Yes! So real that fast got us here. One thing about activist spaces (or really any type of space where people are passionate) is that well-intentioned pressure to always be rallying. But if you’re in it for the long haul you’ve got to pace and bake rest and play into the process.
Anyway, not to get all woo either but I feel what you say about this being time for deep work…these past few days I’ve been thinking about how discombobulated everything feels, and it’s scary, but also about how discombobulation is usually the feeling before a personal breakthrough or an evolution—it’s sometimes a sign that you’ve learned a better approach but are in the middle of learning how to apply it, no longer doing your old approach but not yet doing the new one well either.
I’ve been wondering if maybe this great national / global discombobulation can lead to a better new normal, since it’s clear the norms and habits we clung to as “good” (but under the surface were harmful) are no longer of use or respected by anyone? Anyway, my rambling aside, great post!
I mean look if we really think about it , the culture of dique innovation, of start ups it was work fast and break things but people are not things. families are not things. communities are not things. additionally people, families, communities - our people, our families, our communities were already at a disadvantage and the point of breaking thanks to colonialism, slavery and its ongoing legacy. Survival requires slowing down and yes hopefully the discombobulation (love that word!!) is a sort of wake up call to so many who refused to see this coming.
Yes! So real that fast got us here. One thing about activist spaces (or really any type of space where people are passionate) is that well-intentioned pressure to always be rallying. But if you’re in it for the long haul you’ve got to pace and bake rest and play into the process.
Anyway, not to get all woo either but I feel what you say about this being time for deep work…these past few days I’ve been thinking about how discombobulated everything feels, and it’s scary, but also about how discombobulation is usually the feeling before a personal breakthrough or an evolution—it’s sometimes a sign that you’ve learned a better approach but are in the middle of learning how to apply it, no longer doing your old approach but not yet doing the new one well either.
I’ve been wondering if maybe this great national / global discombobulation can lead to a better new normal, since it’s clear the norms and habits we clung to as “good” (but under the surface were harmful) are no longer of use or respected by anyone? Anyway, my rambling aside, great post!
I mean look if we really think about it , the culture of dique innovation, of start ups it was work fast and break things but people are not things. families are not things. communities are not things. additionally people, families, communities - our people, our families, our communities were already at a disadvantage and the point of breaking thanks to colonialism, slavery and its ongoing legacy. Survival requires slowing down and yes hopefully the discombobulation (love that word!!) is a sort of wake up call to so many who refused to see this coming.