Stuck

Getting unstuck.

I help people live their dreams and navigate the changes required to do so. Sometimes those changes are big. Sometimes with just the slightest adjustment, away they go. It’s beautiful to watch.

Living our dreams requires an understanding of where we’re “stuck” in life. On a basic level, I help people get unstuck.

Some people might not really connect to the meaning of that.

What does it mean to be stuck?

I’m reading a book right now, “Stuck: Why we can’t (or won’t) move on” by Anneli Rufus. Something in the introduction spoke to me. A clean, simple delivery always packs a powerful punch for me. The author was deeply sharing about her own stuckness, and then she added this:

Who else is stuck?

My friend who spends six hours a day at eBay.

My other friend who keeps moving from town to town, endlessly starting over.

My relative who always arrives late.

My other relative who spends way too much money.

Sam, who can no longer fit into the driver’s seat of his candy-wrapper-strewn Honda.

Jake, who procrastinates.

Paul, who still feels the shock wave from the grenade every time he closes his eyes.

Caroline, who has been in grad school, off and on, for thirty years.

Kathy, with track marks down her arm.

Alex, who hands out conspiracy-theory flyers on the corner.

Teresa, who makes plans and always cancels them.

Dale, with his drawerful of maxed-out credit cards.

Morgan, who looks sheepish and lights another cigarette.

Did anything reminiscent of your own life jump out at you while reading her examples? Did you find a ticker-tape running across your mind of your friends and loved ones who are also stuck?

We all get stuck. We all have difficulty moving on throughout our lives. Sometimes we need each other to temporarily see more clearly.

The book is definitely worth reading.