In the market, there are two levels in consolidation: support and resistance. A support level in consolidation is when a stock's price hits a proverbial "floor", and the contrast of that is a resistance level which is when a stock's price hits the "ceiling." Lately, I've been feeling this consolidation in my own life. Usually, consolidation happens after a positive or negative breakout in price. However, I don't know what that breakout was for me--whether positive or negative. I can point to plenty of positive ceiling moments, as well as negative floor moments, but none really set themselves apart from each other. No real concrete trend to make a move, just trading sideways, waiting for that breakout moment.
I have a bible study call with my brothers every night where we go through a devotional, talk about its contents, and how we can add that to our everyday lives. Just recently, we spoke a bit about how we often stockpile on things throughout our day instead of using those moments to continually add or subtract from ourselves and others. It spoke to me because I feel like in my relationships I can either be too lazy or too impatient. Those are two grave parallels. In one, I'm forward, assertive, transparent to a fault, and often delirious. In another, I lack endurance. It shows by my reluctance in investing in that relationship. I get situational, circumstantial, finnicky. Honestly, despite the differences they can be one in the same. The same in terms of me letting things come to a head instead of continuously adding & supplementing those good qualities the relationship has. Not only is this a interesting circumstance to battle with others, but it's something that I struggle with in the relationship I have with myself.
I consider myself to be a very introspective person. As a kid, I was very rambunctious. Eloquent, yet profuse and excessive with my words (I'm still like this now, as you can see.). Another term used to describe me was motor-mouth. I'm 5'6, so I assumed that my big talk would make up for my small stature. That in turn got me in a few fights, kicked out of classes, and strife with past acquaintances. It was fun at a point. But as I grew older, I realized that less is more, and it's something I'm still getting a grasp on. A wise man once told me to listen twice before you speak once, because you have two ears and one mouth for a reason. I was 17 when I learned that lesson, and even then I hadn't applied it all the way. Yet a scripture I learned around that same time gave me great perspective: James 1:19. Be slow to speak. Listen. Those things go hand in hand. I think I had to realize that hearing and listening were two different things. In the case of the topic at hand, we either let things load, or allow things to load up. What do I mean by that? Letting things load to me is something closer to processing. Like I spoke of earlier, listening twice before you speak once. Allowing things to load up is more along the lines of accumulation. Being bottled up. That resistance. The question is: how do you get past that?
As much as I'd like to give you an answer, I don't know myself. I had a conversation with a friend of mine about how no one in this entire world knows everything. Which is cool, because from my perspective that means everyone in this world knows something that I don't. Imagine how much wisdom there is to be gained in that aspect. However, I do know that humans are worth more than publicly traded stocks. Stocks always break out. Now a break out can be positive or negative, and it can be the exact same with people. You can start to consistently trend positively, or begin to trend downwards. But do you know another big difference between humans & stocks? The time between consolidation and breakout is totally dependent on the human, whereas a stock's breakout can be based off of a number of things. What's keeping you from breaking out? Are you letting things load in your life, processing what's going on around you and capitalizing? Or are you loading up, harboring and hoarding things that can and will eventually combust?
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