Dear Nurtured Entrepreneur,

When I made the decision to move my web site and blog to a more robust version of WordPress the better to keep in touch with my creative entrepreneurial readership (that’s you), I had no idea the number of tasks involved.  I already had the site and blog.  I just wanted to integrate them and give them a new look.  How hard could it be?  Months later, I can tell you that it was a

 

with a beginning, middle, and end along with all the ups and downs; each day feeling like I should be further along.  Old ideas about getting a thing done as quickly as possible had taken charge.  Was there a deadline after which the sites would blow up and disappear? No.  Could readers still access the old versions of the site and blog to inspire their work with passion?  Yes.

Then I read an essay entitled, ‘At the Pace of What Is Real,’ and came back to my senses, literally.  The author Mark Nepo writes, ‘While this pace may vary, life always seems vacant and diminished when I accelerate beyond my capacity to feel what is before me.’  Letting the remainder of the project unfold at a pace where I could feel, allow, and appreciate both the accomplishments and the delays helped me partner with the project and talented assistants in a way that was more satisfying and downright enjoyable.

The realization that we can do things another way, sometimes a completely different way, can be a big eye opener.  ‘Says who?’ is a question I ask myself when my mind jumps on the runaway train and loses touch with the pace of what is real.  Another good tactic to apply when the mind starts reciting a to-do list, is to add to the end of each statement, ‘Or not.’

E-mail web master and ask about replacing font colors.  Or not.
Find out why the photo on the home page won’t display correctly.  Or not.
Finish product descriptions and proof read.  Or not.

Try it.  You’ll like it.  Or not.

Mindfulness isn’t just for a round of sitting meditation, is it?  It applies to each precious moment of our days.  Being present to what is.  And that requires adopting the pace of what is real, the pace of awareness and appreciation as we go about the work of our hearts.

Until next time …