Take A Walk on the Rewild Side

01/10/2025

This weekend we’re diving into tarot with two magical workshops! 🎟 Tickets via the link in bio, with a special price if you join both.

✨ Workshop 1: Tarot for Beginners
Spend the afternoon uncovering the secrets of the Major and Minor Arcana, practising readings with new friends, and learning to tune into your intuition. No experience needed, just curiosity and good vibes 💫

💘 Workshop 2: Exploring Love through Tarot
Journey through the Suit of Cups and the myth of Eros and Psyche to explore love, connection, and intimacy. Discover how tarot can help you move through blocks, open your heart, and invite more love into your life 🔮

You’ll leave with fresh insights, a stronger connection to your intuition, and new ways to embrace love and self-discovery 💕

16/04/2023

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03/07/2020

How familiar are you with your esoteric blueprint? It is the key to fulfillment and finding life direction. Your soul map is revealed largely from your numerology and astrology charts.

Understanding it and then embracing it is the key to contentment and vitality.

A political leader can be either a politician (pollster) or a statesman (leader with integrity).

Donald Trump is a classic example of the former.

His astrological sun sign is Gemini.

Ruled by the fast-moving planet of Mercury, this archetype is flexible, versatile, curious and loves variety.

The sign is associated with trade and Trump has proven to be one of America’s great dealmakers.

It is fairly atypical for a business magnate to go into television.

Once Trump tried his hand at that, he next developed a curiosity about politics.

Gemini’s are never lost for words. Sociable, outgoing and talkative, they love being surrounded by interesting people.

They are also very efficient when communicating with people.

As for their enthusiasm, Trump’s campaign motto “Make America Great Again” went a long way to helping him defy the odds of becoming president.

While every sign has its shadow aspect, Geminis are the most famed for their dual nature, as symbolised by twins.

Gemini is associated with the exchange of ideas and communication, so it is no surprise that in its unhealthy expression it is well known for mind games.

With Gemini being the master of manipulation, it is quite befitting that Trump popularised the term “fake news.”

Being mercurial, it is fickle-minded and always ready to throw tantrums.

Trump is constantly at war with social media outlets, recently threatening to announce an executive order “pertaining to social media” after being censored by them.

Trump’s communication abilities were instrumental in him stunning the world by being elected president in 2016.

Wanting to report the news, rather than being reported on, Trump frequently expresses his hostility toward journalists by calling them “the most dishonest human beings on earth.”

The great irony, of course, is that his campaign win largely came about due to employing dark advertising.

It has been increasingly accepted that social media can be used to get people to vote or to sway them to stay away from the polls.

Labelled as weapons-grade persuasion, the medium can divide or unite us depending on the whims of whoever pays to take our digital threads and weave them into a pattern of their choosing.

Trump’s “Project Alamo” campaign, spent a million dollars a day on Facebook ads ahead of the 2016 election.

Documentary, The Great Hack, reveals how Trump enlisted Cambridge Analytica to scrape data from millions of Facebook users and used it to target impressionable voters.

Read the rest of this article about Trump's blueprint as well as that of the more enlightened statesman, Abraham Lincoln:

https://adifferentdrummer.com.au/numerology/astrology-blog/astrology-numerology

15/06/2020

Are you one of the 80% who classify yourself as not feeling engaged by your work?
It could be worse. In China & Singapore, the figure is 97%.
It’s hard to find your passion when you’re stuck in what is known as a bu****it job.

When I worked as a bank teller my job was a mixture of tedium (endlessly counting cash) and anxiety over whether I would meet my daily sales quote by upselling credit cards and loans.

Henry David Thoreau captured the essence of these jobs when he said:

𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐰.

Equally disengaging is a burnout role.

When I worked as a caseworker with the unemployed, economic rationalism saw my caseload grow over time. Instead of working intensively with someone to enact change, I was pushed to quickly go through the motions in order to tick off the next client.

So why do we submit to spending most of our lives doing things we get little enjoyment from?

Necessity. Whether we live simply or lavishly, most of us require a certain income.

The seduction of affluence has steadily led people to abandon meaningful work. The initial production of automobiles required expert craftsmen who had developed their skills over many years working with bicycles and carriages. Their work was challenging and demanded a great level of technical proficiency.

But then Henry Ford introduced automation to lower costs. Initially, workers resisted the numbing assembly line roles. Every time Henry Ford wanted to add 100 workers to his factory personnel, it was necessary to hire 963.
Wages had to be doubled to entice people to give up satisfying work to endure monotony.

Fast forward a century.

Jacob Fisker captured the legacy brought about by disconnecting people from their work when he said:

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨, 𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰; 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐓𝐕 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 — 𝐓𝐕 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 — 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞.

