Today in a conversation with a mentor I wrote down the following statement.
I believe failure isn’t something to be feared. Don’t think about it, just jump.
I have impulsive tendencies, and by that I mean I’m incredibly impulsive. Actually if I allow myself to start thinking about things I over-think them. And generally speaking whatever it is that I’ve been thinking so hard about, I talk myself out of it. So instead I just jump. I jump before I can talk myself out of it. What’s funny about this is that I was struggling with how to phrase the sentence up above. I was lost in thinking. Then I wrote this down and my whole day changed course. I realized I’ve been spending the last week doing WAY too much thinking. I’ve been over-thinking things again. Letting the what-ifs settle in. Which is always a negative path in my mind. When we start thinking what ifs why do we always think of the negative what if and not the positive what if? Then it kind of snowballs from there. There I’ve been just sitting back and thinking. Over-thinking.
You too? What’s with that?! Is it that time of year? I don’t think I’m alone in this thinking becomes over-thinking deal. But even if I am this week is about to turn around.
All these things we’ve thinking about, write them down. And at the top of the list let’s title it To-Do.
Now grab your beer. Or champagne. Really, any alcoholic beverage is great. Actually it doesn’t even have to be alcoholic. If apple juice is your thang grab that glass/can/box of apple juice and… CHEERS. To us and our new to-do lists.
Now jump.
Sidenote… yes, sometimes I do need to give myself a public pep-talk. I was just hoping there might be some others standing in this circle, with me, needing to hear it too. Happy Monday 🙂
Also it’s a known fact that blog posts are increasingly better if there is a photo. But what to put?! A jumping photo…. too cliche. How about a little Heyyyyy Girl to the one who inspired half of my now to-do list, Meg Courtney.
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