4. When Your Timeline Starts Crumbling

Like, what do I even mean when I say timeline jumping? I mean, this can sound like a very, like, quantum thing.

Um, you know, and I, I've talked a lot about quantum stuff in the past.

I, you know, I, I trained as a quantum healer.

That was kind of like my framework for a while, um, but I don't really use that language anymore.

So the way I think about timelines is that we are faced with choices every day in our lives that can impact the trajectory of our life.

Sometimes it's little things, but sometimes it's big decisions.

And when I say, um, a timeline is higher or lower, uh, I, I don't mean to, um, separate that into binaries like good or bad.

Sometimes we need to stay on a lower timeline for a while.

You know, it, it becomes a, a side quest where we learn something.

Uh, and it doesn't mean that things are going wrong necessarily.

Uh, if you've ever seen the movie Everything Everywhere All at Once, I love that movie.

I think that's, like, a really beautiful, um, tangible way to understand timelines, even though it's, you know, it's very fantastical.

It's funny.

Um, you know, I think of a timeline shift as a course correction.

We're setting sail...

Uh, here we go.

Here's a good metaphor.

It's like we're navigating.

We're on, like, a ship crossing the ocean, and, you know, we, we're set sail in, in a certain direction on a path.

And at any point in time, while we are charting that path, sailing it, we can choose to go a different direction.

It's not always clear where that direction will take us, but the, the act of choosing it directly impacts the destination of where we arrive next.

And we don't always know what the destination looks like, but it's the choice to chart a different course than what you're currently on.

That's timeline navigation.

So this is something that I am currently navigating in real time.

Like, what do I even mean when I say timeline jumping? I mean, this can sound like a very, like, quantum thing.

Um, you know, and I, I've talked a lot about quantum stuff in the past.

I, you know, I, I trained as a quantum healer.

That was kind of like my framework for a while, um, but I don't really use that language anymore.

So the way I think about timelines is that we are faced with choices every day in our lives that can impact the trajectory of our life.

Sometimes it's little things, but sometimes it's big decisions.

And when I say, um, a timeline is higher or lower, uh, I, I don't mean to, um, separate that into binaries like good or bad.

Sometimes we need to stay on a lower timeline for a while.

You know, it, it becomes a, a side quest where we learn something.

Uh, and it doesn't mean that things are going wrong necessarily.

Uh, if you've ever seen the movie Everything Everywhere All at Once, I love that movie.

I think that's, like, a really beautiful, um, tangible way to understand timelines, even though it's, you know, it's very fantastical.

It's funny.

Um, you know, I think of a timeline shift as a course correction.

We're setting sail...

Uh, here we go.

Here's a good metaphor.

It's like we're navigating.

We're on, like, a ship crossing the ocean, and, you know, we, we're set sail in, in a certain direction on a path.

And at any point in time, while we are charting that path, sailing it, we can choose to go a different direction.

It's not always clear where that direction will take us, but the, the act of choosing it directly impacts the destination of where we arrive next.

And we don't always know what the destination looks like, but it's the choice to chart a different course than what you're currently on.

That's timeline navigation.

So this is something that I am currently navigating in real time.