embrace the transition

Sitting outside King's Saturday cafe with my cortado and peach/granola parfait, killing time while strangers wander through my home and hoping they decide it is good enough to be theirs (a sale that's taking way, way too long), I catch up on emails and discover a McKinsey interview with author Bruce Feiler. His research says the linear life is dead. We now live nonlinear lives with three to five adult "lifequakes" that keep us in transition for up to 25 years. It reminded me that I'd better savor the in-betweens, or I'm missing out on a lot of life.

Some days I am looking forward more to what is next, whether it is the new apartment I’m dreaming of, the vacation that is still months away, or the next weekend, than I am to the moment I am in. It seems to be human nature to do this, and no amount of meditation ensures that we will appreciate the present. I’m vowing to work on enjoying the now.

Paying forward my aha moment to anyone who might be in a transition, planned or not, and has felt somewhat stuck instead of alive.

What’s your transition? Let's embrace it together.