What can packing a suitcase teach you about life? Recently a good friend of mine showed me her packing hack for traveling with a carry-on versus full-size luggage. And while she had told me how to do it before, the visualization of the execution is all I needed to understand how I could have the same number of things and take up less space.
For so many years, I let the busy so overtake me that I missed beautiful sunrises- or at least the full appreciation of them. I also missed those little moments of happiness and smiles, or vulnerable moments shared with friends or clients. When you care about people and work in a service-related industry, it’s easy to feel the pressure and stress of every outcome. Add to that being a single mama juggling all the things, and it’s easy to feel like you’re not enough in any of the directions and it’s too easy to miss the little moments that really make life worth it.
So, my encouragement to you today is to take a look at whatever suitcase is in front of you in your life. Now consider a completely different approach to still getting the desired outcome with a different input. The revolutionary packing improvement alone won't get the outcome. But when you let go of the pressure to be perfect, you can be more efficient AND carry fewer things. And I bet that one pair of dress shoes is more than sufficient even without considering that you have significantly lightened the load...