space and give up some control. which, btw, is not easy for me. i am very much a planner. i usually have a plan a and a plan b for most things i step into.
it has taken me a good 20 years before being able to truly take a break between jobs. it took me more than a month to be mentally ok with the idea. the fear was that i would lose my bearings and go into a free fall during the most productive years of my life.
but i've been slowly reframing that as a time i want to take to sharpen my saw - a well known idea.. this has given me some way to sprinkle a little bit of my planner personality in my otherwise completely open ended itinerary for the next few months. the plan being mostly about what aspects i want to sharpen for my body, mind and spirit.