You have a choice to make.
Decide who you want to be – the person you want to be – the traits of the person you want to be on the other side of this struggle.
Decide.
Then take small, actionable steps to become that person.
Are you the person that whines and makes excuses (however valid they are) for all the things that you didn’t accomplish?
Yes, there is a whole lot going on that we have no control over…we are all going through the yuck! Some of us way more than others...
I start to go crazy when I focus on the things that I cannot control. Like when the school district couldn’t give me answers to the basic questions concerning not only my girls education come fall but also the status of my job (I am a building substitute). I started to feel anxious….waiting for someone else to do their job to give the school the info they need so that I could get the info I needed to make an informed decision. Do you see how long that chain is? And how much of it do I control…not much.
I instead turned my focus to the things that I could control. I can control my mindset. I can control my positive thinking. I can control MY actions and MY accountability. And I focused on this. I started what is called #75hard with Andy Frisella … a MINDSET challenge that checked off a lot of the boxes for me. It’s just challenging enough where I have to put effort into it but not exhausting to me. The perfect balancer for me.
I struggle with following through on things after the initial wave of excitement has passed. This challenge will help me focus on staying consistent for 75 whole days.
This challenge incorporates working out, eating well, drinking water, and avoiding alcohol all wrapped up into it.
This challenge is a personal challenge. There aren’t daily check in or people making sure I do the work. Nope, it comes down to me, myself, and I. I said I would do this so I am. I am 30 days through it and I am feeling better and accomplishing more in my life – both business and family life – simply because I have turned my focus and efforts from something I can control instead of giving my energy to something I couldn’t.
I don’t know what it is in your life that will release you…free your anxiety at the same time as positively impacting you to be the person you described above. I just know I am coming out of this mentally and physically fit. And even if THIS, whatever this is, doesn’t go according to plan (can we say goodbye 2020?) I know that I will be closer to the version of me that is proud of herself when I am by myself.
Don’t stay in the yuck. Take action. Literally.
Find something that depends solely on you committing to it and planning for it. Or check out the #75hard.
Take back your power! 2020 can be the best year yet!
It is within your control.
You just have to change your MINDSET.
DECIDE.
