Do you ever feeling like a square peg trying to fit into a round hole?
As I travel through my mindfulness journey, I am gaining immeasurable insights about my life and how I use to try and fit in. But honestly, don’t we all try to do that at some point or another.
I spent a few years, after reading Susan Cain’s book, Quiet, I was on a learning path about being introverted or extroverted. Tons of information from that book resonated with me. Mainly, introverts are trying to go against their own grain, their own personality, to fit into a work or school environment geared toward extroverts.
Mindful living is showing me, naturally, what is a better “label” for me. I am simply an informal person. In doing my research recently, I discovered just how much informal practices are part of my natural nature. Mindfulness is informal while Meditation is more formal. Mudras are informal while Yoga is more formal. My writing style has always been more informal than formal. Even my learning style is informal. That “Wisdom begins in Wonder” quote I love so much is simply informal learning.
My Gifts of Gratitude post touched on walking an unbeaten path but I am seeing more clearly that is simply about an informal personality. Falling into my own perspective and definition of what being responsible and “adulting” meant did not coincide with who I am. Simply stated, I spent most of my life in an argument with myself about how I was suppose to act versus who I am at my core.
It’s been a freeing change of thought to realize that it is nothing more than feeling most at ease in my informal state of being. I no longer feel like a square peg trying to fit into a round hole. Each has a place and time in my everyday life.
Let me know if you are more formal or informal