Leaving your neighborhood isn't as far as it seems ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ
I recently started running. In fact, Iโm dictating this while running - so if it reads a little breathless, now you know why ๐ .
One of the things that has shocked me about running is how it changed my understanding of distances.
So I know walking from my house to the end of my street heading south is just under a mile.
Walking north in the other direction takes me to Hawthorne - the hopping street in my quadrant of Portland with the most shops, cafes, restaurants, fun, etc.
This direction FEELS like 3 MILES because it includes:
โข Crossing the big four-lane road
โข Walking over the train tracks (this often means using the walking bridge because trains run CONSTANTLY)
โข Passing through 3 different neighborhoods
GUESS WHAT I LEARNED FROM TRACKING MY DISTANCE NOW THAT I RUN EVERY MORNING?!
๐ฅ๐๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐บ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ.
I walk to Hawthorne multiple times a week, but crossing those busy roads and train tracks makes it feel so much farther away.
In reality, itโs not.
Itโs just that the journey is a bit more complicated.
And its totally worth it to get to all the fun stuff on Hawthorne instead of just staying in my neighborhood.
๐๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐จ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ:
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ.
The journey seems long,
and you might have to cross the walking bridge because a train is usually running, and that's exhausting.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐โ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ "๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฟ" ๐๐๐๐๐ฒm ๐ก
Hawthorne has so much more to offerโshops, cafรฉs, new experiencesโjust like a new, well-built system brings efficiency and opportunities to grow your business.
Getting to the next phase in your business is not as far away as it seems.
And thatโs what I doโI help clients cross that metaphorical busy street and navigate the unfamiliar tools so they can make the leap into a bigger, better neighborhood for their business.
Feeling stuck in your current neighborhood of systems?
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And for fun - here's me and a teeny tiny frog who hopped away shortly after this photo was taken ๐ธ
