It dawned on me recently that most of my daily emails follow a similar path:
I tell a short story, then finish with a tip or takeaway from that story.
Not all the time, mind you. Sometimes I bosh out a list of bullet points or run a contest. Other times I waffle on for a few hundred words without any rhyme or reason.
But there’s a good chunk of emails where I’ll talk about Chateau Grundy springing a leak or share a snippet from Michael Neill’s Genius Catalyst Coaching Training. Then I’ll wrap it all in a pretty bow with some sort of tip.
Yesterday, I wrote about how I’ve “trained” my mind to see the world as material for my daily emails.
This is handy when it’s time to bosh out another email. It means I can pick and choose what I want to write rather than scramble about for an idea.
But I wonder if there’s a downside too.
When I turn Toddler Grundy’s latest adventure into a life lesson or try to mine a chinwag with Lauren for an insight, there’s part of me that’s not fully IN the experience. And asking myself “how could I write about this” means it’s more like I’m observing the experience than living it.
Thing is, I don’t mind this at all when it comes to some aspects of my job. Looking at my frustrations rather than being stuck in them has made my working life a whole lot more enjoyable.
But I'm less sure I want that distance at home.
Perhaps Toddler Grundy can go about her business without Dadda turning it into a metaphor about the meaning of life. And perhaps I could be in life a bit more and simply let the moment be.
So maybe that’s the lesson from today’s daily ema….
Oh bugger.
Time to wrap this email up before I find a lesson about not finding lessons.
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To fulfilment,
Tom