In This Pandemic, I Refuse To Board The Speedboat. I Prefer The Canoe.
“I couldn’t go from zero to sixty just because that’s what popular society said to do.”
Quarantining for too many of us equated to one word. Pressure. To perform. Up our game. Make more money. Pivot our business. Learn new tricks. And capture even more followers languishing in the fishbowls of their homes scrolling mindlessly.
Where before we waded through the waters of working virtually, we’ve now been throttled head first into the ocean and we’re determined to slice through the waves with broad strong strokes.
But I couldn’t do it.
I couldn’t go from zero to sixty just because that’s what popular society said to do.
I didn’t have the the want-to or the will to film myself doing something stupid in order to get more likes.
I tuned out all the supposed gurus and overly opinionated social media advice that had theories decorated with bullet points.
I didn’t want to hear anyone tell me how to get more followers, use a platform more strategically or what’s the #1 thing I should be doing to be a thought leader.
In the midst of this pandemic, this was nothing but noise.
A noise that was carbon copies of each other. Clambering for attention and the spotlight. A cacophony that left a throbbing ringing in my ears. So when COVID hit, I purposely stayed on the dock and watched everyone crowd onto the speedboat, spewing water as they zoomed away.
When the roar of their engine faded, I climbed into my canoe and paddled forward.
I wake up without an alarm clock, I have yet to start exercising since being home, I’m watching a lot of international crime dramas on Netflix and breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. I take each 24 hours as it comes and my only goal is to listen to my gut.
And my gut tells me that the work I’ve been doing for the past decade speaks for itself. That honing my craft isn’t a race or…
