Which people or events do you spend too much time worrying about? Think about it, and make a list of these things. Clarifying what you cannot control frees you to spend time and energy on what you can control. Your stress level goes down. The drama factor in your life decreases. You create space in your life for your dreams to emerge.
Next time you feel frustration creeping up on you, take a deep breath and let it go. Realize that you really do have a choice. Ask yourself, "Do I want to waste my time being angry, or can I accept the situation and leave more energy for the ideas, relationships, and events I want to create in my life?"
Too often, we stand at the edge of a theoretical cliff, indecisive, needing to have everything aligned in our lives before we move forward-in other words, driving ourselves completely crazy with no real results. Needless to say, this is a dangerous place to be. (You wouldn't hang out at the edge of a real cliff, would you?) We humans are masters at self-deception; our minds tell us what we need to hear all the time. So staying in our heads isn't exactly the right path to clarity or positive change. The only way to reach your goal is through action… one step at a time.
Even when we know the steps we would like to take, we tend to procrastinate. Break out of that inertia by giving yourself a short-term deadline. Make meeting your goal into a game. Accomplishing one action creates momentum and excitement for following though with the next one. Remember, you don't have to do everything at once. What one step can you take today?
