Day #761 - Transitions
Blurring, Agency, and Control
It was Fathers day in the UK yesterday, something which still feels very new to me. Waking up to two lovely cards (footprints from Meadow, and a rocket ship from River), alongside some abstract drawings and a cup of tea was very nice. Spending the day playing in the sunshine, even better.
There is a train of thought that we have lost certain of the milestones in our lives: the notion of ‘coming of age’, of seasons, of transitions. They may still be there, but sometimes subverted by marketing, or abstracted by social change. And that by losing these milestones we have lost something of the tempo, pattern, and separation of our existence.
There is a general blurring of boundaries: between formal and social, work and home, work and retirement, office and home, and so on. Even between jobs, and our communities flow everywhere.
Use your sixty seconds today to consider any firm transition points in your career.
Your first job, leadership role, failure, promotion, opportunity, graduation, big move, leaving something, starting something. And also consider the clarity of those transitions: or the times they were blurred or unclear, if only at the time.
When everything merges, it can be hard to find the sense of progression, structure, or sense of agency or control.
