Jess Ekstrom

Do I like the painting that all of these dots are putting together?

If you don't, then have the courage to change it and say, well, what's my next one going to be?

Because sometimes I have looked at it and been like, you know, I don't really like what I'm doing right now or why I'm doing it or how I think about myself or treat other people along the way.

And if it wasn't for like those moments where I look back and

then all of a sudden you just like years go by and you're like, holy shit, I painted this thing that I just don't even like.

That's such a good point.

And it's so true.

Like, I feel like most of my revelations come when I'm on an airplane and I'm like, I should do this or why haven't I been doing that?

And you're right.

It's like when you get plucked out of your routine, it gives you the opportunity to say, like, I'm looking at it from over here, not in it.

And I went like a few years ago on this silent retreat.

I am not someone to do this.

I'm a professional speaker.

I don't, sitting in silence, but that's why I needed it.

I was like, I just really need to get out of my head.

And one of the things that was done at the end of it, which was like one of the most like transformative moments of my life.

During this meditation, he, the guide said, just like, imagine you waking up in your bed at home, like, and you're kind of a bird, like looking down.

literally play out your whole day in your head, watch yourself, like brush your teeth, go make your coffee, all these things.

And it was like, he asked us a series of questions.

Like, what are you proud of?