Comments on: 3 lessons on work and life from walking 10 miles in the snow http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/2010/01/22/what-you-can-learn-from-walking-10-miles-in-the-snow/ Making Work Fit Life Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:22:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: Christine http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/2010/01/22/what-you-can-learn-from-walking-10-miles-in-the-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-806 Christine Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:08:26 +0000 http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/?p=911#comment-806 :-D :-D

]]> By: Eric http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/2010/01/22/what-you-can-learn-from-walking-10-miles-in-the-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-802 Eric Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:50:05 +0000 http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/?p=911#comment-802 Yes I'm not sure why we feel the way we do when it comes to things like this. It's like we're pushing ourselves to NOT do something we actually KNOW we're going to like. It's almost as if our likes are actually our dislikes and our dislikes are actually our likes. Makes no sense to me but it's what seems to be. .-= Eric´s last blog ..<a href="http://bluepop13.com/2010/03/01/build-your-blog-with-fire-in-mind/" rel="nofollow">Build Your Blog With Fire In Mind</a> =-. Yes I’m not sure why we feel the way we do when it comes to things like this. It’s like we’re pushing ourselves to NOT do something we actually KNOW we’re going to like.

It’s almost as if our likes are actually our dislikes and our dislikes are actually our likes. Makes no sense to me but it’s what seems to be.
.-= Eric´s last blog ..Build Your Blog With Fire In Mind =-.

]]> By: Christine http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/2010/01/22/what-you-can-learn-from-walking-10-miles-in-the-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-793 Christine Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:08:44 +0000 http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/?p=911#comment-793 Three days? Wow, that definitely is damn determined! LOL!!! I'm intrigued now to read your post on Wednesday :) Glad this resonated with you, though I too am not sure why we do that. My fantasy is that, as well as fear, there's an element of memory of boring or difficult things playing out inappropriately from the past. Whatever, it's incredible how the sooner we just get on with it, the sooner we have a different experience! Thanks for dropping by again and enjoy the rest of your day. Three days? Wow, that definitely is damn determined! LOL!!! I’m intrigued now to read your post on Wednesday :)

Glad this resonated with you, though I too am not sure why we do that. My fantasy is that, as well as fear, there’s an element of memory of boring or difficult things playing out inappropriately from the past. Whatever, it’s incredible how the sooner we just get on with it, the sooner we have a different experience!

Thanks for dropping by again and enjoy the rest of your day.

]]> By: Eric http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/2010/01/22/what-you-can-learn-from-walking-10-miles-in-the-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-792 Eric Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:48:23 +0000 http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/?p=911#comment-792 Wow can I relate to this one! You mentioned, "It made me think about how often I put off a big task, thinking I’m going to hate it, only to find that, when I’m in it, I’m absorbed and loving it." This is exactly what my problem is half the time. I think I'm going to hate it but once I'm actually doing it or "in there" I find I love it. I guess that comes from just fear of the unknown or what could be or could happen and once it is happening I realise it's just not so bad. Great article. Last here is I had a challenge to get my car unstuck and wanted to get it out and did so with the help of some people as well as working on it for three days in a row... I was damn determined! lol Read more about it this Wednesday on my blog. .-= Eric´s last blog ..<a href="http://bluepop13.com/2010/02/26/lets-help-each-other-monthly-experience-january-february-2/" rel="nofollow">Lets Help Each Other: Monthly Experience (January – February)</a> =-. Wow can I relate to this one!

You mentioned, “It made me think about how often I put off a big task, thinking I’m going to hate it, only to find that, when I’m in it, I’m absorbed and loving it.”

This is exactly what my problem is half the time. I think I’m going to hate it but once I’m actually doing it or “in there” I find I love it. I guess that comes from just fear of the unknown or what could be or could happen and once it is happening I realise it’s just not so bad.

Great article.

Last here is I had a challenge to get my car unstuck and wanted to get it out and did so with the help of some people as well as working on it for three days in a row… I was damn determined! lol

Read more about it this Wednesday on my blog.
.-= Eric´s last blog ..Lets Help Each Other: Monthly Experience (January – February) =-.

]]> By: Christine http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/2010/01/22/what-you-can-learn-from-walking-10-miles-in-the-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-583 Christine Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:09:40 +0000 http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/?p=911#comment-583 What a beautiful comment, Scot. It has touched my heart this afternoon. It's amazing that you've had a not dissimilar experience to me and experienced not dissimilar benefits. Although we live on different sides of the Atlantic, it's lovely to feel I've shared this with you. Thanks for reading! What a beautiful comment, Scot. It has touched my heart this afternoon.

