holidays the first five years of the business just to makes ends meet. This perceived reality is what everyone compares themselves to and concludes that they are not good enough. Comparing yourself to someone’s social media self is like comparing an ocean to a mudpuddle. Not in the same ball park, so don’t even do it.
Now, let’s get to work on how to keep promises to yourself. The number one thing to do is become a “master of the mundane”. If anything matters in your life, everything has to matter. For me to become a successful author, I must wash the dishes. For me to increase my international ranking in mounted archery, I must buy shampoo. If I want to sell more t-shirts, I must sweep the floor. You see, you cannot master one area and fail at another or you cannot achieve your goals. Make a list and knock the tasks off and then get busy doing what you want. If you are a chronic promise breaker, only put one mundane item such as laundry on your list and one goal on your list. Do not add to your list until those items are complete. You have to reinstill that sense of accomplishment internally. Make a physical list so you can mark that task off!
Getting enough courage to go do something takes just an ounce of “grrr”. Take for example the annual All Around Cowgirl Challenge we host at our facility. Every year I get to hear “next year” probably four times more by women that do not sign up as compared to the number of women that sign up. The ones that have overcome their fear were the ones that signed up with a friend and the ones that sent in their deposit. Plain and simple. If they put “some skin in the game” aka paid out money and had an accountability partner; those are the ones that show up! Take the words “next year” out of your vocabulary and flush them down the toilet.
What a sad life we allow ourselves to live in. As children, we are told, you can be anything you put your mind to. As adults, we tell ourselves that we can’t do anything, or we do not deserve to treat ourselves. If we had a friend that spoke to us the way we speak to ourselves, we would call them a negative bully. Refuse to be a doormat. Refuse to let yourself talk this way to yourself.
Repeat after me:
I am good enough.
I am worth the time and effort.
Go live your life and stop listening to that bully! Other women are going to support you in your adventures and wish that they had YOUR ability to go for your goal. Become the shoulder that another woman needs to overcome their own rut. You have the ability to change. You have always had it.
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