What is everyone doing about their ambition
I'd like to know
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I’d like to know your current ambition vibe.
Because it’s confusing out there.
Of course there will be periods in each of our lives when we will work big and hard and we will want and achieve. And there will be other periods of maintenance, of keeping afloat, of slowing down, of savoring.
But I do find myself curious about the societal vibe around me, and I currently find the vibe very confusing.
I read
’s and it makes me feel like there’s this insider group of movers and shakers that I’m definitely missing out on.I read
’s and I think for sure I could use more tea and solitude and highlands in my life.I read
’s post about her ambition being magic and I think HELL YES IT IS! Her upcoming book is called We Need Your Art and I think OK!I read
’s newsletter about keeping expectations of book sales very low and I… get bummed out.And then I go back to
’s article on The Portal that many women 37-45 experience as a surge of creative energy and I think YES.
Shall we discuss in the comments?
What is everyone doing about their ambition?
Are you feeling an ease off of society’s imperative to hustle? Craving a slower pace of life? Or maybe you find wanting and striving invigorating? Maybe you’re wanting and striving for different things than you have in the past? Are you feeling an urge to create? An urge to savor more of the world? An urge for well-earned recognition and money? An urge to just retire already? Maybe you have a lot on your shoulders and your ambition at this moment is simply to get through the day? If you work inside an organization, do you find the vibe these days to be one of “Let’s take on the world!” or “Prudent stability”? And do you wish it were the other?
No wrong answers here BY ANY STRETCH. It’s all good, because we all (likely) feel all of these things at one point or another. I’m just genuinely curious. I’ll reply in the comments, and feel free to reply to each other as well.
Love this discussion. My current favourite line is “I worked really hard for the first 25 years of my life and now I want to sit on a front porch in the mountains”. I think I had this idea of being a ‘girl boss’ at this stage of my life and that’s actually not at all what I want anymore! I want to be comfortable financially, but yes I want to create and have space to be bored ☺️
Dear Bree,
Your writing and reader's comments reflect generosity and wisdom.
With profound humility, what if we move with devotion, rather than ambition?
With gratitude,