“Margaritas or Hand-cramps…”

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 Shared by Kristina Smedley

“Margaritas or Hand-cramps…”

Seems like an unlikely decision. I know.
But this is a real challenge.

Do I want to chill and drink a margarita at the pool?
Or, keep working away and pushing through this persistent hand-cramp.

If you’re an OCD note-taker like me, you know the hand-cramp. The pain that comes after hours of note-taking.

Your hand feels like it’s stuck in the ‘pen-holding-position.’
Un-clenching your fingers feels like a painful stretch after a tough workout. 
It takes mental toughness to push through one more word.

Breanne and I are in Orlando for our StoryAthlete / Profitable Impact Building Live Event. By the end of yesterday’s session, I had a full notebook. My mind was spinning with possibilities and ideas. And some fear that we didn’t have a solid idea to work from.

And so the moment came… the internal struggle of deciding…

Do I want to have fun at the pool. Drink margaritas. And hang out with our new friends.

Or.

Find a quiet spot and process what we learned together.
Brainstorming. Imagining what’s possible and deciding where we want to focus next.

Margaritas?
Push through the hand-cramp?

Somehow, the hand-cramp beat out the margaritas.
Pain and learning before fun in the sun.

And I’m so happy it did!
After hours of chatting, I felt like we weren’t getting anywhere.
But then right before bed, an idea struck. Something new. A different angle to ponder.

I may come home from sunny and hot Orlando without a tan and no hanging-out-at-the-pool stories, but I’m thankful for the new ideas and our time spent together.

 

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