What to expect from these journal entries
What to expect from these journal entries
These are musings, feelings, questions, challenges about the relationship to work, experience with work culture. By sharing, I hope to inspire new thoughts, conversations, and possibilities.
So happy you’re reflecting on your relationship to work and grateful for your interest in my journal entries. This is my first entry, so it’ll give you a taste of my style and what to expect. Comment if you enjoyed a certain part. Let me know!
Wow, so grateful you are here. Truly. I’ve been waiting weeks to send my first journal entry. Actually months–it was written back in May.
It wasn’t until a friend asked, “heyyy, where’s that newsletter?” that I started contemplating my delay. What has been holding me back?
Well, fear, obvi! It came up through the lens of claiming this coaching title. Can I do that? Will my words be wise or helpful? Then, perfectionism, the sneaky little shit, kept coming up as I was trying to be productive. It came up in questions as I navigated the technical stuff I’m terrible at. What program do I use? Did I set it up right? How do I want people to experience this and everything else I’ll be doing? Yadda yadda yadda, and my brain goes on.
Once I realized my brain was looping these thoughts, I reframed what I wanted. I don’t want it or need to be perfect, just authentic. So I reread my entry. It wasn’t there. It didn’t have the essence of me, why coaching, and what to expect from these journal entries. I tried again. And here we are.
Why am I sharing my innermost thoughts like these with friends (and strangers)?
Because I hope my stories & experiences can help you reflect.
Because I just love going deep, questioning the way things are.
Because I’m curious about emotions, our relationship to concepts like ‘work’, ultimately, the human condition.
Because I have the ability (skill? superpower?) to reflect & get vulnerable without fear.
Because that’s what it means to be a coach to me – self-mastery in the service of guiding others.
But also, like a dear friend told me recently, it’s so me.
Expect my journal entries to be like this. A mixtape of my stream of consciousness and reflections. The best of actual journal entries I have in millions of notebooks from the last 10 years. Edited to tell you a story, to ponder ‘work’, ask unusual questions, to discuss navigating difficulties at the office.
If one phrase in a journal entry gets you thinking, that’s success to me. This whole coaching endeavor of mine is driven by seeing people realize their authentic needs and daring dreams, however unconventional.
Facilitating possibility! Witnessing personal epiphanies! The beauty of incredible living! What an honor. I’m so exciteddd to get started.
So, dear friend, what exciting idea have you been waiting weeks or months to do? And why?
Talk soon,
Miche Miche