94. Are you comforting yourself into Paralysis?

Instagram:  @theheididawson www.heididawson.com My challenge to you this week. Take an inventory. Are the decisions you make every day adding to your COMFORT or are they adding to your TALENT STACK? Are you reading books that expand your mind or are you starting the latest Netflix series? Are you taking courses that exercises your brain or are you checking into social media for the 50th time? Are you doing something every day to make a life that excites you?  Remember if you’re feeling depressed..you are focusing on the past and if you’re feeling anxious, youre focusing on the future. Finally, Everything begins moving in the effort of your attention. So find something that excites you, find something that lights you up, and if you already know what that is, don’t give up, move towards that dream like your life depends on it, You don’t have to be the smartest and you don’t have to be the best but you can always be the one that doesn’t give up. I love this quote by Chinese philosopher Loa Tzu: He said: “If you’re depressed, you’re living in the past. If you’re anxious, you’re living in the future, and if you are at peace, you’re living in the present.” How often do we waste being present because we are thinking about something that happened in the past or we are worried about something that may happen in the future? This has been especially hard this year. We are all having to learn to pivot, to adjust, and to adapt. We all have had things cancelled, we’ve all had to adjust to things we may not like, and we have had to adapt in order to feel a little bit of normalcy. But through all that… There are things that can’t be taken away from us. I get to choose how to look at something and no one can take that away from me. I get to choose to find the positive in even the most challenging times. And if you hear that and think…”year, right” well then what alternative are you leaving for yourself? Just give in to the hopelessness you feel in a situation? What good is that doing for you? We have to have our own backs oK? Your perception of things is everything. We all experience tough times that can be devastating, and often we have no control of circumstances like that….But we ALWAYS have control of how we choose to show up. How we choose to react. How we choose to think about something.