Astrid & Irene: wait and see

Wait and see, don’t push it, see how things go: These words don’t really sum up how we do things. Of course, in the ten years that we’ve been publishing Flow, we’ve learned a thing or two from all of the articles about the importance of letting go—but we still fall into the trap of believing things will turn out better if we just take charge.

Letting situations resolve themselves instead of being over-involved: Why is that so hard for us? Why are we the first to volunteer when we are buying a collective gift with our group of friends? Why do we want to take responsibility for resolving issues at work as soon as a project starts to flounder? Why are we trying to make love work out so that it meets all of our expectations (Irene)? And why do we get involved when one of our kids gets into a fight at school (Astrid)?