Hard to believe, this time last week we were almost wrapping up at the end of the course.
I wonder how everyone else has found this week? I think I was shellshocked when I got home on Friday night, I was certainly exhausted, partly down to two early mornings on the trot. Friday night was spent chilling out with dinner and a glass of wine, and I slept like a log. Then Saturday dawned and I began to feel rising panic as I thought about everything we had discussed. How could I possibly take it all in, and apply it in real-life situations?
Somehow, during Sunday, realisation dawned - it's a journey, you don't have to take it all in at once, and suddenly become an expert NLP practitioner. For me, I think it will be a case of taking it in bite-sized chunks (maybe because I'm predominantly a small-chunk person?) - and looking for ways to apply a particular concept in my own situation. I decided to focus on the filters this week.
I've been looking for opportunities to listen to conversations and try to spot the filters being applied. It's reinforced for me how quiet our office is, and how little people talk to each other! Everyone in my team is up to their eyes in work, and an hour can easily pass with no conversation being heard. When something does crop up, it's usually a work-related question. I also found it difficult to concentrate both on what was being said, and on filter-spotting, something which I think I also experienced during the exercises we did on the course.
Interestingly, this also made me realise that I might enjoy work more if I was in a more conversational environment. I'd like to be able to use my organisational skills, and satisfaction from helping people, in a more interactive way. I will be exploring the options over the weeks and months to come.
My mood has been up and down this week, and I left work yesterday on a definite downward dip. Cycling to my tennis lesson this morning, with blue sky above and wonderful autumn colour around me, I gave myself a good talking to about how lucky I am etc etc , and ended up really enjoying my tennis (as I usually do, in fact). Cycling home again, I caught myself "self-modelling" - scary if exciting moment! I was thinking about how good it felt to be positive and feel enjoyment for something I was doing.
So I'm ending the week on an upward curve - looking forward to the weekend, with a very good friend coming to visit - we'll have some good conversations, I feel sure!
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