A Change of Pace

It’s been a while, I know. I don’t feel I’ve neglected my blog, and I don’t feel too guilty for not steaming in and rushing out a series of half thought out articles. Is this the same writer you may ask yourself? Someone who previously was knocking over the elderly and whacking children out of the way to get to the nearest laptop and type something… anything… Well yes it is!

As with everything in life, you go through peaks and troughs, highs and lows and everything in between. It’s a journey of discovery, anxiety, ecstasy and biology which is such a solid mass of effort and work that no human could possibly hope to juggle in tandem without relinquishing their grip on at least a few of the peripheral aspects of their day to day lives.

I’m a man who likes to be busy and has very clear goals and focuses which I work through over the course of my life and know as well as anyone the pit falls of juggling so much for so long and the sheer burnout which happens as a result. I almost reached that burnout a few weeks back with a variety of different projects as well as a day job to compliment each other. It’s a tall order and one I took on for a time and realised I needed to step back from a few things in order for them to be any way successful.

This brings me to the point of my article (yes, there are points this month), and that is the merits of changing gear and altering ones pace.

I have always prided myself on my ability to balance a series of projects and tasks around whatever I do but recently, in fact during my business trip to New York, I simply had to step back and review my priorities to stop my brain from catching alight.

May is a weird month as it’s a significant way into the year, but it’s not exactly the half way point. May is a month where the weather is apparently picking up, but rarely does, and it’s a time where (for me personally) birthdays happen left right and centre (all those randy parents in September… shame on you).

I think it’s a healthy option to pace yourself, whatever you’re doing, even if it’s just for a time. A car constantly in first gear doesn’t do a lot of favours to the gearbox, and it’s like that with your mind. Sometimes it’s OK to run on automatic, its fine to glide and it’s acceptable to coast for a while.

It’s due to this belief that I’ve stood back from my blog for the month and halving the number of articles I’m publishing. It’s not that I’ve lost interest, lack the ability or am being held to ransom by terrorists, it’s simply that I’m taking a month focussing on some other projects, one which will actually map to this blog quite tightly in a month or two… watch this space.

So to conclude, I recommend to everyone that May be the month you step back, refocus and take it down a gear. Take a deep breath, sit back and consider your actions, don’t just act on them. And who knows, you might even do a better job as a result!