I’ve got a project I’ve been avoiding. It’s called my office. You probably have one too — that project that feels overwhelming enough to close the door on, and for a while, ignore. Occasionally it just disappears. More often, it continues to surface as that little bit of weight resting on our shoulders, that niggle of something that needs to get done.
I recently committed to approaching my office for a certain amount of time per day until it’s completed. Rather than set an end date, working on it bit by bit feels more doable for me in this moment. And so I have begun.
What I neglected to take into account were the cabinets and files and all of those great things which also need tending. These are behind doors and in drawers. And so I have started there — with that which is not visible.
Until the door is open.
This is such a metaphor for me of the journey