When Do You Pivot?

When Do You Pivot?

Many years ago, I DIDN'T know what I DIDN'T know [and I thought that was a good thing].  I thought my life would take a predictable path [BUT it DIDN'T].  Instead, lo and behold, life got messy, got complicated, and one day, before I knew it, I found myself 'in a creek without a paddle', whew!  YES, life is tough and there is NO definitive guide to rebooting in the middle of it all.  Instead, in those surprising and sometimes shocking episodes in our life, we end up unexpectedly PIVOTING.  So, When Do You Pivot???

YES, life is a [damn] tough sport and there is NO definitive guide to rebooting in the middle of it [at all].  In the end, we tend to be just improvising as we go, PIVOTING as needed, and doing our darn best.  And WHEN the proverbial sh*t hits the fan we face, we're in that receiving end for a spate of disappointments, health scares, and all sorts of unimaginable things.  So, the biggest question our face is now staring is:  HOW do we pull ourselves up by our bootsraps and get back on track???

YES, WHEN the going gets tougher, the tougher gets going and as they say, our only recourse left by then is to PIVOT.  We can take the experiences and lessons learned from life and turn them into something new.  And instead of living our lives predictably, we tend to fire them up, exploring our own potential and doubling down on achievements left undone, till we're left with turning the middle years into a time of opportunity, accomplishment and enrichment.  BUT the biggest challenge that remains at hand is always going from IDEA to ACTION.  Starting something new can be daunting [honestly, most of the time, IT IS!] and overwhelming and any weaker soul will tend to crumble down even before the track and field race start pistol sounds and fires.  Obstacles, both the imagined and the real, are peppered across the roads we will trek.  Worst, those obstacles may even block our way💥💥💥

Until, self-doubt rears its ugly head and undermines our confidence.  And sometimes, the hardest part may just be starting by then, especially if we are unsure of the desired outcome OR how to achieve it.  It is true, if we want our lives to be different than they are right now, we can choose to do things differently.  We can decide that this is our time, snatch the middle years from the jaws of mediocrity, then write down our own damn next chapter💧💧💧

Our takeaway:  Having my own life story, I had to own my part in WHAT WASN'T working, and free myself from unproductive behaviors and instead, get excited about the infinite possibilities ahead in life.  The things over WHICH I had NO control had to go, and I turned my energy and attention to WHAT I actually had the power to change and that was ME.  That became my starting point to PIVOT.  So that answers, WHEN DO WE PIVOT???