“I was a slightly overweight, spiky-fringed, rat's-tailed '80s girl who was just showing up. That's all I've ever really done to get here, just kept showing up. Even when I didn't want to. That's what I do.” Sia, the Australian musician who put out five discs before one of her singles showed up on US Billboard’s Hot 100. And in the no. 8 position to boot.
Showing up even when she didn’t want to, that’s what Sia does. We’re similar in that we always show up. But I never even think of not showing up. To work. To therapy. To marriage.
After college, my first boss told me showing up is the key to success. I was shocked and imagined what could happen if I worked hard and had some talent. I ended up running his New York office.
After several years of tortured but successful psychotherapy, I felt healthy enough to take a break. My therapist congratulated me on showing up. Again, shock. “A lot of people don’t stick with therapy,” she said. “It’s excruciating.”
I showed up for 30 years of marriage. I admit sometimes I shut down just like I shut down on the job or in therapy. And I stayed. Until pain shunted me out.
Now, I have an even more difficult role. Showing up, just for me.
Showing up even when she didn’t want to, that’s what Sia does. We’re similar in that we always show up. But I never even think of not showing up. To work. To therapy. To marriage.
After college, my first boss told me showing up is the key to success. I was shocked and imagined what could happen if I worked hard and had some talent. I ended up running his New York office.
After several years of tortured but successful psychotherapy, I felt healthy enough to take a break. My therapist congratulated me on showing up. Again, shock. “A lot of people don’t stick with therapy,” she said. “It’s excruciating.”
I showed up for 30 years of marriage. I admit sometimes I shut down just like I shut down on the job or in therapy. And I stayed. Until pain shunted me out.
Now, I have an even more difficult role. Showing up, just for me.
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