Being Hard on Yourself is for Nincompoops

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You know what - I don't actually suck at life!

I was just reading my last post. Why did I speak so horribly about myself? Focusing on my recent flaws. Pointing out a huge list of things I care about doing but have been too stressed and busy to get done. It happens to the best of us. Tasks build and build and build, we get busy, they create this imaginary weight on our shoulders and we get to this point where it all feels like it's too much and we can't see the forest from the trees.       

Well - I can see that forest now. I can do amazing things. We all can if we put our mind to it.

In less than four years I have:
  • lost 24kgs - kept off 20
  • progressed my career in ways I never would have imagined I would get to in a short time
  • worked my way out of a stressful debt situation to being 100% debt free
  • trained myself into being a runner
  • done an obstacle course - something I was quite fearful of
  • been skiing & comfortably rode chair lifts (another thing I was fearful of)                  
  • climbed mountains
  • run a 10km event (when I first started I couldn't run 500 meters)
  • packed up and moved myself to the other side of the world away from family and friends to fulfill one of my life goals
  • patiently worked through a significant and debilitating back injury       
  • and I now have a clearer picture of what want out of my life and I'm willing to take the risks to get me there
As well as having:
  • an amazing family who I can turn to through almost anything
  • a wonderful partner who supports me and inspires me to be a better person every day
  • friends of quality, not quantity, who matter in my life and I can't wait to see when I get back to Australia
  • a roof over my head, food in my fridge, and money in my bank account.
Yes I have had some hiccups along the way and my to-do list running through my brain can sometimes wear me out. But I can do amazing things and I do have a wonderful life with so much to be thankful for, that I have created for myself. I don't give up - I've proven that. I keep trying. I keep falling down and picking myself up again.

I'm not religious, but I think sometimes we could all do with reminding ourselves of the beautiful Serenity Prayer. Our minds deserve the peace that comes with this knowledge.


 

There are things you cannot change. What separates the mice from the men is those that are willing to stand up and do something about the things you can change. You can accomplish incredible things if you control the controllable, and accept the uncontrollable.

So join me - pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and keep going. We can do this!

Here's to the next four years and many more after that. Just imagine the things we will accomplish.

Stay tuned.......
             


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