Monday Moment: Hang in there

Posted on 22 February, 2016

I was lucky enough to attend a talk by Dr Libby Weaver about ‘Rushing Women’s Syndrome’ last week, and she spoke about anxiety, stress and the link to our perspective.

Things are not always as they appear.

Dr Libby said some people fear there’s never enough time, while others, with a similar level of time pressure, know they’ll always get the important things done. It reminded me of one of my favourite quotes, from Brian Andreas: “Everything changed the day she realised there was exactly enough time for the things that matter most.” And there is.

Emma Isaacs, founder of Business Chicks, told Libby once that she receives hundreds of emails daily and, rather than freak out about it, takes the view that “there’s a whole world of opportunity in that inbox”.

There’s a whole world of perspective in looking at it that way too, isn’t there…

Yesterday during my running/walking group, I stopped to take a photo of the gorgeous Carillon on Lake Burley Griffin. The clouds were dark overhead. Not five minutes further along the path, I turned and looked at it again from a different angle. Same day. Same five minutes. Two perspectives, one from just around the corner. Just a little further along the path.

Let’s face it: when things are tough, sometimes they really are tough.

Other times, all that’s really wrong is our perspective. Sometimes all we need to do is move ourselves a little further through a situation, or a little back from it, and look at it again from a fresh angle.

• Is that inbox really dragging you under, or is there a world of opportunity in it?
• Is there not enough time, or exactly enough time for what matters most?
• Are things as gloomy as they appear, or are you standing in the wrong spot?