The 1% that counts

When we hear the term 1% we tend to think of the recent movement to rebalance the extreme wealth inequality that exists in most countries. While this is an important issue, it could be argued that rectifying the extreme job satisfaction gap is even more important, as wealth doesn’t have a huge correlation to our overall happiness.

If around 20% of people feel passionate about their work, then the proportion of these people who would do it for free is far smaller.

Professional MotoGP rider Chris Vermeulen once said that motorcycle racing was such a joy for him that if he won the lottery he would continue getting up each day to ride.

How many people do you know who would do the same?

Read the rest of the article to learn how transformative it is to find your passion and live an integrated life:

https://adifferentdrummer.com.au/career-counselling/career-retreat

16/05/2020

The dancer and musician Gabrielle Roth shared some potent wisdom when she said “𝗜𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱, 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴? 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴? 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀? 𝗘𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲?”

As industry slows, nature grows more vibrant.

And as our industriousness wanes, so can our soul-sickness dissipate.

This morning I connected with an online group where we each spoke about what has changed in our lives since Covid. Many people shared the same responses.

‘𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴.’

‘𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘧𝘪𝘭 𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.’

‘𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 20 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴.’

People spoke of how clear the air was, how connected they felt and how peaceful life had become.

Collectively, we hoped that the gains we’ve made would stay once normality returned.

Beauty making was another theme. We were asked what creative work was rising within us and how we could help create a better world.

It reminded me of the glorious phrase Maggie Smith’s closed off with in “Good Bones”, a poem encouraging people not to be overwhelmed by the immensity of the issues we are facing:

“𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹, 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁?
𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹.”

Having been bogged down doing things that don’t particularly speak to me, I’ve noticed a shift in the last couple of weeks as I’ve returned to doing life story writing.

Events in my past which seemed arbitrary took on a great deal of meaning as I looked at them with awakened eyes.

The combination of introspection and writing helps us to view life as a great adventure and privilege. It infuses soul back into our lives. And as the Philosopher, Heraclitus so sagely pointed out “𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙨𝙤, 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜.”

A facilitator in this mornings group shared a most exquisite poem. It was written recently to capture the zeitgeist. You can read it in this blog post:

https://adifferentdrummer.com.au/about-life-story

29/10/2019

Normal might be a great setting for a dishwasher but it's a lousy default for a life.

https://adifferentdrummer.com.au/writes-of-passage/blog-writes-of-passage/133-how-to-start-a-small-business

14/09/2018

Could you or someone close to you do with some fresh thinking and a renewed sense of possibilities for your relationships, work and life?

Join us next Saturday for an event that will shake up your world in the best possible way!

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17/07/2016

A centre offering workshops incorporating philosophy, psychology, poetry and practical action. Our aim is to help people become happier and more effective.

16/06/2016

Dying slowly or unfurling gracefully?

Popular culture frequently serves up inspiring examples of greatness being birthed from crisis. Steve Jobs is guttered after being kicked out of the very company he created. He gets back on his feet, then later returns to take it from mediocrity to a world-beater. Malala gets shot by a Taliban gunman after speaking up for the rights of girls to get an education. She survives and becomes the poster child for equality and female empowerment before going on to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. While crises can serve to shock us out of our lethargy or lack of direction, most of us are more familiar with what can be called dying slowly.

The journalist Bill Moyers once shared, “A man said to me once after years of standing on the platform of the subway, ‘I die a little bit down there every day.’” Brazilian poet Martha Medeiros captured this human tendency toward ‘lives of quiet desperation’ in her poem “Die Slowly”:

“He who becomes the slave of habit,
who follows the same routines every day,
who does not talk to people he doesn’t know dies slowly.

You start dying slowly
If you avoid to feel passion
And its turbulent emotions;
Those which make your eyes glisten
And your heart beat fast.

He or she who does not turn things topsy-turvy,
who is unhappy at work,
who does not risk certainty for uncertainty,
to thus follow a dream,
those who do not forego sound advice at least once in their lives,
die slowly.

Let's avoid death in small doses,
reminding oneself that being alive requires an effort far greater than the simple fact of breathing.

Only a burning patience will lead to the attainment of a splendid happiness.”

Many of us seem to await an epiphany or eureka moment when it comes to finding our direction in life. Medeiros prefers the concept of ‘burning patience.’ It flies in the face of the idea that clarity strikes like lightning.

Spending a day with us in the outdoors is an opportunity to spark and stoke the fire of your own burning patience when it comes to your vocational direction. In addition to discussions which get to the heart of the issues surrounding your career and life purpose, there are journalling exercises and stretches of walking in silence, all which foster the sense of a pilgrimage to discover your centre.

