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On limbo

Posted Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 09:47am | 6 comments

Cool stuff is going to happen around here

I feel like I’m in this strange and confusing in-between place. Limbo is one way to describe it.

I’m shifting my business to something that resonates more with my ideal clients. It’s really going to be something based on a very cool feminist occupation, with lots of fun metaphors tied to launching a business idea.

Inadequacy flairs up

What I wasn’t prepared for is these feelings of inadequacy while I wait in this limbo space. While I wait for things to click. While I wait for the moment when I have to start getting these new ideas out there for the world to see.

One foot in, one foot somewhere else

I feel like I have one foot in Creatuitive Coaching and one foot in this other place. This place that doesn’t really have a foundation for me to walk on. A place where I’m falling through the air and don’t feel compelled to grab any of the things around me that could stop the fall into limbo.

Two extremes

And I alternate between wanting to be super-productive (ick, what a word) about all this new stuff and my new vision and all the vendors I want to work with — and wanting to curl up into bed with a book or maybe just an eye pillow and sleep.

What do you do when you’re in the in-between places?

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6 Responses to “On limbo”

  1. Jess Says:

    December 15th, 2009 at 4:44 pm

    Amen, sista. Well put. Maybe Mercury’s in retrograde or something.

    Navigating the in-between spaces with baby steps seems to help. One day, one task, one bit at a time, and eventually you move from nebulous to solid ground. You’ll get there.

  2. Ana Says:

    December 15th, 2009 at 7:23 pm

    Jess–Ah, the infamous baby steps. Lest I forget. One thing that does seem to be working is religiously following what my body wants to do. For example, I’ve been working from bed when it says it wants to. And I’ve been typing away at 1am when I get the inspiration bug. I haven’t been forcing anything (yay).

  3. Ange Says:

    December 15th, 2009 at 9:22 pm

    Just wanted to take a minute to say “thank you”! This post was just the reminder I needed to understand where my heart is right now. I guess in answer to your question, I freak out and forget my vision and wallow for days at a time. But reading your post reminded me that limbo is an important space to inhabit. It’s where the planning and preparing and dreaming happen. So now I’m gonna try holding on to that when the feelings of inadequacy and doubt creep in, reminding my heart where it truly wants to be.

  4. Ana Says:

    December 15th, 2009 at 10:00 pm

    Oh Ange, I’m so glad this post helped remind you of the importance of limbo. As you can tell, I’m valuing this time as well as an important space for me to dream in.

  5. Kelly Watson Says:

    December 17th, 2009 at 3:17 pm

    I hear you. I felt this way with my own business over the summer, and it was a very scary place to be. I still feel that way sometimes, but it’s not quite as uncomfortable as it was before.

    One thing that has helped is realizing that I am doing everything right. Not in an egotistic way, of course, but just allowing myself to stop worrying about whether I’m headed in the right direction and just accepting that I’m doing the best I possibly can at this moment and time. That gives me some peace of mind.

  6. Ana Says:

    December 17th, 2009 at 5:52 pm

    Kelly, great point. “I’m doing the best I possibly can at this moment and time.” Breathe, rinse, repeat.

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