Editor’sNote
The Power
of thePause
O
nceupona time,
I thoughtI wantedto
bea historyprofessor.
Sometimeinmysecondyearof
graduateschool,I wastalkingto
a friendwhocouldtellI wasn’t
happy.“Isthisreallywhatyou
wanttobedoing?”heasked.It
wasa simplequestion,buttothis
dayI’mnotsurethatI would’ve
everstoppedtoaskit if hehadnot.OnceI did,I promptly
redirectedmyplansaccordingly.
Somuchofmylifeis spentbusilycheckingthings
offmyto-dolistthatit’sveryseldomthatI taketimeto
pauseandconsider:IseverythingI’mputtingonthislist
actuallyimportant?Inordertodoanysortofevaluation
—whetherit bea reviewofone’slifeorperhapsan
appraisalofa painting-in-progress(seepage8)—a
personmustfirstcometoa stop.Butmostofustendto
underestimatethevalueofa goodpause.
Onpage38,you’llreadartistSharonBamber’s
incrediblestoryabouther1,000-milepaintinghike
acrossFranceandSpain,followingtheWayofSaint
James.I’mamazedatthegritanddetermination
Bambermusterstomakethispastelpilgrimage.Even
more,though,I’m
fascinatedbythe
originoftheidea
anddeliberateway
inwhichshemade
herselfpause,step
backandreflect
onherart-making
life.Byallowing
thetimeforsoul-searching,Bamberfiguredouthow
tosteerhercreativeeffortstobettermatchherown
creativepassions.
Don’tgetmewrong:I’mstilla fanofa to-dolist,and
alwayswillbe,butBamber’sstoryisa goodreminder:
Everyonceina while,adda time-outtothatlistof
thingstodo.Makespaceforanintentionalpause,and
then—ifeverythingfeelsingoodalignment—getback
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