When you realize that not doing anything is still a decision. A decision to do nothing.
Sometimes the Almighty sends us signs, it might seem to us, in the oddest of places and in the most peculiar of ways.
It might be that it’s one of those days that you are doomscrolling.
Maybe you are just a little tired after a long day at work. Or you are feeling a little lost.
And then there it is.
You stumble upon a phrase, a podcast episode or a picture even that sums up all that you are living through at the present time.
Simple words, a simple picture but so relevant and so much what you need at that moment that it lands like a punch in the stomach.
In the best possible way.
It pushes you to take a step back, take stock and re-assess where or why you are stuck.
You find yourself nodding and going: “aha! that’s what I need to do!”
I didn’t know that there was such a thing as living from your past as opposed to living from your future.
I didn’t know that I was allowing old wounds, regrets, outdated beliefs to shape present day decisions. I didn’t realize I was allowing yesterday’s experiences to dictate today’s choices.
I was giving so much power to what has been instead of to what could be.
So I am glad I found what I did. Because it got me back to this here little corner of the internet that I have not visited for far too long.
Perhaps you yourself are at a point in your life when you are filled with self doubt.
Or filled with the fear of starting something new. Or starting over.
Any fear for that matter.
But here is what I have realized:
Indecision is still a decision.
You are deciding not to do anything because of any of the things we mentioned above.
Perhaps you can tell yourself these are my options and these are the possible outcomes.
I can embark on any one of them and succeed.
I can embark on them and fail.
I can decide to do nothing and be exactly where I am.
But what if the very next step is the one that changes everything?
Whatever the case you will never know until you try.
Perhaps your breakthrough is in the next class you take, maybe it is in the next phone call you make.
Maybe it is in the next person you speak with, the email that you send or the next time you make plans with your family, your spouse- whoever or whatever.
Feeling stuck sucks, I know.
I think we all know because we have all felt stuck at different points in our journey here on earth.
And we (me!) have been even more stuck in analysis paralysis than we care to admit.
But here’s what is undeniable:
Movement creates momentum.
So let us choose forward. Let’s take one small, tiny, baby step today.
Hey, it is still a step!
So who’s with me?
Comment below and share what YOUR next move will be.
Together we can ‘unstuck’ ourselves.