This is so true!! I had been itching to move out of my city for years, but it was only this year on a trip to a new city in a new state when the feeling turned into a decision. All of the hemming and hawing felt "unproductive" at the time, but it ultimately led me to a place where I felt like the current chapter in this city has closed and I'm ~fully~ ready for the next one. As a culture, I think we glorify the action and not the process, and that makes it hard to feel patient in the in-between stage. Of course hindsight is 20-20, but I do feel like the waiting and contemplating were a very necessary part of the process. And now I'm just a few weeks away from the move :)
This post is so affirming. Thank you for your words, Meg. It always seems like you are saying the thing I am on the edge of thinking first. I just started a Substack of my own. It's been challenging not to see an immediate following, but letting go of expectations and honoring the ripening process of art creation is such a peaceful way to accept this journey.
this reminds me of a post i saw the other day saying "the day you plant the seed is not the day you eat the fruit". i think those are very wise words, we rush into things when in reality everything takes time
This reminds me of some ancient literature that describes a good person dying at "a ripe old age." A little different than your analogy, but I like to confront my mortality by thinking of myself as a piece of fruit on a limb getting riper and juicier every day. When the time is right, I'll *splat* to the ground, spread my seeds everywhere, and provide food for someone.
This is so true!! I had been itching to move out of my city for years, but it was only this year on a trip to a new city in a new state when the feeling turned into a decision. All of the hemming and hawing felt "unproductive" at the time, but it ultimately led me to a place where I felt like the current chapter in this city has closed and I'm ~fully~ ready for the next one. As a culture, I think we glorify the action and not the process, and that makes it hard to feel patient in the in-between stage. Of course hindsight is 20-20, but I do feel like the waiting and contemplating were a very necessary part of the process. And now I'm just a few weeks away from the move :)
This post is so affirming. Thank you for your words, Meg. It always seems like you are saying the thing I am on the edge of thinking first. I just started a Substack of my own. It's been challenging not to see an immediate following, but letting go of expectations and honoring the ripening process of art creation is such a peaceful way to accept this journey.
this reminds me of a post i saw the other day saying "the day you plant the seed is not the day you eat the fruit". i think those are very wise words, we rush into things when in reality everything takes time
This reminds me of some ancient literature that describes a good person dying at "a ripe old age." A little different than your analogy, but I like to confront my mortality by thinking of myself as a piece of fruit on a limb getting riper and juicier every day. When the time is right, I'll *splat* to the ground, spread my seeds everywhere, and provide food for someone.