My mornings had become overwhelmed by my to-do list…I’d wake up, briefly happy for a moment until I remembered everything I had to do…it was weighing on me…stopping me from really enjoying my work, my kids, my so called freedom that came with working for myself…
It was strangling me…until it hit me one morning that this was the same list of to-dos that I had been rattling off in my head for a week…
it hadn’t changed..I barely had made a single dent in it…
And i realized that I was the only one keeping myself bound to this list..this so called formula for success..the things I believed I needed to do before I could really meet my goals and feel like I was getting somewhere…
It was a lie…something I had been repeating to myself for days…weeks even…most of it wasn’t even necessary..not truly necessary… I had given it false importance.
And when I let myself off the hook for it..I felt an immense wave of pressure..gone…in an instant…
What I had believed would only come by accomplishing was now there..right now available to me…
It is an epiphany that has stayed with me for weeks…how often I over complicate things by making that never-ending mental laundry list (prison-sentence of perfection).
And by letting these things go, I was able to finally focus, and complete some important tasks that helped me to make big leaps in my work and business…things that felt good, that gave me the results I was seeking.
What’s one thing that’s hanging over your head..eating away at you…the thing you keep putting off and telling yourself you’ll do tomorrow…
The truth is..its not going to get done..its not going to go away..its likely going to still be there in a week from now.
There’s only two things you can do about it…
One is to just decide you’re not going to do it, release yourself from your commitment or feelings of guilt or obligation…its just not for you and/or its not necessary right now..
Or put it on your calendar and just do the damn thing…
Either one of these gives you power, relief, freedom..it gives you choice.
What’s the one thing you’re going to release yourself from, or commit to today?
How many things can you just simply cross off your list, without committing any more energy to them?
Special thanks to Lauren Vanessa Zink for this epiphany
