CONTROL: Predicting someone’s 8. Choice - Not where you want to
behavior or feelings - (rabbit hole be with your life (love, job, money
1. Choice - Do your best, but if if you try to act or do things to wise)? It takes time, so you have
something doesn’t go right, it’s get a certain reaction out of to keep at it. Getting frustrated
okay to get messy with life (that's someone… all just to control an and giving up isn’t going to get
what life's all about). Instead, be outcome that may or may not you where you want to be. Make
gentle with yourself, learn to make you feel “happy”) the choice to keep moving
CONTROL: Seeking perfection
laugh at yourself and embrace the
fact that you don’t have to be
perfect, because perfection is
overrated.
2. Choice - Instead of thinking
“nothing is ever good enough”
focus on what IS good in your life
and what is working well.
Breaking the mindset of thinking
things in life aren’t good enough
will also break that need to
control.
CONTROL: Feeling like you have
to do everything yourself
3. Choice - Allow people a chance
and know that people will make
mistakes (just like you). Be
detailed and kind with your
requests, and TRUST people who
hold similar values as you to do
things for you. Next thing you
know, there’s a tremendous
amount of support all around you.
4. Choice - Cut yourself some
slack. Yes, you may hold yourself
5. Choice - Letting go in a
relationship means you take
ownership of how you feel about
the experiences you have had with
the other person. If someone
doesn’t treat you the way you
think you deserve to be treated
and you find yourself making
excuses, you have the choice to
either continue down that path or
develop a new relationship that
aligns with what you want in your
life.
6. Choice - Stop telling other
people how they should think,
feel or act. This is a projection of
YOU, not the other person. Honor
the people around you and their
thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
7. Choice - Give yourself plenty of
time to be patient, and if it’s on a
day when you're hitting all the red
lights as you're rushing to get
somewhere, consider it a sign that
you should slow down and take a
big inhale/exhale.
to a higher standard, but it feels
even better when you’re able to CONTROL: Being impatient
really enjoy whatever it is you do (rigid behavior, need to have it
versus feeling like you HAVE to your way)
do it because you can’t let anyone
else help you.
forward and letting go of WHEN
the outcome is supposed to
happen.
There are so many other ways
CONTROL likes to come out and
test people in life. Write down
your own control triggers and
figure out what CHOICES you
want to make instead of needing
to control and you'll see for
yourself how embracing the
power of choice becomes
enjoyable.
Embrace the power today, and see
how life will surprise you.