“I’m no good at anything else”
I hear people say this, and I think - “but what else have you tried?”
You see, you are more than you think - wayyyy more!
And limiting your possibilities to what you’ve tried before is never going to open the door to anything new.
It was quite a long time ago that I realised I was stuck in the wrong place. Not necessarily the wrong place geographically! But the wrong place in my life. It wasn’t terrible. I wasn’t suffering badly. But it was the wrong place nevertheless.
Like you, probably, I had started out with such plans. And those plans had gradually got derailed. I began to think that if I couldn’t follow through with those plans, then there was nothing else left to me.
It took many long walks (my medicine of choice! As readers of my novel will recognise and much self-talking-to, to see that I could actually take a completely different path from the one I had first envisaged, and still be satisfied and happy.
So I threw caution to the winds, and I set about making this new life for myself, and discovered so much joy and fulfilment on the way!
Stuck
Are you thinking you’re stuck and you don’t have any options? Try these three options for size.
You can stay stuck where you are, bemoaning the fact that it’s not the right place for you. This way you don’t rock the boat. Life will continue much as it is.
👉 Your early dreams and aspirations will stay just that - dreams.
👉 This could work for you, as you don’t have to look too closely at what is causing the dissatisfaction in your life.
You can dip your toe in the water.
👉 You can identify the new skills you’ll need for your new ideas.
👉 You can start investigating programs and courses to learn new skills, and you can start to mix with people who understand these aspirations of yours!
You can do what I did
👉 You can wake up and make some firm decisions on what you really want!
👉 You can decide whether your present situation is sustainable.
👉 You can take yourself by the scruff of the neck and get moving to your new future, where you can follow your own path and bring your unique gifts to the world.
👉 Working with my clients, I find that coaching focuses you on what you really want, and how to singlemindedly get it. Then you can cut out the flannel and get moving!
But just how easy is this to do?
You see, I realised that the choices I had made up to then had fashioned my life. It wasn’t outside circumstances that dictated my life!
I had thought that I was a victim of circumstance. That I’d made my bed and must lie on it. But it was only when I thrashed it out in my mind that I saw that in fact it had always been me making the decisions.
Even if the decision was almost made for me, I’d felt I had to go along with it, and going against it would be very hard.
When it came down to it I made the decision. There was no-one else to point the finger at!
I had guides and role-models to encourage me forward. And I had people to give me the proverbial kick to get me out of my morose state of regret and stagnation, and get going!
It’s not an easy path!
But is it worth it? Hell yeah!
Know that you have choices in life and it’s up to you to take them, so that you can do whatever you want to do, and map out your future with courage and faith.
And if you’d like a nudge to get you moving on your chosen path, I’d be happy to set up a short call with you (free of charge) to get you started.
Talk to you soon …
