02/02/2026
For a long time within my career, success meant urgency. I gravitated toward roles and environments that mirrored my nervous system - a largely subconscious choice. Urgency became my signal of ‘commitment’ to myself, the team and to clients. I was willing to stretch myself in exchange for ‘validation’. It brought immediate results and a familiar feeling which I mistook as ‘comfort’ motivations I’m now conscious of.
How’s it going now? Urgency no longer feels ‘comfortable’. And that, in itself feels meaningful. I’m still learning and I hold awareness of the privilege in being able to step away from urgency rather than seek it out. I’ve come to understand that living organisms are not machines. I’ve made it through challenging personal experiences that were consequences of my constant acceleration.
I’m developing a deeper sense of security in who I am, not only in what I can do for other’s. My boundaries with myself and others have changed. I’m becoming more patient with myself, playful and inventive in how I support myself to slow down and am more aware of how urgency arises from within.
Now, in my work I gently support others to reflect on what part urgency plays in their life and explore how they might wish to relate to it differently for better health at work. 🙏
