Isn't it amazing how easily we can get stuck, I mean really, truly stuck. Whether it be in our personal life, our professional life, or just every day little things. I have been stuck for the past few weeks. Ever since I walked off of the plane from our vacation, I haven't felt creative, almost unmotivated, and just stuck. I have decided to do something about it.
First thing I did was realize that I was, in fact, stuck. I had to admit to myself that there was something holding me back. (And thankfully, I have a great coach to help guide me through some of these rough areas that were and are blocking me...) Being open to see what is not working can help shift you into a new perspective and see what may really be the underlying problem and in turn show you what will work. The block or area you were stuck in may not be what you thought it was in the first place.
It took me a couple of weeks, a coaching session, a class in between and here I am. Ready to write. Feeling a little tiny bit stuck still, but realizing if I don't get anything down on paper (computer) then I am just avoiding what I thought was the problem, when in fact, that isn't it at all. So I will tell you what the problem for me is and was, I jump into everything too fast. I am like that Texas Hold 'em player that goes all in when really I have nothing in my hand, yet I'm trying to bluff the other players. It usually doesn't work, and I lose all my money too quickly. So, I have decided to dial a few things back, try taking insect steps (teeny tiny steps) with one thing at a time.
You can't expect to succeed by piling everything on at once and thinking the scale won't tip to one side. I am famous for going all in and then losing it all and bowing out too early. This is going to be different. I want a successful blog, I want to be successful in coaching, I want to write a book one day, and I want to be on the Today Show, (preferably while Matt and Ann are still hosting - not too much to ask, right?) but all of those things won't happen over night, nor will they happen at all if I don't focus my efforts.
So, I am getting myself unstuck one foot at a time. It isn't easy for someone like me to do insect steps though I tell everyone else to take them, and because I want so bad to go all in with this hand, but I really don't think it is a good hand to go all in for just yet. I know I have to wait until I get a full house to be confident enough to take a big risk and maybe give all of my hypothetical money away.
How have you gotten yourself unstuck?
(Write a comment, let me know what you may be stuck with... We could help each other move forward together!)
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