What waning really means

I had an insight the other day. I usually hate the waning of the year/season, etc, feel like it's just waiting for everything to start back up again, and beat myself up for the projects I didn't start "in time". But that's not the way it is. Midsummer/full moon/mid cycle is the MIDDLE of the time, the time of "okay, this is what I'm doing", not the time of being done. Might seem obvious, but it's pretty revolutionary to me. waxing is the conception of the idea, the projects you scrap, the false starts, the getting closer, the getting into right brain mode, the creative spree where things start to fall into place faster than the hands and words can keep up. And then you hit the midcycle, which is not the wrapping up, but the point where you go "Ah, THIS is what I'm doing", the point where your skills start to match your vision, where you are held back by little, and you feel (in surfing terms) not only the top of the swell, but the push of the momentum. THEN comes the completion process, the finishing touches, all that.

Kind of like life, I guess. I think I'm in the "getting closer, getting into the right mindset" part of my life. We certainly had our false starts, and I'm proud that I'm working on my 3rd year at my job, our independent pursuits are catching up, and all that.