Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 8

[Johannesbrst]

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Shannon, hoping to get your input on a course of action.

I've been running Maverick for just a bit more than 3 months and it has helped me to keep moving forward in a nice way. I'm more assertive, more ambitious at work, my self confidence is improving and it feels overall like it's going in a positive direction, which is really nice.

One area where I've been struggling, and still somewhat still do, is in the area of self confidence. I just don't have the "fire" needed to muster up self confidence at all times and therefore suffer from not being able to take charge. It feel like a fear of criticism like "if I would take charge here it would be in a somewhat fragile manner and if anyone would question me it would be horrible" and thus I don't really embody the self confidence part in life, which I feel I suffer from in areas from sex life to self realization, and just being happy in myself and in life as a person with self confidence would be.

My questions to you are then:
- Would it be a bad idea to pause Maverick for 2 months and pursue OSC to do some focused work on an area that I feel held back on, and after that resume Maverick again?
- If yes, how long break do I need from Maverick before starting OSC?

I believe Maverick will eventually help me past this but as it does so many other things it may take some time, and running OSC for a while could help me overcome this particular lack in my personality in a more efficient way and in turn also enable me to execute Maverick on all cylinders.

I suggest you take 3 to 7 days off Maverick (as feels appropriate) and then pursue 2 months on OSC.  

And of course - big congratulations on reaching the milestone of 6G. Must feel unreal to achieve a goal you've been pursuing for such a long time. Hope you'll take the time to celebrate this for some while. Following you for almost 10 years I know it's a big one.

In fact it does feel unreal.  I am rather confused as to what to do now, and the sudden change has been drastic.  I will need to learn now how to stop working constantly and start having a more balanced life.  But for now I'm going to spend a lot of time just sitting at the beach or in the woods enjoying the sounds and being still.

The second celebration - one of three - for finishing 6G is happening in just a half an hour.  I am going out to a high end hibachi restaurant, and I will have rare ahi tuna and scallops with fried rice and stir fried vegetables.

Perfect, then OSC it is. Looking forward to it. 

I can figure, I guess you'll have your hands full building out IML and starting to realize the potential value it now holds. Enjoy, sounds awesome!