putting what we know into practice

2 · 9 December ‘23

it speaks to experience, moments lived, lessons learnt, opportunities taken, mistakes made and little wins.

these moments of reckoning are constantly arriving. opportunities. some less subtle than others. like this challenge i took on to grow the Tropical Spice Garden’s community - Spice Fam. an idea conceived at the early onset of the pandemic, one that helped the Garden through its most difficult moment. an idea now at a juncture for growth and deeper roots.

it’s a beautiful prospect and a worthwhile endeavour, but a scary undertaking. but i know i wouldn’t have ventured without believing i have what it takes to make it happen, consciously and subconsciously.

where does the self-doubt stem from? this paralysing fear - a traffic jam of thoughts, unmoving. is it the magnitude of the task or the inaction/lack of inertia? or is it self-deprecation and self-sabotage lurking in the shadows?

my experience says: 1) yes, it’s a mammoth task 2) i’m also the best person to make it happen. there is also that dominant, habitual voice within that says “let’s give it more thought first”, “you have time to brew”. the voice that screams “if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well”.

i’m learning and seeing that sometimes, if it’s worth doing - it’s worth doing. perhaps it is on the altar of “doing well” that we do nothing at all, stuck in a perpetual loop of analysis paralysis. so where does this leave us? i believe the choice is ours, let’s not be too late.