I’ve joined the Bootstrapper’s Workshop by Seth Godin. It’s an online community of people seeking answers, inspiration, and clarity. It’s also a place where people can share ideas and get constructive feedback and start conversations.
For me it’s an opportunity to learn to think again. I’ve been stuck. I’ve written about this before and have started this workshop to help answer some of my questions about what I want to do and where I want to go.
There are a couple of prompts each week and then and exercise to complete. Then you share it with the community.
The prompts have been difficult for me. And I realized that it’s been a very long time since I’ve done the hard work of understanding how I feel, what I want, and what has meaning for me in the world.
It has also shown me that I’m vastly unaware (or at least unconscious of) so many things that happen all around me every day. I’m aware of them at the surface level, but not much deeper.
I don’t mean pausing to admire a flower coated in dew. I mean truly observing and uncovering how things work and the need they fulfill. Think of something you take for granted and dig deeper into that. It’s an interesting exercise.
It’s been a while since my brain has hurt like this. And I only anticipate it hurting more. But that’s exciting. Because I know it means growth and expansion and becoming more aware. More dialed in to that big dream just bubbling beneath the surface.
I’m looking forward to what this workshop brings. And to sharing what I’ve learned with you.
What are you doing to make your brain hurt?
