1- (continued) Seeing and hearing what is here.

This post is the second of a series of preparation exercises for Bring Yourself To Work Day. The purpose of this exercise is to improve your ability see and hear what is actually here, instead of what should be, was, or will be. This post is about planning.

Why does the Leaning Tower of Pisa lean? Because it was built on swampy ground. Why was it built on swampy ground? 'Cause that's where the sponsor said to build it!

When we see the future without fully acknowledging the present, we can sink foundations into inappropriate ground. The charter that proclaims what shall be, assuming away even normal complications, as if anyone could simply declare a future without fully acknowledging the present, buys an unnecessarily surprising future.

Try sitting with the present mess for a while instead.

Today, before projecting an alluring future, spend a little time sitting with the present. Try to fix nothing before plotting to fix anything. Whether you get your feet on the street or your butt in your chair, take your head out of the clouds for a spell. You might be surprised how the future shifts when grounded in a clearer recognition of what you find right here.