Swaying Octopus


A colleague from long ago reached out to me on LinkedIn In about a reboot on an old idea. We met over coffee.
He began to talk of his progressions over the last 10 years. I shared mine.
He came prepared and asked me detailed questions about my books and about my current plans. I'm still formulating sound bites and highlight reels to promote my work. It still feels a little akward for me to summarize something I published. Sales and Broadcasting come easily and natural. Sheer Self promotion, not so much. (Contrary to popular belief) That being said, I'm now THAT girl, and it feels good. 
As I began to describe my current placement and projects in life, I saw this Octopus image shaping. The imagery has come to me several times, but not with a definitive analogy.

When you quantum leap from the ground, you are literally out of bounds. Possibly in a different dimension.
How do you explain your theories and thoughts? How do you correlate them? Will people understand you? How can you call something that is complex, simpler?
How do you gain the audacity to say, I want to do nothing and be paid to exist?
My ultimate plan is to have the privilege of doing nothing. Its plan "paid to exist." In order for me to achieve this, I have chosen to become a swaying octopus. The idea came to me about 2 years ago. Do I believe that money will just show up with little to no effort? YES I DO.
Do I believe that it's more probable with passive income? YES I DO.
Everything I choose in life has to pass this vibe check.
Is it adding to my soft girl life? Is it bringing me joy? Will it create and sustain my future in perpetuity? Is it simple?

I've gone from one gig to developing 8 gigs.
Maybe streams of income is a better way to say this. Does it sound complex?
It's not. It actually is the path of least resistance. The craziest part is describing my "do nothing octopus" to others. People can only focus on one tenacle at a time. Humans have a tendency to get lost in complexities. Here's the thing, the octopus is a swaying dancing creature of passive income. The more tentacles, the merrier.
There will be parts of my octopus that will not be publicly promoted. There will be parts that will be tattooed on foreheads. All 8 legs are connected to my one beautiful brain.
The more I describe my octopus analogy by naming its detailed tenacle components, the more I see myself swaying in the deep blue sea. 
That's what I want, to swing and sway. My octopus analogy is the format that will deliver it to me as I follow my path of least resistance.

Present day, this octopus is like a constellation listing my night sky. I can see it clearly. However, there are steps and processes to connecting my dots and living this dream. Are these steps complex? Yes. Such is life. Theory is simple. Actualization is complex. 
There is a saying about choices in life. We get to choose our "hard".
Networking and cultivating relationships is hard.
Not having a community of support is harder
Earning Degrees and Being Published is HARD WORK.
Continuing to struggle is HARDER.
Being self employed is hard.
Working for someone else is also hard.
Choose your hard.

The simplicity of hard choices is in the planning and the portability of the outcomes. I'm a planner.
I love action steps, to-do list, and progress updates. There are no short cuts when "doing the work".
There is only the security of knowing the plan and executing it.
Planning makes the goal attainable and measurable. Another key component is my outcome. Is the reward worth the effort? Is it portable, meaning, can I have my cake and eat it too?

No one wants to be a slave to their dreams. Some people live extraordinary lives, but they are trapped into choices that perpetuate their realities. How valuable is having money in relation to not controlling my time? My dreams have to be portable. Freedom is owning my time and having enough money to do what I want with whom. This is the sway. Freedom to twirl about my perverbial deep blue sea without a care in the world.

By the end of my conversation today, I could see my imaginary octopus swaying in my mind. Most likely I'll not share all 8 tentacles at once to a person in depth, but they will be there, swirling and twirling in the background.

In the prophetic magic of manifestation
Here's the auto octopus list. (I reserve the right to expand and change)

Real Estate/Arbitrage
Procurement
Technical Writing
Ghost Writing
Book Royalties
Publishing
Ecommerce/Digital Products
Speaking/Influencing 

Simple and sweet. I just want to be paid to be me. Can you see my octopus? Isn't she beautiful? I can wait for you to meet all 8 tentacles. All of these opportunities are already an active part of my present existence. I'm just not monetizing them as I could be or should be. Rome wasn't built in a day, but it is always be comstructed.

Do you have a personified representation of your future in creature form? Describe them until you meet them. At least parts of them.  Just know that people will respond to you like a child describing their imaginary best friend, except you're not a child. The important thing is to clearly see each part, and know how that big beautiful brain of yours has all things under control, no matter how imaginary or crazy your vision seems.
For now, I'm twirling what I've got, and so very grateful.

#Lifeofbliss #swayingoctopus #gigitout #swingandsway 



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