Stay present with your ideas!

This is my first article in medium! I have been waiting to perfect the goals and essence and the direction I want to go with my writing for so long that I got tired of my own perfectionism. The main reason is that I have a very dynamic brain that jumps from an idea to another and I have this urge to write them down, yet, I was so hesitant because I kept telling myself that I need to tailor it so that it makes sense and has a clear value!

But I am now disagreeing with myself. I officially am starting to write without any specific agenda. It could potentially lead me somewhere or nowhere! I don’t want to think about the destination anymore.

How did I decide about it?

Well, it is not like I have never heard of this idea that is mindful, stay in present, enjoy the journey, etc. Just like all of you, I heard and practiced it so many times, but the idea of being out loud and talk about what goes in my mind was still not comfortable. I was very doubtful of myself and I still am. Right this moment that I am writing about these feelings, I am scared to death with this question in my mind that “would it ruin my professional presence in social media?”

But what is the opposite force that becomes stronger than this and drives me to write about it?

I really don’t have the word for it yet, but I call it fearless mama bear. I can describe it in a way that made sense to me. Every time that I have an idea, it needs time to develop, just like an infant. The human infant is so incomplete and can die without care, but it will grow healthy, agile, independent, and intelligent. Ideas are just like infants, they need attention, care, a tremendous amount of love, and all other things that a mother needs to do for their babies. The very first thing that good motherhood involves is the high level of acceptance of who their kids are! They know that they are naive and should not expect an infant to solve differential equations right away. They probably have to develop their brain to understand the language first, and see whether they want to solve a differential equation or not! Maybe they want to dance instead! Or maybe neither!

Any idea as a creature has its own language and it needs time to grasp the right vocabulary through time to be able to communicate. I often start talking about my ideas with experts and gain feedback, but I feel like I was too early to do that. Back to the infant analogy, it is like ask your infant what they want to do in the future?! There is no answer to that! So you need to let them find out and help them to go in the direction they want. This kind of diffuse mode of letting ideas grow matches our agile brain functionalities. Not only it gives enough space to wander around, but also encourages creativity and learning throughout the process.

Let’s be a Mama Bear today!

So from now on, I try to be a better mother to my ideas and let them be vulnerable, and expose them to things outside when they are ready. Just like how I need to fail a lot to be able to write better, I am sure that I will fail in the motherhood role as well. I just need to be patient, forgive myself, and let my ideas STAY PRESENT and practice at their own pace fearlessly. They will tell me more if I don’t push them so hard to be a perfect business plan to be pitched!

Thanks for reading!

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