Lisa for Real

063. This isn’t hide and seek

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We don’t find ourselves by standing still. By stopping all activity until we finally know who we are. By hiding in a cave until future she shows herself to us. 

We find ourselves by doing.

Doing the things we feel called to do.

Then making mistakes and saying “Hey, that’s not quite for me.”

We find ourselves by creating.

Creating things we are proud of. 

Things that work and things that don’t work.

We find ourselves by feeling into our bodies as we do all of these things. Maybe it feels good to fail. Maybe it feels good to wake up before dawn. 

No one knows but you. And you won’t know until you stop hiding. 

061. Beyond the job description

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If you’ve ever embarked on a quest to answer “Who am I?,” you have probably found many a dead-end.

We naturally try to answer with words that describe what we do.

But we are more than mom, teacher, entrepreneur, artist, lover, partner, activist, learner, writer, etc. And even if we were not limited by 140 characters or 10 second attention spans, there would not be enough room to fit it all in.

How about a different approach? How about asking – “What is my brand?”

A brand feeds all of our senses – sight, sound, taste, touch and smell which ultimately evokes experiences and emotions. How do you want people to feel when you interact with them?

A brand is about “how we do” and not about “what we do.”

That’s who you are.

059. Make and break the rules

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Rules are meant to be broken.

Or so they say.

But who were the rules made by? Who enforces them? Who gets to break them?

In the western world, historically, the rules have been made for and permission to break them given to white, cisgender, heterosexual men, or at least the perpetuation of that false ideal.

Being told that rules are meant to be broken but not by us further puts us in our place, a place carved out for us but not by us.

It’s time to create our own rules. And then break them.

057. The big cheese awaits

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The mouse in the maze is sniffing and weaving in and out to find the big cheese.

It can’t see above the surrounding walls. All it can go by is scent and the tracking of its steps.

The mouse must fully trust in its sense of smell to lead it there but with a maze, there is not a straight line to the cheese. Instead, there are twists and turns that require a greater power than just smell.

It is tracking the steps, backtracking when needed, it is not being floored by dead ends and it is trust that the big cheese awaits at the end.

056. Black and white or something else?

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The world is black and white, they say. That’s what they want us to believe. That there are only two options and nothing in between.

Two options is simple, it keeps us small, it divides us quite dramatically.

But of course the world is not black and white. It is all the shades and colors in between. It is the infinite number of possibilities and rainbow glinted experiences.

The question is – which lens have you chosen?