Here I am tap tap tapping away on my Mac thinking about what to write about this week. I have so many thoughts, subjects, causes and passions I want to share that I am often surprised by the ones I pick. The words of a Pandit Ji that visited me some years ago when I moved to India echo in my mind “Suki – planning is the key to your success, you need to plan more” he said. Yikes I thought at the time – for my daily fare is usually planning extensively for people or brands. That is my job – to plan campaigns, partnerships, events, live drives, publicity campaigns and so on. The reason for my social ‘free’ and super chilled out persona when I am home bound is that I don’t want the pressure of ‘having’ to do because it is on the list, the timeline or the plan. That would be my plight to full blown anxiety – right? Particularly if you know how much of a perfectionist I am when it comes to work. The pressure. Yikes!
Well – things have changed & Pandit Ji was right. Planning directs my focus and I shouldn’t just save it for ‘work’. I realized that I have never really had a life plan other than being dedicated to traveling and striving to be the best person that I can be (and I have failed at that more than once i can assure you 🙂 I am not sure whether not having a plan is a good thing or a bad thing – it was just a ‘me’ thing. I had vague ideas of what I wanted to do before I die or when I got older but I never actually had that gritty focused plan. I asked myself why and the only answer I got was that I didn’t realize I got ‘older’ – let me explain -I was that typical – When I get older I’m going to do this… when I am older I am going to do that type. I kind of got older, my 20’s have passed and I only just realized it *blushes and laughs at self*
Life has been very kind to me (you realize that when she’s also been a bitch to you) and usually at that crisis moment when I feel I need to plan a way forward – bam – there comes an opportunity fired by Jupiter (I think)! The words of this Pandit Ji came back into play again – “Suki Jupiter is always giving you gifts, you are very lucky but you must nail the opportunities that come your way!” So that is my answer as to why I didn’t have a solid plan. Jupiter is the answer. If I keep getting life opportunities and gifts from Jupiter then I get swayed in to that vortex before I even put pen to paper with my plan. (OR – have I already manifested that and Jupiter listened…hmmm).
I have always been a determined cat. Actually – more like a tigress with a mission but no plan. A stirring restlessness knowing that I have to do more & give more and maybe even self express more – hence this blog! So with my new plan shaping form I feel a bit like Katy Perry and her larger than life ROAR. For anyone that is thinking about blogging. Stop thinking and start doing – it feels great. It doesn’t have to be perfect. I spent years planning and ‘thinking’ about what it would look like. Blah to that – It’s kinda cool that my blog isn’t perfect – for it’s like a new born finding it’s way in the land of blogs and that’s far more satisfying. It’s kinda cool when you think that about it like this: “My MEOW might well be a catalyst to somebody’s ROAR and vice versa!
Sing along to my song share of the day…
ROAR by KATY PERRY
I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath
Scared to rock the boat and make a mess
So I sat quietly, agreed politely
I guess that I forgot I had a choice
I let you push me past the breaking point
I stood for nothing, so I fell for everything
You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)
Already brushing off the dust
You hear my voice, you hear that sound
Like thunder gonna shake the ground
You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)
Get ready cause I’ve had enough
I see it all, I see it now
[Chorus]
I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire
Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar
Louder, louder than a lion
Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
You’re gonna hear me roar
Now I’m floating like a butterfly
Stinging like a bee I earned my stripes
I went from zero, to my own hero
You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)
Already brushing off the dust
You hear my voice, you hear that sound
Like thunder gonna shake the ground
You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)
Get ready ’cause I’ve had enough
I see it all, I see it now
[Chorus]
I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire
‘Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar
Louder, louder than a lion
‘Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
You’re gonna hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
You’ll hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
You’re gonna hear me roar…
Ro-oar, ro-oar, ro-oar, ro-oar, ro-oar
I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire
‘Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar
Louder, louder than a lion
‘Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
You’re gonna hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
You’ll hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
You’re gonna hear me roar…
iSukiStar 