Learning vs. Doing

We, as growth and self-improvement enthusiast, love to learn…and we love to make things happen too.

Learning versus doing can feel like a tug-o-war. That we can easily get pulled to one end then the other then back to the other. And it’s tough at times to just feel balanced in it. Balanced in the learning and putting learnings into action.

I’ve realized more and more that the natural image of striving for balance as this immovable state of constantly being cantered or balanced, would actually be a nightmare. To stay fully still, you have to not move your eyes, focus on one thing, not feel external forces on you…so a statue.

Instead what if it’s about moving with nimbleness, agility, flexibility between one focus and the next, between learning and doing, etc. That’s been my focus the last year or so, to move with agility between learning and doing. I’m really proud of the habits and muscles I’ve built in this respect to bring awareness and intentionalness to this. Something I could strengthen is my flexibility in letting of the stress or annoyance when others are in one focus for longer. This week I’m testing out some new tricks to expand this ;)