Here's what happens when you have a big vision for your life in the world and you start moving towards it:
- You piss people off
- People misunderstand you and decide they don't want to work with you, don't like you or think you're crazy, irresponsible and rude. And unfair.
- You spend hours thinking, procrastinating and lying on your bed, the floor and in the bath with fuck all to show for it.
Read MoreIf you ever want insight into how I get stuff done, stay on track and generally make my life fabulous, well, please don't think I'm some kind of genius.
I'm not!
I get things wrong, procrastinate, and find myself in a place where I'm unclear on what's next too.
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What will you not let yourself have?
That piece of cake that's sitting in the office kitchen?
New underwear?
A gym membership?
A new phone?
You know those people who ALWAYS seem to get lucky?
The people who just have opportunities 'come' to them.
I used to be really JEALOUS of them.
I used to WISH I could be like them and have stuff drop in my lap.
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I DO go on about vision. Knowing your direction, what your deepest self truly desires to experience in life, getting clarity on what you actually want is SO important.
But it also requires ACTION.
And there is a huge obstacle that can get in the way.
I KNOW how much getting stuck really kills your enthusiasm and your energy. You start thinking you're hopeless, you can't 'make it happen' and you feel like giving up.
So how about a practical strategy that helps shift whatever's keeping you in that place? Today's video is about how to get out of your head and get things moving again.
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I started this journey, thinking it was just about finding a job that I loved.
I quit the graduate training scheme I was on (having sat the exams and leaving my job before even finding out the results) because I had decided that following my dreams and trying to make myself happy was more important than what the company needed (and because I spent tea breaks crying in the toilets).
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If you’ve been feeling as though your dream is so far away and you wish you could just ‘be there’ and start ‘living the dream', take heart.
You CAN start living it: right now.
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In every moment, you have a choice.
When I first read that, I felt so much pressure.
In every moment, I had a choice?
I felt that I would more often than not choose the wrong thing.
Clothes, food, jobs, men.
I was notching up errors.
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If you want to change your life this year; if this is the year you’re actually going to go to the country that’s been on your list forever, if this is the year you’re going to leave the job you hate, if this is the year you’re determined to change SOMETHING to make your life better: CONGRATULATIONS. You’ve taken the first step to doing something.
You've set an intention.
But let me guess, you’ve had this intention before right? And nothing’s happened.
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You may be finding your current work a big challenge right now but there are lots of opportunities to use this time to position yourself best for when you do leave. Not only is it a great way to feel better about the current situation which may be driving you crazy, but learning to think in this way, viewing where you are now as an opportunity rather than a problem, will stand you in good stead once you make the leap from your current work to your new life.
Read MoreYou’ve heard about these people who do amazing things and you know you have that itch. (Another itch story here).
So you ask yourself: What would I want to do if I could do ANYTHING?
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