Someone on Instagram recently reminded me that I’ve not updated this blog for quite some time. So first and foremost I want to thank that person for giving me the unintended kick up the backside I clearly needed to actually start writing again.
The truth is that I’ve been neglecting this blog because I’ve felt like I haven’t had a voice to say anything. Not just here, but also professionally. I let the voice in my head win in letting me think that I do not have a voice and I have nothing, or no right, to really comment or say anything.
A limiting belief that is clearly utter tosh. And yet, for well over a year now (even longer than that) it’s a belief I’ve carried around in my core that has kept me from writing both here and professionally.
I don’t know why the ‘kick up the bum’ has kicked me into action. Something changed and I’ve decided that I do indeed have something to say. And based on your very kind feedback, I appear to say it in a way that appeals to people.
So thank you again random anonymous ‘NGL’ person. Your anonymous butt kicking is appreciated. (Never thought I’d say that in my life).
So as I sit here on a train I am pondering what do I start with? I’ve been all around different current topics and issues in my head (aided with a Gin and Tonic I might add). And I’ve settled on this, some advice from one self-doubting human being to another.
Don’t believe everything you think. Your mind will tell you things because it is biased and has an agenda. That agenda often comes from a place of protection (not always but often) but protection isn’t the only priority in your life. It isn’t the only value and goal you have. So why do you let protection and safety (fear is another word for it) dictate your actions? While these can be huge things to overcome, and I am by no means saying its an easy as ‘think differently’, I will say that sometimes it does start with just accepting what your mind tells you isn’t always the truth.
Once you accept that, you’re on a journey…