Another potent point the poet makes is around the importance of leaving your ordinary environment and routines. There is something about being in the wilds of nature that helps us unfurl our tightly held beliefs and limited view of ourselves. While working for an organisation that takes people on outdoor expeditions I saw this effect again and again.

This article lists just a few of the benefits from taking a hike and escaping ones familiar world:

http://www.lifehack.org/363786/doctors-agree-hiking-good-for-your-mental-health

When it comes to taking the plunge toward individuation, the question isn’t whether you’re experiencing crisis or slow death, the question is whether or not you’ll take action. Perhaps a walk on the Rewild side is the catalyst you’re in need of when it comes to the ‘attainment of a splendid happiness.’

On another note, our website has just been launched. Hope you can stop by:

www.adifferentdrummer.com.au/walk-the-rewild-side

14/03/2016

It seems that with each subsequent generation, our disconnection from self, others, our work & nature itself, continues to widen.

Time to reconnect, rewild and revive our authentic self!

One owns her home; the other rents. One is never offline; the other finds technology a drag. What did Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett and Michele Hanson learn when they swapped lives?

13/03/2016

We’re in the business of Facilitating outdoors journeys for the inner journey of finding one’s career North Star

29/02/2016

It’s hard to accept that 8 out of 10 people don’t feel passionately about how they spend their work lives (which is most of their day) in this, ‘one wild and precious life.’

Do you?

Even among the minority who ARE passionate about their work, few of them feel they are following their north star, aligning what they love doing with earning a living and making a contribution to others.

It’s no wonder Oscar Wilde said, “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”

When we settle, exist, or opt out, we resign ourselves to lives which Clarissa Estés called the mangled, muffled, mediocre middle. A.A Milne’s poem, Halfway Down, captures our tendency to surrender into our comfort zones:

“Halfway down the stairs is a stair where I sit. There isn't any other stair quite like it. I'm not at the bottom, I'm not at the top; so this is the stair where I always stop.”

The opposite of a life of mere existence or entombing familiarity is living a wild one. Wildness means to be unrestrained, not domesticated or cultivated. Contrast the work lives of people like Patch Adams, Amelia Earhart, Albert Einstein and Nancy Wake, with that of the typical glassy eyed office worker.

Finding that success, money or status, doesn’t lead to a sense of aliveness, many high achievers take to the wilderness to taste it away of work.

Extreme outdoor experiences or travel can provide a transient sense of aliveness, but for the more gutsier, the real challenge is to live your entire life at the edge, rather than dip into it occasionally and only in a physical sense.

It may be a measure of how disconnected we have become that those rare people who live an integrated, authentic life, pursuing a career they love, makes them an outlier, rather than typical.

With individuated people being so far removed from our day-to-day lives, we seek out biographies or watch movies about people whose exploits have us on the edge of our seats.

Rewilding involves returning to a more wild or natural state. It involves un-doing domestication and tuning out the voices of society, which dissuade you from doing what you love and what you were born to do.

To rewild your work life requires a radical overhaul, not a series of token tweaking. It’s a holistic or integrated approach to living, rather than the popular model of compartmentalising.

In order to help facilitate this, I take people on outdoor excursions, which combine wild and beautiful environments with discussions centring on finding ones calling in life and summoning the courage to pursue it.

As author and outlier, Kurt Vonnegut, suggested, “Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the centre.”

Pushing beyond the middle step, one can edge higher to see the more panoramic possibilities available to each of us. Whether directly or indirectly, we all know of people whose job is their bliss and which perfectly expresses who they are. Each of them went through a process in order to move from that mangled, muffled, mediocre middle and into their slipstream.

Benjamin Disraeli observed the great tragedy of life, being that “Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.”

This needn’t be the case for you.

In Greek mythology, Gaia was the great mother of all, the creator and giver of birth to the Earth and the entire Universe.

Taking time away from our urbanised, more artificial and sterilised environments, nature helps us reconnect with our wild, or essential selves.

Join me and take a walk on the rewild side as a catalyst in transforming the career aspect of your life into something infinitely richer and more fulfilling.

After immersing himself in the stories and history of humankind, mythologist Joseph Campbell concluded that the greatest act of human development occurs when we take our hero’s journey - to discover the gifts we have to offer and then develop and share them.

In order to do this, however, he said that, “The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.”

Transformation can only begin when we leave our familiar, habituated and routine lives behind.

Haruki Murakami said that, “Beyond the edge of the world there’s a space where emptiness and substance neatly overlap... And, hovering about, there are signs no one has ever read, chords no one has ever heard.”

Isn’t it time to discover your edges of possibility?