winging it.

Why Winging It, you ask?

I decided on this name for so many different reasons, I felt like I couldn’t possibly name it anything else! But, the Number One Reason, and also one of the greatest realizations of my adult life...

We’re all just winging it.

Trying to figure it out as we go along. Throwing sh*t at the wall and seeing what sticks. Stumbling into serenity...

No one really knows what the F they’re doing. All those teachers, mentors, experts you’ve looked up to all these years? Winging it. Ask them and they’ll tell you they may have a lot of knowledge and experience built up from all their years of hard work, but they’re really just making it all up as they go along. And, if they tell you otherwise? They’re probably not open to learning and growing and stretching personally or professionally.

I finally figured all this out when I realized I WAS one of those teachers/mentors/experts that I always looked up to when I was younger and I felt like I was flying by the seat of my pants. But I was loving it. I literally do not remember the last time I planned out a skating lesson beforehand. And I’m constantly trying new things. I get so.bored if I don’t. Having the wealth of experience and knowledge that I do allows me to fly by the seat of your pants and do it gracefully. No matter how knowledgeable or graceful your idols may seem, they don’t have it all figured out, either. And they shouldn’t. Life would be so lame if we lived that way. Realizing that it was ok to wing it and that I wasn’t the only one who was doing it was so freeing for me.

My winging it realization has truly allowed me to take off and soar (and start this blog!) and I can’t wait to share more of my insights and realizations with you. So, off we go! Into the wild blue yonder...