Yesterday I went to bed early enough to get a good night’s sleep before today’s morning call. Couldn’t really fall asleep and soon I was wide awake hearing/seeing/feeling a highly persistent flow of ideas. Inspired by Elizabeth Gilbert (see her awesome TED-talk at the bottom of this post) I internally proposed a suggestion to the full-on flow going something like this:
“Thanks for coming to me, I understand that it’s time to take you on now. Yes, I promise, I get it this time, I’ll do it – but can you please come back tomorrow? I really want to sleep now, to get up in time for my early call”. The flow insisted, so I once again grabbed pen & paper, sat myself down on the couch and started scribbling.
A website sketch, a keynote plan and a OneNote outline later I moved back to the bed, noticing that the phone said 4am. Woke up in time for my call with Ivan, made the great decision to have two calls per week, of which one is for the sole reason of introducing people to each other. High five to us!
Headed to the gym for another surprisingly powerful session and came back home for my next call, this time with Richard. Yay, was I talking ’til his ears fell off. Had this urge to fill him in on my current theories and he’s one of the best people I know to freely chat away with. How awesome it is to have friends like that! :)
The day kept going, I checked more things off my list, I talked with dad again who’s back here in Patong in… 36hrs or so and I cooked, ate and read. Had a quick talk with Angelina, who I haven’t spoken with since we met in Toronto about a year ago. I found myself interrupting her in the middle of a sentence, just to say that she speaks like a book. Absolutely beautiful hearing her talk. I couldn’t imagine a better couple on a stage giving a keynote together than Ivan & Angelina. Come on guys, you have so much to share! :)
This day feels like a real day, both because I’ve connected, connected & connected with people and because I’ve been up since morning and I’ll sleep early tonight. For real. I’ll treat myself with a massage from my favorite chick down our road, that’ll get me sleepy. They’re open until twelve and I’ll make sure to have my massage well before that. Then bed. Then sleep. Then waking up calm and well-rested. Sounds like a plan. :)
Over and out.
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Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity
Love, love, love this talk. (Thanks Kaoru for showing it in NYC!) :)