Beat The Blur

Most people today live in a blur. They cannot see the forest for the tree, let alone the path in between the trees that will get them to where they really want to go.

To illustrate this further, suppose you want to create a painting, you gather all your different colors and display them nicely in front of you. From there, you can see all your possibilities, and you can decide to mix some to create new colors and new shades. This tidy display opens a whole world of coloring possibilities. It creates a space in which you can work and express yourself. Now, imagine you want to paint but you are starting with all your colors mixed up in a blurry brown…! Suddenly you don’t have a world of coloring possibilities anymore, you have brown!

It can be the same in ones life, how many times, for example, does work-life get mixed up with family-life? And the next thing you know, you are telling your family what you should be telling your boss or allowing your boss to treat you like a child.

The trick to beat the blur is to make the right separations, physically and mentally. With the right separations in place you can see clearly what you have, what you need, what you want and be inspired to paint your own portrait, to be your own person.


Your assignment:

Is your life blurred? Or are there parts of your life getting mixed up with others? How so?

Can you separate things and display them in front of you like colors on a palette? (Example: one of the color on my palette is the “me” color and it has different shades like “health/fitness” and “finances” and “dreams” and “life purpose”… )
Your turn, write your different colors/lives and their shades on a paper.

What kind of tools can you create to keep the right separations in place? (Example: My coaching practice is home based. In order to avoid business and family lives mixing up, I have put a few tools in place: separate office space (with a door that locks), two distinct email address… and a business hat, which I only wear whilst working. That tool not only reminds me that this is working time in case I get distracted, but also reminds everybody around me that I am not available for other matters.)
Now your turn what have you got in your toolbox? What can you put in your toolbox? You can be as creative as you want.

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