The daily 1x1 catch-up with yourself

The most important meeting of your day with Team ME

‘Good morning. How is everyone doing today?’ is a question that normally starts a morning meeting. Is this something your team does too? Most probably yes. We gather with our teammates in a conference room (and now on Zoom in today’s remote working days), exchange pleasantries and get to the agenda. But first is the check-in with the team’s mood and feelings. This happens at work and also when we speak to our friends and family as well when we call them and ask ‘Hi, how you doing?’. Before we engage with the teams at work, in our families, and our society or clubs, etc. , we forget the one team that is more important than any other: Team ‘ME’ — body, mind, and spirit.

Does that sound strange to you? It did to me many years ago when someone described themselves as a team. It took me a while to fully realize what that meant. How can one person be a team by themselves? Isn’t it meant for a group of persons, at least more than one? It was a very strange conversation back then and I went back to its definition -

A team is a group of players or people that come together to accomplish a particular goal.

We have teams at work, who are aligned to a particular mission and vision of the organization. Many teams together achieve the company’s targets. We have teams at social gatherings or in event management. We don't use the word team with families although the common goal is to love and respect one another. It is a small unit of love. If such are the ways we experience teams, what does it mean to be on team ME?

Team ME

Team ME is the combination of our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual energies. This Team ME is fused so well as body, mind, and spirit, we can’t tell one apart from the other. Those are the different aspects or team members whose primary goal is to keep us happy, safe, and fulfilled. Have you wondered about this team before? Perhaps meditation or yoga may have created this degree of awareness. I would like to put a twist on this with our daily meetings in the office to help you understand this.

The Meeting Invite

First, let us first set up a time and agenda — a recurring meeting of 15 minutes every day. I usually do this in bed when I am stirring from sleeping to wakefulness stage around 6.30 am. My awareness has not entered fully in my body from my dream state. My Team ME — body, mind, spirit, is fully here and present on the bed. The agenda — a simple check-in to go over the intentions of the day that lay before us.

The Meeting with Team ME

(I speak to different parts of myself such as the organ systems)

‘Good morning. How is everyone doing today?’

‘Doing good. Just woke up. How are you doing? (the part of me orchestrating this self-conversation)

‘I am well too. Had some wonderful dreams. Such a bright shiny morning’

‘Indeed. How are you doing today dear neck? Are you better than yesterday?’

‘Nah, It still hurts’

‘Let’s get some balm on there today right after we wake up and if that doesn't work let’s pop a pill.’

‘Yeah sure’

‘Eyes — are you doing ok? We watched a lot of tv yesterday’

‘Since you already know how I feel, I am warning you, our eye number will increase.’

‘Hair — we got to get the oil massage done today! You seem under-nourished’

‘Thanks for saying that, its definitely top of the list today. It can’t be postponed anymore.’

‘Btw good job knees on the run yesterday. You did well.’

‘And one big round of applause on the blood report. We are all clear guys.’

Thunderous applause (in bed)

‘Mind, you got to get the laundry done today, how much more will you avoid it, you lazy bum’ (we can’t use such words in the office ;) )

‘I am particularly pleased that we all have done a good job with our food choices this week. Every system has reported good improvements, especially the reduction in blood pressure.’

‘And I got to say a special thanks to our hands — you are able to lift more weights now. We will take note of that on your quarterly performance review.’

The intentions

As we talk to ourselves like we would with our office team, if we prep and intend for the day, Team ME is now geared to deal with the day. It is ONLY due to this team, that we get to do what we want in our life. This Team ME deserves and wants our most accolades and praises. Like we appreciate everyone and everything else in our lives, we must appreciate that one entity who is working day in and out, non-stop to support our dreams and goals, without which we cannot even engage with the rest of the world.

Team ME huddle is the most important one of the entire day. The one body, mind, and spirit group of players that let you achieve all your dreams and life agendas. The sole purpose of this team is to support you. There can be times when others don’t or can’t support us the way we would like them to. Not the case with Team ME — it can do exactly what we want. It is customized for our needs. It is intimately close to us and will stay with us through all the flux of life through thick and thin. Let us acknowledge, praise, and take care of this team so that it can help take care of the others.