In our culture, it seems that success is measured based on how much we do and how busy we are. I listen to many women in corporate areas who make proud of having agendas full of responsibilities and obligations.
However, in that narrative there is also a duality: on the one hand, they talk about being exhausted; On the other, they enjoy being always busy.
It is a double game between the “I am one thousand” story and the pleasure that, deep down, generates that constant activity.
But what happens if at any time they stop quickly filling that agenda?
What feeling invades them when they lower their rhythm or leave spaces without compromises?
Many times, a feeling of vacuum arises and that feeling is uncomfortable and immediately comes again in his stories: “And now what do I do?”
I wonder:
- Why do we continue to link the idea of success with always being busy?
- Why do we continue to tell ourselves that “I am a thousand” makes us valuable and important to the external look?
- Who are we building for that narrative?
- Who do we want to deceive when, in reality, we are evading deeper questions about what really fills us and what makes us feel full?
Leaving the automatic pilot of making constant is a challenge, is to change the chip from which we are accustomed, for living in a culture where the most successful is.
Giving us permission to enjoy an agenda with blank spaces allows us to slow down the rhythm, to make conscious decisions about what we really want for us.
Now, are we willing to ask ourselves this question?
Perhaps, in that pause, very uncomfortable question signs arise that the constant search for productivity has been covering. However, I am sure that we can also discover new ways of relating to productivity, success and, above all, with ourselves.
Jimena Petenello
Lic. In psychology and ontological coach, expert in professional reinvention
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