After two years of life on hold due to the pandemic and lockdowns, how do we get back in the driver’s seat of our lives and claim a life of purpose and meaning? Amy Eliza Wong shares how to turn your ‘shoulds’ into ‘wants’.
Something about the term “cruise control” sounds luxurious, like how the beginning of a hard-earned holiday feels. Compare that with “autopilot” – a word that evokes the vision of a cold, personality-less cockpit supervised by an overworked operator. Nothing about “autopilot” is sexy. It’s stark and mechanical, existing as a passive fallback function for when we don’t have the reserves to engage.
Nothing about “autopilot” is sexy. It’s stark and mechanical, existing as a passive fallback function for when we don’t have the reserves to engage.In March 2020, we were all forced to slam on the brakes and the momentum of our lives stopped as we knew it. We were stunned into a brief paralysis and then settled into mind-numbing routine on autopilot. But almost three years later, we’re approaching a new terrain, one that doesn’t easily accommodate autopilot.
You then realise the word’s cost to your energy and how you’ve been unknowingly asleep at the wheel. Why? Anytime you think, hear, or utter the word “should”, that’s your cue that your attention is focused more on avoiding things you don’t want, rather than on what you do want. Living life by avoiding negative consequences feels crummy because all that is in your purview is stuff you don’t want.
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