Happy Equinox! 🙂 Did you feel it today? That magical bit where we find ourselves just in between the extremes of summer and winter? Happy Springtime my Southern friends – and happy Fall to all of us North of the equator.
The equinox middle point is the perfect time to embrace change of all kinds. Earlier this year I mentioned my amazing GapingVoid laptop decal – it has made me smile pretty much every time I pull out my computer this year. I love it so much that I’m sad to see it go. But I’m needing to shift gears a bit, and following the lead of my altMBA friends, I’m looking for ways to lean into discomfort.
“Empathy is difficult … If you believed what he believes, you’d do precisely what he’s doing. Think about that for a second. …”
― Seth Godin
In an election year, my new decal is feeling a little bit uncomfortable:
Uncomfortable is not just okay. It’s perfect. Lean into the discomfort. Can we all try to be a little bit more empathetic? “Us versus Them” is starting to feel more like a lose / lose conversation. What can we do to change that? Badass Backpacks is working on it. It’s uncomfortable work. My new laptop decal will be a good reminder to not just look for empathy … but to look until we find it.
“There isn’t anyone you couldn’t love once you’ve heard their story. ”
― Mary Lou Kownacki