Tomm Gleeson, 32 Fullerton Lane (2025)

15/01/2025

• MOMENTUM VS DIRECTION •

In life there are times to double-down and times to fold, but unfortunately our in-built psychological programming makes it near-impossible to ignore the weight of sunk costs. It bears down on our decision making, hampering our ability to innovate or let go when things aren't working well.

I love Seth Godin's approach to innovation and thinking outside the box. He has a great ability to recognise elements of human nature that are universal and simultaneously exist in the periphery of our awareness.

We all have an inability to ignore sunk costs, to lean further into what we have rather than what might be more worthwhile.

This isn't to say staying the course is without its place in the passage of life, but just to consider where you may be feeling the gravity of your own sunk costs pull you away from inspired action and towards the 'way things have always worked'

Food for thought.

09/01/2025

• THE FULLNESS OF EMPTY SPACE •

On a road trip west, passing through the dry, sparse centre of Australia en route to the glistening shorelines of the Bight, I was struck by the soft beauty that resided amongst those 'harsher' landscapes.
I had expected this portion of the trip to be quite stark, a tussle with intense heat and dust only broken by the brief spell of the evening cool.
As is usually the case, our expectations are rarely inline with reality. Lucky for me, this time it worked out for the better.
To say nothing of the vast tonal contours of a land that stretches far beyond the horizon, there was another quality to the experience that was more intimate, a felt sense of peace, calm, contentedness amongst that overflowing vastness.
It makes me think of the phrase 'nature abhors a vacuum'. Whenever there is space created, there is a compelling sense of life flooding in to fill it.
For me, in this case, this age-old lesson was heard through the soft hum of an open silence that a desert landscape creates.
How can such emptiness feel so full? Such cohesion be reflected amongst such isolated environs?
Some insights are there to be felt, not understood. Time in nature is like this. All of the words we have cannot convey a shade of what is communicated to us through reverence & dialogue with the more-than-human world.
Nature can speak in ways both elegant and opaque, providing just enough insight to allow us the grace of the final realisation.
What is your version of communing with Nature?

07/01/2025

• BALANCE - A FIXED TITLE FOR A DYNAMIC STATE •

The concept of balance as applied to the human experience overly simplifies the range of experiences and stimulus that we are subject to on any given day.
When considered in light of fixed, non-animated objects, balance as a fixed point makes sense. We can balance rocks on top of one another for example, finding the 'balance point'. But any time a complex system is involved, such as a human balancing on a surfboard, balance becomes instantly dynamic, and relies more on the ability to respond to circumstances than finding an imaginary balance point amongst constantly moving surroundings.

So what's the significance of this? We plague ourselves with the ever-unfulfilled quest of 'finding balance', reminiscing on a moment where it was present like a memory that has disappeared into the archives of nostalgia.

Balance is something we are empowered to create in spite of the myriad bumps, curves and swerves that life delivers. It comes down to an ability to respond, to our capacity to be in our centre and dance, wiggle and hold fast our footing.

I always like to challenge people's balance when working in a group setting. It's a fantastic way to become playful with movement whilst also informing the mind that balance is an embodied phenomenon. We can feel it, sense it within our tissue, rather than rely on the rational mind's astute feedback.

I always like to consider how we use words across topics, and the power of language in general.
For me, balance is a living philosophy, an embodied sensation, a dialogue between two dynamic systems.
I am more interested in how we can use the physical sensation of balance to inform the greater sense of it in life. Perhaps those that feel 'out of balance' are want to try balancing on one leg with their eyes closed. Who knows, it could be something.

Thank you for reading, I value your attention. x

06/01/2025

2025 - PERSONAL VISION & GOALS

As we move into the new year, there is the sense of renewal, an opportunity to redefine how we move through the world and what we are compelled to pursue.

Having a Vision and setting Goals are tangible processes that empower us into action, but what is the difference between the two?

Imagine you are planning a hike through the HImalayan mountains, one that involves a good degree of planning and ex*****on.

Goals are the physical aspect of that journey. You allocate times and destinations, breaking the journey down into stages and planning your movements (actions) between those stages. Each day has its own goal that feeds into the larger goal of reaching the summit. Goals are a practical necessity, they inform our plans and outline the parameters within which we want to operate. From our goals, we draw up plans and act on them to create the outcome we desire.

But what is driving the Goals? Why do you even want to summit a mountain? Its hard work, costly and potentially life-threatening. In a lot of ways, it doesn't really make sense...

This is where we visit our Personal Vision. The Vision is less pragmatic, less grounded in the mundane but necessary steps of Goals/Plans. A Vision is emotive, it is artistic and poetic. You could see yourself sitting atop the peak, casting your gaze across the endless horizon of Himalayan mountaintops and feeling a deep, residing sense of calm and content.

Perhaps the VIsion has less to do with who you are at the top, but who you were at the bottom.

Human beings are wired for the artfulness of story. We want to feel something, finding it easier to be moved by the artful narrative than the cold fact.
Hence, our VIsion represents the artful side to our journey.

We need goals, we need plans, we need practicality. But this must be ballasted by meaning, purpose and a 'Why'. It is the dance of two opposites, and a return to the principles of yin-yang.

Ask yourself, what are your Goals for 2025, and what is your grand Personal Vision?
Is the vision enough to excite you? Is it 'too realistic' and perhaps not grand enough?

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