I am practising keeping on in the face of resistance. When I run, and I get really tired and think I can go no further. Then I tell myself that it is not about winning, just keep going. It is not about going fast, I can go at any speed I like, just keep going. And then I keep going. And afterwards it feels good. And I know next time I run I will hit the same resistance. And I will tell myself the same things. And I will keep going.
I have been a true "give up-er" forever it seems. And I started running partly to practice my mind overcoming that. And now I am applicating this into other areas of my life. Like when I feel resistance at work, where before I would have started browsing, going to get a fifth cup of coffee or started looking for other jobs (all those things occasionally still happen) now I challenge myself to do the very thing that seems most scary. Usually it is fear that brings resistance for me. And then I go have my fifth cup of coffee.
I have given up on my dreams countless times in my life because of fear. Since I now have come to experience that they don't go away, they come back with a vengeance, I have decided to practice keeping going with my creating as well. It doesn't have to look great, I just have to do it. I don't have to know what it is for or who is going to like it, I just have to keep going.
So this week, I have been keeping going:
I have been a true "give up-er" forever it seems. And I started running partly to practice my mind overcoming that. And now I am applicating this into other areas of my life. Like when I feel resistance at work, where before I would have started browsing, going to get a fifth cup of coffee or started looking for other jobs (all those things occasionally still happen) now I challenge myself to do the very thing that seems most scary. Usually it is fear that brings resistance for me. And then I go have my fifth cup of coffee.
I have given up on my dreams countless times in my life because of fear. Since I now have come to experience that they don't go away, they come back with a vengeance, I have decided to practice keeping going with my creating as well. It doesn't have to look great, I just have to do it. I don't have to know what it is for or who is going to like it, I just have to keep going.
So this week, I have been keeping going: