If you feel stuck, chances are you can find a slew of negative words to describe how terrible life seems sometimes.
I spent over a decade feeling stuck, lost, & completely out of control. My breaking point came after almost a year of physical illness, poor job performance, academic struggle, & bitter fights with my husband. Something snapped one day, & I decided enough was enough. I couldn’t recognize myself any more.
So, as a 28th birthday gift to myself, I filed for divorce, quit my job, put my education on hold, sold all my stuff, & bought a plane ticket to Brazil.
Chances are your situation isn’t exactly the same as mine, but it has probably been just as painful & difficult to deal with, am I right? The reason that this pain is something we all share is that we all suffer from limiting beliefs that keep us stuck. Not even the best of us are immune!
So how do you get “unstuck?”
It starts with two simple words: Be honest.
Be honest.
Pull out a mirror and take a good, long look at yourself. Is this the person you wanted to be when you grew up? Are you proud of the person you’ve become? Do you look happy? Do you feel happy?
Be honest.
What areas of your life cause you to feel stuck? Is it money? Family? Career? Marriage? School? As you think about your life, notice how you feel physically; do you get tightness in your chest when you think about your family? Does your stomach twist in knots when you think about money?
Be honest.
Now this next one is a dangerous question. Read on only if you are willing to face the things that your limiting beliefs hold on to for dear life: your deepest fears. Are you ready? All right, let’s do this.
What would you have to do to feel “unstuck?” Chances are this is the easiest question to answer, because your heart always knows & fights for the truth.
Is your heart telling you to file for divorce? Or maybe you need to apply for a new job. Is your heart screaming for entrepreneurship? Or perhaps even simpler, do you know you need space from your current life & go off on your own for a while?
Think of the implications of all those actions. How does thinking about them make you feel? What stories are you telling yourself about why you can’t make this change? These stories are the root of your limiting beliefs, & most likely the root of your fears.
You don’t need to completely uproot your life to start to feel unstuck; taking small steps towards looking within and being more honest each and every day eventually add up to big changes.
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