I’ve always been perplexed by the two seemingly different ways of living: to go with the flow vs. to plan and strategize. The hippies opt for path one, while the entrepreneurs go with the latter.

But what I’ve come to realize over my time exploring both lifestyles, is that a little bit of both is often needed.Too much flow and life can sort of devolve and disperse. Too much structure, and life itself dries up. To go both with, and against the flow seems to be an equation for moving through life with balance and grace.

It reminds me of when I was mixing my biodynamic fertilizer mix last year while prepping our garden. “Stir vigorously making a vortex almost to the bottom of the barrel. Reverse your stir.” I think the value in going against the swirl has to do with aerating the water.

I’ve started to do the same thing when whisking my hot cacao drinks. Interestingly enough, on the reverse swirl, when the new current runs counter to the previous one, the liquid seems to sort of spiral. As if it’s the counteraction of one direction with the other that creates a lemniscate - the infinity symbol.

Two mirror image strands, coming together to create a continuous, regenerating, flow of energy. The balance of opposites, working in harmony to recharge and replenish life force. That’s my best guess at what’s happening when we strike the delicate balance in how we manage the time of our lives.