Provoking Your Greatness - Misti Burmeister

Happiness and relevancy are made from the same material: Awareosity + tenacity.   Several years ago, I fell into the trap of believing that hunkering down and working harder would alleviate the fear and anxiety I was feeling and bring purpose to my life. Plugging away at my computer for hours every day, I struggled to understand why these emotions raged inside of me.   “Keep focused. Keep working,” I said to myself, embarrassed by my lack of focus, goals or direction. And—get this—at the time, I was writing a book about… focus. That sounded better than, “I’m sitting behind my computer, looking busy, but desperately wanting to be a student, learn, and connect with others.”   By the end of most days, I was thoroughly exhausted. Not from getting so much done, but from worrying about what I didn’t do.  The problem was, I could never get a sense for what I should have been doing.   Sound familiar?   You tell yourself, “Just get through this week/project/month/year, and then I’ll figure out what I need to do differ