It’s amazing that you’ve had a not dissimilar experience to me and experienced not dissimilar benefits. Although we live on different sides of the Atlantic, it’s lovely to feel I’ve shared this with you.

Thanks for reading!

]]> By: Scot Herrick http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/2010/01/22/what-you-can-learn-from-walking-10-miles-in-the-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-581 Scot Herrick Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:01:52 +0000 http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/?p=911#comment-581 My wife and I just moved from a place that rarely gets snow to one that always gets snow. In fact, the day the moving van showed up with our furniture, it started snowing and we had the worst snow storm here (19-inches; 48-cm) in 30-years. Now, it is like "normal." Layers. Waterproof boots. Gloves. Take five more minutes to get somewhere because you have more to do to get ready. But the blue sky, reflecting from the snow, is stunning. The sunsets are brilliant. You won't see that, though, unless you try. Plus, prepare. Life with snow is a bit tougher here, but that builds character and a "can-do" attitude. It's what you discovered, Christine, walking through the snow. A great article. Thanks for writing it. My wife and I just moved from a place that rarely gets snow to one that always gets snow. In fact, the day the moving van showed up with our furniture, it started snowing and we had the worst snow storm here (19-inches; 48-cm) in 30-years.

Now, it is like “normal.” Layers. Waterproof boots. Gloves. Take five more minutes to get somewhere because you have more to do to get ready.

But the blue sky, reflecting from the snow, is stunning. The sunsets are brilliant.

You won’t see that, though, unless you try. Plus, prepare. Life with snow is a bit tougher here, but that builds character and a “can-do” attitude. It’s what you discovered, Christine, walking through the snow.

A great article. Thanks for writing it.

]]> By: Christine http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/2010/01/22/what-you-can-learn-from-walking-10-miles-in-the-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-570 Christine Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:04:19 +0000 http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/?p=911#comment-570 Being open to the experience is definitely key. As you say, when we're busy we can get so caught up in things that we override other information. It's good to know that it's always there if we're willing to listen! Being open to the experience is definitely key. As you say, when we’re busy we can get so caught up in things that we override other information. It’s good to know that it’s always there if we’re willing to listen!

]]> By: Mandy Lehto http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/2010/01/22/what-you-can-learn-from-walking-10-miles-in-the-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-565 Mandy Lehto Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:41:26 +0000 http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/?p=911#comment-565 This post made me smile. You took a 'different kind of walk' and received some very interesting revelations to issues you'd be mulling over. What a great reminder that can benefit all of us. Being busy, urban and intellectual, we sometimes override other kinds of information and messages that might break an impasse we're at. So often, when I've been marinading on something, I just throw up the question to the Universe, to life, to whatever forces exist out there. And then something happens. When your receptors are opened and you think outside the box, clues and bits of information come from the most interesting places. If we're closed to that, we walk on by none the wiser, still caught in the log-jam. Thanks for the reminder! This post made me smile. You took a ‘different kind of walk’ and received some very interesting revelations to issues you’d be mulling over. What a great reminder that can benefit all of us. Being busy, urban and intellectual, we sometimes override other kinds of information and messages that might break an impasse we’re at. So often, when I’ve been marinading on something, I just throw up the question to the Universe, to life, to whatever forces exist out there. And then something happens. When your receptors are opened and you think outside the box, clues and bits of information come from the most interesting places. If we’re closed to that, we walk on by none the wiser, still caught in the log-jam. Thanks for the reminder!

]]> By: Christine http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/2010/01/22/what-you-can-learn-from-walking-10-miles-in-the-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-550 Christine Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:02:34 +0000 http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/?p=911#comment-550 It was a great experience in the end. I'd go so far as to say I loved it! It was a great experience in the end. I’d go so far as to say I loved it!

]]> By: Jen http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/2010/01/22/what-you-can-learn-from-walking-10-miles-in-the-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-549 Jen Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:26:43 +0000 http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/?p=911#comment-549 Great post! It's funny what we learn from adversity isn't it? :) Sounds like a great experience in the end. Great post! It’s funny what we learn from adversity isn’t it? :) Sounds like a great experience in the end.

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