Another Way

I often catch myself fantasizing about a different way to live my life.

Most of my life up until this point I’ve been chasing.

Chasing business ideas
Chasing a soulmate
Chasing sales quotas
Chasing the algorithm

Chasing is a full-octane, adrenaline-soaked experience.

It’s a roller coaster ride for your nervous system. Like a lion on the hunt.

First you set your eyes on your goal… Then you get really focused and the rest of the world fades away. Your breathing calms down, and inch by inch you get closer. Then at the exact right moment, you sprint with everything you have to the finish line.

There is no guarantee of success, which is what makes it so exhilarating. I am excited just writing about it.

While many great things have come into my life through chasing, there is something new happening inside me. A longing for a different way.

I can’t help but imagine…

What would happen to my life if I got off this roller coaster ride?

What would happen if instead of chasing, I allowed more peace, more calm and more grace?

(I honestly don’t know. This is all new to me.)

I have this intuition that there is a cost to peace. It’s not free.

I would need to give something up because peace requires letting go of a lot.