We’ve moved into a new energy. Over the next six days, we’re spending our time in the energy of She Always Has an Answer.
This energy is wired to answer. When it’s active in you, someone asks a question, raises a problem, mentions a situation, and your brain is already working on the solution before they finish the sentence. That sounds like a gift, and it is. But the real story this week is about the gap between an answer that’s ready and an answer that just feels urgent because you need to say something.
I have this one fully active in me, so this energy is personal. I live it. The pressure to resolve an unanswered question, right now, immediately, is REAL. And learning that pressure and readiness are two different things has been one of the more useful, and challenging, lessons of my life.
If there’s ever a time I feel pressure to answer questions immediately, it’s when I’m standing in front of a classroom. Someone asks a question, and the pressure to answer is on. I quickly learned the value of in-depth class preparation. Apparently, I make a face when I’m trying to think of the answer to a question I haven’t prepared for. And the face must basically be a Resting Bitch Face, because students interpreted my face as me judging them for the question they asked. Yikes.
You better believe I did two things after that. I improved my class prep work, and I worked on holding a more neutral face. Preparing ahead of time meant fewer moments where the pressure caught me off guard in the first place, and that’s really the heart of this energy, learning that pressure and readiness are two different things.
There’s a song that names this energy almost too perfectly: Queen and David Bowie’s “Under Pressure.” That constant, underlying mental pressure to have the answer right now, that’s exactly what this song is about, and exactly what this energy feels like on the inside.
Over the next few days, we’re going to look at all sides of this energy. What happens when the pressure to answer wins before the answer is ready. What it looks like when you learn to sit with a question a little longer in everyday life. And what it looks like at its very best, when you offer wisdom instead of just a quick answer because you feel the pressure to answer.
Find your happy. Love what you do. Make a difference. Come back to me safely. See ya!
