Unfortunately, we don’t have someone reminding us of the big picture all of the time. Someone has to look at the big picture (usually a boss or project manager) to make sure the project meets the project deadline and goals. Imagine you have a project that you need to get finished, but you only focus on the details. We can get carried away by focusing on the small details. The point is that one instance won’t ruin the rest of your life, and you’ll realize that if you step back to look at the bigger picture.Īnother way to see the big picture is not getting caught up in the little details. Maybe if they do fire you you’ll have the time to finally turn that side hustle you love into a full-blown business! Maybe your boss has a raise in mind that wouldn’t allow you the time to work on those types of projects anymore. Heck, if you’re worried about the future, create a positive version of it. Worried about getting fired because you didn’t get the big project you wanted? Use that opportunity to reevaluate your career goals, see if this position is still what you want, and work harder at it if so. Scared your neighbors will hate your wet lasagna? It could be a conversation starter that allows your friendship to blossom. What is the big picture there?ĭon’t have a date on Saturday night? It is allowing you the time to love yourself deeper so you’re prepared to find your dream companion down the road, whenever that may be. And even if they do manifest themselves into reality, it isn’t the end of the world. Those future outcomes are solely in your mind. Those things have not manifested themselves into reality yet. The ego makes us feel like these situations are do or die. Thinking if your boss doesn’t give you a certain project that you’ve been gunning for then that is bound to mean you’re getting canned. Thinking your neighbors will hate you and never talk to you again if you don’t make the perfect lasagna for the neighborhood dinner party. Thinking it’s the end of the world if you don’t have a date on a Saturday night. The ego makes you overanalyze certain situations. Now, we don’t have as much use for it but it still manifests itself in many ways. We evolved to have an ego to keep us on our toes so that we wouldn’t be eaten by whatever large prey was lurking around the rock. (Sorry if that’s a hard pill to swallow!) You have to be aware of other people and your surroundings. But it doesn’t matter any more than anyone else. One way to see the big picture is to get over your ego. It would’ve been a painting of a beautiful sky but would’ve likely never reached the famous status it holds today. Had he got swept away in every single stroke, obsessing over making each perfect, he could’ve taken up the whole canvas without ever painting the city below. I imagine the brush strokes on Vincent Van Goghs paintbrush as he painted Starry Night. Even for people who it may come naturally to, sometimes we still lose the ability to step back and see where we are going, what we are doing, and why due to the ebb and flow of regular life. When we are focused on all of the small details, it’s easy to lose focus. If you’re like me, a detail-oriented person, seeing the bigger picture might not come easily to you. It will allow you the space to figure out where you can improve, figure out what really matters in your life, and will allow you the opportunity to find purpose and meaning. Looking at the bigger picture will give you a new perspective. (I wasn’t doing myself any favors with that kind of thinking – was I?) My self-proclaimed weakness has always been the inability to see the bigger picture.
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