Create A Life You Love
The other day I was on a bus heading into the office on a rainy and dreary morning filled with dark skies and wild winds. There was a heaviness in air. The energy of the people around me felt low and flat and I watched them fuss, struggle and grumble through the bus.
As I looked around I noticed everyone on their phones, logging on to social media and checking emails. Scrolling, scanning and clicking.
I want to begin this post by saying that if you have ever struggled with comparison (or are caught up in it at the moment) you are most definitely not alone. With our lives and businesses being so highly visible these days, and with so many people creating and doing incredible things in the world, it is easy to fall into the habit of measuring ourselves against them.
When I first started my business, I would wake up most days with a racing mind and a knot in my stomach. My immediate reaction was to then beat up on myself for what I was feeling. After all, I should know better than to buy into my mind’s chatter. Why was this still happening? What was I doing wrong?
Today I stumbled across a video blog that I recorded before I moved house, yet never posted. As I re-listened to it, I realised the message was so relevant to what I am currently experiencing, so I felt I wanted to share it.
Over the past few weeks, I have been feeling the desire to take a big step back from my work and give myself a lot of space. I have been dropping the ‘need to’s, have to’s and should’s‘ and I have been giving myself permission to do what I feel.