Setbacks or maybe not...
Frustration, anger, sadness... So many emotions come up when we experience setbacks. It can feel like everything is closing in on you. Lately I have been experiencing several things that feel like setbacks. Initially the setbacks made me want to crawl under my desk and cry. (I promised you transparency a long time ago, and I am sticking to my word).
My biggest stress relief became painful after an injury. Trying to ride and train for mountain bike season was no longer my safe space. At 10 minutes into a ride, I was so frustrated I just wanted to cry. Everything around swirling and I couldn't just get in my zone in my happy place and leave it behind.
This time, I am approaching my setbacks a bit differently. Why do I have to let them be setbacks? There are always going to be days in business that are tough. Things are not going to go the way I want them to.
I have started thinking and pondering on what I could achieve if I didn't allow myself to quit. What would that look like? Having to take a break from an activity or having to change activities doesn't have to mean quitting. Maybe, just maybe looking at things differently is what I (or we) need to do. Life, business, fitness goals, relationships... They can all get into tough, rough patches. Life doesn't always fall into place the way we think or want it to. We can have things pull us off the course we planned out, but that doesn't have to mean we stop working at it, that we give up.
There have been many days in the last few months of my life that I have wanted to throw in the towel in different areas of my life. To be completely candid, life has had some tough days for me. Days where I felt that I wasn't good enough, that I couldn't do it. Things that felt completely natural to me seemed foreign. I have had nights that I cried myself to sleep because I couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel, and that scared the living daylights out of me. I like to be in control of my life and where it is headed.
These setbacks have been a reminder for me that I don't have to have it all together. I don't have to have all the answers. The only thing I need to do is not give up. They aren't setbacks. They are lessons on how I can do better and be better. Sometimes we have to see where we are weak to find our strengths. Knowing what your limitations are is a great thing, so you can blow them out of the water and stop limiting yourself. Even when we can't control some of the things happening, we can push forward, know that if we just don't give up, we can accomplish our goals.
My biggest stress relief became painful after an injury. Trying to ride and train for mountain bike season was no longer my safe space. At 10 minutes into a ride, I was so frustrated I just wanted to cry. Everything around swirling and I couldn't just get in my zone in my happy place and leave it behind.
This time, I am approaching my setbacks a bit differently. Why do I have to let them be setbacks? There are always going to be days in business that are tough. Things are not going to go the way I want them to.
I have started thinking and pondering on what I could achieve if I didn't allow myself to quit. What would that look like? Having to take a break from an activity or having to change activities doesn't have to mean quitting. Maybe, just maybe looking at things differently is what I (or we) need to do. Life, business, fitness goals, relationships... They can all get into tough, rough patches. Life doesn't always fall into place the way we think or want it to. We can have things pull us off the course we planned out, but that doesn't have to mean we stop working at it, that we give up.
There have been many days in the last few months of my life that I have wanted to throw in the towel in different areas of my life. To be completely candid, life has had some tough days for me. Days where I felt that I wasn't good enough, that I couldn't do it. Things that felt completely natural to me seemed foreign. I have had nights that I cried myself to sleep because I couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel, and that scared the living daylights out of me. I like to be in control of my life and where it is headed.
These setbacks have been a reminder for me that I don't have to have it all together. I don't have to have all the answers. The only thing I need to do is not give up. They aren't setbacks. They are lessons on how I can do better and be better. Sometimes we have to see where we are weak to find our strengths. Knowing what your limitations are is a great thing, so you can blow them out of the water and stop limiting yourself. Even when we can't control some of the things happening, we can push forward, know that if we just don't give up, we can accomplish our goals.
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