Kellen Lounsbury
- Jan 30, 2022
- 4 min read

Navigating The Dynamic Life

By Kellen Lounsbury

What is a Static Life?

Life rarely stands still for anyone; even in the essence of nature, life is constantly shifting. The rivers carry the rapids, the trees cast shadows of the sun, birds sing, and the wildlife breathes.

“True life is lived when tiny changes occur.” - Leo Tolstoy

When someone chooses to live a static lifestyle, they may choose to stay within certain boundaries that they have set for themselves. Often these boundaries are the parameters of what makes the person feel secure and comfortable, but sometimes the person stays here because they have grown accustomed to it, and it may feel like all they know.

The Dynamic Life

In contrast, when someone lives a dynamic lifestyle, they open themselves to an ever-changing environment. Though the unknown can be worrisome, acknowledging the amount of opportunity that resides in this dynamic environment can be a benefit to those who are courageous enough to navigate the realm.

Being a force in a Dynamic Life

Living a dynamic life requires you to be the force behind the choice. Nothing in this world is black and white, and everything has an underlying complexity and a surfacing simplicity if understood well enough either way. Though it is a skill to break down these details, sort them in different ways, understand them from different perspectives. Essentially, you must ask yourself,

Do you want to step back into what you have always known?

Do you want to brave the realm and see what else life has in store for you?

You as the Navigator

The Navigator is you, accountable for where you want to end up in life. You chart your destination and must be the one to sail where it feels right to you. This is your adventure, meaning that you have to take inventory of what you will and will not accept what you will and will not bring to the table. Changing your life can be a daunting task but a rewarding one.

The Navigator and The Dynamic Life

Life doesn’t wait, and it’s a continuous process constantly changing around us. The flow of time is moving, so chart your map and make sure that wherever you decide to go is going to produce the results you want. Equally, making your map so that it can be adjusted later will significantly benefit you. As the Navigator, you want to constantly change the map as needed to bring yourself closer to the desired result.

Expectations and Life

Life rarely turns out exactly the way we want it, and when I say this, I mean in all facets of your life. Your career, relationships, friendships, social, and personal life rarely end up in absolute harmony with one another. You may have an idea of what you want, but be prepared to be somewhat flexible. I am not saying take whatever is given to you, but be reasonable with your request.

“We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.” - Carl Jung

These requests will become a map, and if the map is entirely unreasonable, you’ll be taken off course. Start thinking of yourself as the Navigator, be selective with where you want to end up in life, and have a general idea of what you’re looking for.

You are Constantly Learning

You are changing at every encounter, and every challenge is an opportunity to learn, even if these challenges are painful and carry sorrow, take what you can from them and use it to bring light into this world. Remember that, for every experience that you have, you are constantly changing, formulating new views, opinions, beliefs, etc. These aren’t always consciously aligned with our actions, and we may be blindsided by how these beliefs and actions don’t add up.

Therefore, do your best to practice what you believe. This will help you in your quest to align with your own version of yourself. Be open to change and recognize that your beliefs could be wrong tomorrow. We are not tied to merely our beliefs; we are connected to how we change as we accept new information.

What are you taking away from these experiences?

These experiences all have something to teach us, and sometimes we aren’t always aware of what we learned from the situations that we have been through. As a thought experiment, I want you to explore what you have learned.

Write down an experience that happened in your life. It can be a positive or negative experience.
Write down 3-5 key lessons that you learned from that situation.
Now explain how you use those 3-5 key takeaways in your everyday life.
Lastly, contextualize and explain why you use those 3-5 key lessons in your everyday life.

Do these answers add up? If they do, then that is great! You are aware of why you believe what you do, you can explain it, you apply it, and you understand that you’re acting on these beliefs within reason.

Don't be disheartened if you find that some of these things don’t add up. This is an opportunity to explore and make those changes. This is why I wrote this thought experiment, to use it as a tool to pull out the information in your experiences and adjust it as you chart your map.

“It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” - Ernest Hemingway

In the end, what type of life do you want? The Navigator at heart is an explorer and adventurer, and the ecosystem that they reside in is constantly changing. Take the time to chart your path and the beliefs and lessons you are learning along the way; you’ll be amazed how much more you learn about yourself, others, and this world.

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