Have you ever found yourself in a situation wondering, "How the heck did I get here?"
I'm really not sure what is going on over the past few weeks, but it definitely seems that I've been running into many people are becoming fed up with what used to not bother them at all. Situations or conflicts that they once brushed off are now irritating and aggravating at a level that is both distracting and frustrating.
Being the overly inquisitive person I am, I asked why was the level of irritation so much greater now, than before? What's changed that makes this situation less tolerable than it used to be?
You would be surprised at some of the answers I received -- They truly ran the spectrum. But what I found out is that it wasn't so much the situation that had changed, but the person had changed (think grown to a new level). I got the impression as I listened to each of these individuals that it was kind of like putting on a pair of pants or shoes that once fit, only to wake up one day and find out that the pair of pants or shoes are now too small, out of style, too tight, and don't even come close to fitting your present tastes.
Sound like you or anyone you know?
Life is too short to be in situations and experiences that don't help you move closer to your ultimate goal. That doesn't mean everything should be waterfalls and rainbows in your world all the time. Heck some of my best lessons have come from experiencing situations that were uncomfortable, irritating and at times made me darn right angry. But having learned the lesson from those experiences, in hindsight it was worth the short term discomfort.
And then it dawned on me, whether it's losing weight, saving more money, getting out of pain, or just having less stress in our lives, we all have to keep our goals at the forefront of our minds.
Most of us start out with good intentions and great follow through, but then something happens. We say "Yes" too often when we should have said "NO". We overlook the mild irritations thinking they would go away and yet they only got worse. Then we wake up one day, completely off track,
frustrated and irritated at our present circumstances, asking "How the heck did I get here".
Life happens. That is one constant you can rely on.
But there is a way to stay on track. Whether it's losing weight, saving more money, getting out of pain, or just having less stress in your life.
You have to have a code that guides you. A way to make sure that each action you take is moving you closer to your goal and not further away. And sometimes that can be a challenge to keep track of with all that we do day in and day out.
Here are a couple of excellent cheat sheets to help you stay on track no matter what your goals.
THE_TOP_10_QUESTIONS_to_ASK_YOURSELF_FREQUENTLY.doc
Top_10_Tolerations_We_Can_Get_Rid_of_Using_Our_Emotional_Intelligence.doc
As my father was always fond of saying, "A word to the wise is sufficient".
Nuff said --
Now Go Out and Get It Done!