Analysis leads to paralysis….
If you think about it for a second ( not too long ;-)), it’s true!
Once you start looking and imagining all the possible things that can happen, you never get started.
A healthy sense of calculating the risks is good but trying to solve every possible problem or hick-up before they even occured is a complete paralyzer!
So just go for it, start what you want to do!
Action is worry’s worst enemy.
You’ll see that by acting, solutions will come as problems arise. No need to foresee everything from day 1.
As Jonathan Lehmann puts it in his morning affirmations ( Insight Timer App) :
“Plan but remain flexible,
Be patient and self confident
Don’t let yourself be guided by fear!”
Fear is what we like to call perfectionism…
But perfectionism is not about wanting to be perfect, it’s about wanting approval from others. And this can soon become unhealthy! Stop depending on other’s opinions to feel happy and achieved.
We just don’t dare to be content with what we do because we fear looking incompetent to others who might have different standards ( or so we think have ‘other/higher’ standards than we do)
If we are happy with what we’ve done, we give others permission to be happy with what they’ve done too and so stress, fear, perfectionism, …whatever you like to call it, will diminish!
Just act, live day after day, grow, learn, be happy with the results you got so far!
Know that paths are made by walking!
Don’t try to get “there”as fast as possible, wherever “there” may be…
Be here!
Live now!
Enjoy every moment while you live it!
You never know what awaits around the corner.
Be grateful for what you experience today!
When you are grateful, it’s really hard to get angry, jealous, upset, irritated,… all the negative feelings dissolve into that rich pool of gratefulness!!! Explore it and you’ll experience true calm, true contentment!!
So this week was a short blog just to invite you:
not to worry too much,
not to be scared
but to be grateful and enjoy the moment!!
Thank you all for reading me!!!!
Katrien