Staring at the
blank page, ever felt your mind go completely empty? ‘I don’t know’ is actually quite a creative
place, a place from which anything is possible.
Seen as an opportunity rather than a problem there are a number of ways
forward. Here are some suggestions….
- Give up needing to know. This
releases some of the frustration and puts you in a more resourceful
place. What if you’re right where
you need to be?
- Form some questions. What
exactly do you want to know? What’s
the next step in your ‘knowing’? Is
it to discover a process? Meet
someone who can help?
- Share. Find ways to share your
questions with others you meet during your day. What comments and insights do they have
for you?
- Look for the payback. What
does not knowing give you? Is it
protecting you from doing something or being someone that makes you feel
fearful or hesitant? Is it a
message to someone? Do you enjoy
not having the answers?
- Feel your way. What
feelings surround this issue? How
can you look at the situation differently so that you feel better about
it?
- Adopt a hypothesis. Find a
possible solution and ‘try it on’ for a while. How does it feel? Does it fit? Could you build on this or is there a different
solution to try.
- Take some action. Even if you don’t know everything you need to when you start, quite often new insights arrive when you’re on route. Start the journey, enjoy and trust all the answers will be available to you when the time is right.
