Are you a “Go-Getter”? Or has your “Get-up-and-Go” gotten up and gone?

I used to think of myself as a “go-getter”. Without question, hesitation or reservation. I still do. In some instances. And to certain degrees. What’s different now as opposed to “then”? Me.

Maybe I have more clarity where certain things are concerned, their true importance to me. Life has definitely shown me that even when I told myself to chase it all, I didn’t really want or need “all” of it. So it took some trial and error, some down time, quiet time to sort through things and come to a better understanding of what being a “Go-Getter” looked like…for me.

See, I had to come through some things to realize that what looked like a “Go-Getter” to me wouldn’t necessarily fit the next person and vice versa. In some instances, I had to make peace with that because there were some things I was chasing hot and heavy that I just KNEW I wanted or had convinced myself they were meant for me. Not.

I’ve been mulling over this whole “Go-Getter” concept since I signed on for another “cruise” on the CSS. Sometimes you land in a position that you can mold into whatever you want it to be (within some constraints). It works well if you’re a “Go-Getter”. I’m looking around, surveying the lay of the land and truly having to ask myself, “Inside these walls, am I a go-getter? Do I want to be? Do I need to be? Is that someone’s expectation? How far off the mark are they? How long before they figure that out”? (LOL)

Still mulling those things over. I know that I’m going to get the job done. No doubt. But am I climbing mountains, fighting wildfires, angling for that next level? I don’t think so. It’s not that I CAN’T do that…it’s that I don’t think I want to…not in this instance. I’m not angling for a promotion or a permanent job (at the moment). I’m simply angling for next week’s paycheck, experience that represents growth, and great references. I’m angling for this “full-time TEMPORARY job” to fund my ‘full-time PURPOSE’. Now THAT part? The “Full-time PURPOSE”? I’m DEFINITELY a “Go-Getter” in that arena.

What I find even more interesting is the things other people think or say in regards to whether or not someone else is a “Go-Getter”. We tend to forget that how we see other people is based on our own filters, whatever experiences we may have had in life…not necessarily what’s true for that person. People tell me all the time that I’d make a great manager. *shrug* Maybe. Maybe not. I don’t want to BE that person, not with a long-term team anyway. I can do it. It’s not my thing. And ultimately - in this case - it is SOOOO very much all about me. Listening to what others think you should/not do or be will have you tied up in knots. Let that go. Be you. Do you.

One thing that I’ve learned & absorbed into my spirit in all my working towards being a “Go-Getter” is that I’m not called to be or do everything I’m capable of being or doing.

Let that marinate a while.

I’m out!