November Gratitude Shorts, Day 16
Grateful for a break once in a while. Volleyball cancelled tonight so I may rest an injured hand. Three weeks until the next conference, a chance to take a breath, integrate the learning, and be with the family. No pending deadlines (other than a blog post per day). Caught up at work. Projects on autopilot for now. Looking forward to the holiday slow down, and will try to avoid the holiday rush…
Wishing you all some peace and rest, also.
Friends, I meant to reblog this weeks ago, and it slipped out of my consciousness! I have no interests in Rian’s coaching business, other than I think she is doing great work and contributing positively to the world. Take a look!
Today I had a wake-up call in my long journey in recovering from perfectionism:
Not showing up is such a waste.
A little backstory: I started my journey as a coach a little over two years ago. In that time, I’ve done a huge amount of self-exploration, growth and healing work and I’ve facilitated a lot of growth for others. My feedback has been consistently amazing. When I say I’m good at what I do, it’s not bragging. It’s simple truth. Truth that’s taken me a long time to wrap my heart and soul around. Truth my ego’s had a field day with: stay small, who are you to shine like that? Downplay, downplay, downplay.
But the thing is, we can’t really help people when we’re exerting so much energy to downplay our gifts.
I’ve been working (with my amazing design partner-in-crime) on creating a website for the past year…
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November Gratitude Shorts, Addendum
I missed Day 13 due to the meeting I mentioned yesterday. Briefly, all day Friday I found myself feeling grateful to live in Chicago. This is rare–most of the time I lament that I live here and look forward to the day I can move back to Colorado. But being among my many passionate and inspiring colleagues, and reconnecting with people from my last 24 years here, I was reminded that this is where I am meant to be now.
Focusing on anywhere other than where I am now serves me little. The climate bothers me, and I prefer mountains to water. But I live here, and I can visit the Rockies anytime I want. My life is here right now, and it’s a pretty great life. So I will practice gratitude for Chicago more often from now on.
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