Yesterday, I decided would be the day to clean up my email lists. It was a collective of thousands of names gathered from business and personal relationships during the past 20 years. I’d been forced to do this a few years back after my server crashed — but there were still many, many names in my files. ✨ It took me hours. The process was both cathartic and disturbing at the same time. As I looked through each name, my first I realization was how many people had died before the age I am now. Then, I thought of all the companies I worked with, as well as all the time and energy I had spent stressing as I managed things that seemed so urgent at the time, yet now seemed so irrelevant and distant. Sometimes I saw names of people I know were clients — but couldn’t remember what they did. I saw names of so many people I’d hired over the years — some memorable for good reasons, others made me frown or laugh. I saw so many names of others I interacted with business-wise or personally. I also started to recall the folks who really aggravated the crap out of me. Then there were names I didn’t recognize at all. I thought about those who I’d known the longest — and still wanted to know and keep in touch with. I also contemplated those who I’ve really enjoyed meeting more recently. ✨ So many thoughts accompanied the process. In a way, it was a big mosaic of my life and life’s work. It really reminded me…Life is short. If there’s something you want to do, someone you want to call, do it now. Just a morning musing. xox
@DianGriesel aka @SilverDisobedience Founder Perception-Dynamics.com
