Have you ever heard the phrase, Zoom Out? It can be applied at work, in a Yoga pose, during a major conflict or confusion situation you cannot seem to move through. Picture yourself viewing the scene like a movie director filming with a drone overhead. When your vantage point shifts to look down from above, what is most important is able to be witnessed more easily.

Zooming out is something I do often.

But, living at 30,000 feet detached your day to day can put you in turbulence of other people’s energy, just like a jet stream pattern creating wind. To avoid staying in the altitude, far from your goals and feelings, trying Zooming In.

In April, I’m purposefully inverting my vantage point to Zoom In. When I’m looking at the puzzle of my life like a pilot looking for an emergency landing, I miss the happy moments on the ground. Zooming out- macro thinking can lead to comparison. Paralysis creeps in when I notice everyone posting the highlight reel of major milestones. Does everything need to be oscar worthy performances or can I do a few almost-but-not-quite-perfect ideas out in the world.

I love strategic planning as much as anyone but it can create current state cacaphony week to week. Zooming in helps you appreciate and celebrate the everyday successes.

April Reflections to Ask:

Who am I Zooming in on? Myself, my feelings, my needs. NO ONE ELSE. I want you to zoom in, too.

Zooming in allows me to have more acceptance of what is happening in the short term, a focus on the next few hours or days

Zooming in creates: boundaries around perfectionism, allowance of baby steps, excitement on little wins, joy in the minute to minute, the details of a bird in our backyard.

Struggling to Zoom in?

Try creating an action board for the month on your phone/pinterest (vision boards are the very zoomed out), do not consume social media or news for a weekend to stay in your own zone, summarize your day each night in a journal.

If those feel difficult, check out my Pause Practices in February & March here where I share what I read, why I sent out 5 snail mail postcards, what I’m celebrating and more.

May you find solace in the Clarity of the zooms.

Lynn Mull Holistic Career Coach & Author

Career Coach | Author | WellNess Advisor | Reiki Master
I offer Clarity through Reiki healing sessions, and Holistic Career Coaching and Facilitating Teams to professional wellness. I use various tools and methods to speak, write, and provide 1.1 counsel to move out of the stuck into the actions that help you or your teams reach their goals.I found my way because I had to create it.
As a working parent and a sandwich caregiver in my early 30s, I understand the pressures to keep going, provide for my family and prioritize everyone else’s wellbeing.

I looked in many corners and could not find one coach to break into my inner blockages and move my career until Reiki and a Career Coach got me there. We can be all the things to everyone, but first, we must get aligned and intuitively move forward for our own .