Month: July 2010

Stop that Bad Day

by EvieBurke, posted in attitude

Ever had a bad day?  I mean a really bad day from start to finish?  In the morning your juice glass breaks and then you get makeup on your shirt and have to change.  At work, nothing seems to quite go right and by the time you get home all you have the energy to do is sit in front of the TV and snack instead of making dinner.

Ever wish you could stop that bad day in its tracks? Do you know that you can?  No, really, you can.  Yesterday started out similar to the above for me.  My husband joked that I should just go back to bed.  Instead I decided that the tone of my day would not be set by a couple of unfortunate incidents.  I brushed the experiences off, changed my shirt and went to work.  When my work schedule changed unexpectedly I smiled instead of being grumpy.

We have the power to change our day.  When you have a couple of annoying or upsetting things happen, don’t dwell on it.  Instead, look for the good things in the rest of your day.

Excitement and Fear

by EvieBurke, posted in Fear

On Friday I start a three-day training class that will mark the beginning of my training as a life coach.  This is what I’m meant to be doing right now, but I get really scared about the changes I’m making as often as I get really excited about it.

What is it about these big changes that makes us excited and scared at the same time?  I think it’s because we’re leaving our comfort zone and going into something we can’t exactly know what to expect.  Part of us wants to put the brakes on and comes up with lots of excuses.  I remember having the scared feeling especially strongly when I was 18 and driving to my first class at my community college.  I was no longer going to be in the familiar company of the kids I went to my small high school with, many who I’d known since grade school.  I made it through that day and the next two years at that college and I met friends that I still get together with now.

This experience and others have taught me that the things I’m most excited and scared about are also the most rewarding.  I keep telling myself that when I get really scared about being trained as a life coach and the changes I plan on making to my life as a result.  When I get really excited about the changes that are coming I really allow myself to feel the excitement (and remember that excitement when I’m having a scared moment!).

I’d like to say that we shouldn’t be scared of change, but being scared is part of the growing process.  Instead, don’t let the part of you that’s scared define you or your choices.  Acknowledge that you’re scared and identify exactly what it is you’re scared about, for me it’s failure.  Work through that fear and if you need help doing that, then get help. Don’t let the fear stop you from making the right decisions for yourself.