Before you get alarmed, when I say self-sacrifice I do NOT mean intentional self-harm. In no way is intentional self-harm ever acceptable.
By self-sacrifice, I mean not taking care of our self-care. I’ve been guilty of this waaaaay too many times, and in 2018 alone wound up in the emergency room four times.
I don’t want to see this happen to you.
When you’re tired, sleep. If you need time alone, take it. When you’re hungry, eat. Don’t wait. Put your oxygen mask on and take care of yourself FIRST! The rest of the world can wait.
I’m no stranger to inaction.
Why?
The fear of reaching my goals paralyzed me.
Having tons of ideas is great, but if never act on them, we’re screwing ourselves.
Imagine if…
Leonardo Da Vinci never picked up a paintbrush;
The Wright Brothers never attempted to fly;
Soichiro Honda never put a motor on a bike;
J.K. Rawling never put her ideas about Harry Potter onto paper.
The world is waiting for our greatness. It will never get it if we fail to act. So, stop doubting and take action. Prove to yourself you CAN do it. NOW.
Do you believe in retail therapy? If so, it’s likely you’re purchasing stress rather than relief.
I know some may have the opinion that denouncing retail therapy is saying we can’t buy what we want. This isn’t what I’m saying at all. We should be able to buy what we want, when we want it.
However, when it’s a struggle to keep the bills paid and electricity on, why are new (unnecessary) shoes and $4 cups of coffee from Starbucks the priority? Sure, they may feel good temporarily, but wouldn’t paying the bill on time feel good, too?
I put myself and my business into a deep hole when I fell into the Shiny Object Syndrome trap. While I wasn’t buying Starbucks coffee everyday, I thought these $1000-$3000 programs were the key to my happiness.
I was wrong… Sort of…
Buying the programs wasn’t necessarily the problem. Getting caught up in the promises of the program and then failing to follow through on the actions taught in the program was the issue. I may as well have purchased a closet full of evening wear just to never go to a black-tie event.
It’s important to know why we’re buying something, how we’re going to feel about the purchase after, and the necessary actions which will make the purchase(s) worthwhile.
If you can’t justify an expenditure right now and are struggling financially, put yourself on a self-imposed spending freeze until you figure out your next step. There’s no reason to add extra (financial) stress due to a lack of clarity.
Going back to our original question, “Can life be easy?”, I want to hear from you. CAN life be easy? Let me know what you think in the comments!