33% structure, 66% fluidity.
In a YouTube video I can’t locate right now, I heard Richard Rudd (author of The Gene Keys) suggest the following ratio for how to go about your life...
33% structure, 66% fluidity
This could apply to your relationship, your business, your morning practice, wherever.
I’ve been testing this theory, and I like it.
For context, I’m an overplanner.
Any of my students will probably tell you I not only cram a lot of (brilliant) information into my classes, but that I am highly organized.
I love
Outlines
Timelines
Spreadsheets
Handouts
Workbooks
Journal prompts
Practice structures
Accountability buddies
A syllabus
And while all of these things are *fantastic* tools for getting ideas out of my head and into the world, they can become shackles.
[Cue “Praise You” by Mary Mary ] 💃
This summer I launched my new Rose & Sword program, and I’m trying something new:
No worksheets.
No slide decks.
And most shockingly…
No outline.
🙀
Instead of having a highly formulated page of notes to teach from, I’m making a conscious choice to wing it.
Let me be clear: I show up to the calls prepared.
But my preparations are intentionally less hyper-structured.
Instead of strict timelines and bulleted lists, I
make mindmaps
bookmark pages in relevant chapters
pull oracle cards
leave plenty of space and non-linear time for the group to ask questions and dive into discussion, which always surfaces the most pressing, relevant, juicy, helpful content for all of us.
This is one example of 33% structure, 66% fluidity.
I’ve been working toward this for years. And let me tell you that for a Virgo-Rising hyper-organized teacher such as myself, “33% structure, 66% fluidity” is actually its very own curriculum.
It requires me to strengthen my trust muscle and dare to not know what’s going to happen.
It requires me to create more space for the mystery.
And in that space…
Magic.
Isn’t that what all the great teachers do, after all?
They risk the unknown so that what’s needed can rise to the surface.
What’s one example in your life where you’d love to lean into 33% structure, 66% fluidity?
In your corner humming “take the shackles off my feet so I can dance…”