The big reset

I was writing in my journal the other day and this phrase left my pencil seemingly out of nowhere: The illusion of efficiency is over.

I had to stop for a minute and think about what that meant, and here's where I landed: We can’t fool ourselves anymore, we can't rely on anyone else to create the lives we want to live. It's on us.

We can’t optimize our lives to fit the system when there is no system. Habits — great as they can be — can't numb us to that nagging feeling many of us had for a while: That we were trying to fit into a box someone else left out for us.

Now that the box is gone, it's time to create your own system, ready or not.

There are no schedules. Everything is tentative. (But honestly, wasn’t it always?)

There’s good to be found: No one’s looking, ready to criticize you.  

As great as that is, it’s uncomfortable, because the search for outside validation is a hard habit to break.

How will you live when no one is watching?

This is a reset, and even when we’re all granted the same space, the same timeline, letting go of old habits and routines is scary. 

It’s always taken courage to live your life, but now we’re all having to figure out what that means at the same time. 

Give yourself a break. We’re living through trauma.

Listen to yourself. Explore your imagination. Indulge your eccentricities. Rest when you need it. 

It’s time for a reset, and it's going to take some time.