February 1st is National Freedom Day, the anniversary of the date that Abraham Lincoln signed the resolution for the 13 Amendment, which freed the slaves.
February 4th is Rosa Parks Day, a day to remember the civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat on a bus.
And the whole month is dedicated to Black Lives Matter.
To my friends of color, and especially all of you who have slavery in their family history, I know this is a powerful and important month!
But it’s important for all of us!
Freedom is important for every single one of us!
National Freedom Day encourages us to celebrate the freedoms we have in our country.
And how best to take advantage of our freedoms than by letting go of the things that hold us back from being all that we can be!
We have so many self-imposed limitations that just letting go of those limitations would allow us to have the freedom to move on and create a life that pleases us.
Do you feel like your life has been in a rut?
Why is it that our lives rarely change, even when we’re miserable?
There are forces within our minds that conspire to keep us stuck.
They’re spectacularly effective at accomplishing this.
In fact, they’re so good, we don’t even realize it’s happening.
So, I have a few reasons that may very well be the cause of your rut:
1 – You lack the knowledge necessary to make a change.
You might know that you need to be more confident, but you might also lack the knowledge of how to develop confidence.
Maybe you started your own home business, but you don’t know how to get started. Or you’ve been in your business for a while, but you don’t know what to do next to move forward.
Not all skills are available at our fingertips.
We’re not born knowing everything!
You might need to do a little studying before a change is possible.
2 – You don’t know specifically what you want.
If you think you might like to be a fireman, but also think becoming an accountant sounds interesting, you’re stuck.
Maybe you started your own home business, but you’re not sure which direction to go because you’ve never really figured out what you want out of your business.
At some point, it’s necessary to make a clear decision and set a goal.
If you can’t choose a vacation destination, you’re stuck at home.
It’s very important to spend some time and really make that clear decision.
What is it you want out of life, or out of your business, or out of your career, or even out of your vacation?
3 – You lack willpower or fail to use it effectively.
Willpower is limited, but it’s great for creating new habits and behavioral patterns.
Sticking with a task after the urge to quit surfaces can develop willpower.
Continue for another 5 minutes.
Increase the amount of time each week until you can work through the urge to give up.
Use your willpower to develop small habits that can grow into useful routines.
4 – You can’t deal with being uncomfortable.
Anxiety, nervousness, and fear are great for preventing you from jumping off a 10-story building.
But they’re worse than worthless when it comes to keeping you stuck.
Some level of discomfort ALWAYS accompanies any change, but your emotions are misleading you.
You’re not in any real danger.
Use your logic to talk yourself through it.
If you’ve been asked to speak in front of a room, and you’re terrified. This is where you can tell yourself…
“Nothing bad can happen from giving a speech. In fact, there are many benefits.”
Use the logical part of your brain to override your primitive instincts.
There are many techniques to lower your levels of discomfort to more manageable levels.
Meditation, prayer, and counseling are a few that can be beneficial.
Start small and push through slight discomfort.
Your ability to handle the bigger and scarier situations will grow with experience.
Choose one thing that scares you and do this every day for a six months to a year.
You will be scared to death at first, but the more you push to yourself and the more you do it, you will be amazed at your progress.
Before you know it, you will be considered a master at it.
Another benefit of stepping out of your comfort zone, taking on a challenge and mastering it is, it will do wonders for your self-confidence and self-esteem.
Follow the advice of Nike and ‘just do it!’
5 – You give up too quickly.
Change can take time. And sometimes that’s the hardest part, at least for me 🙂
80% of the change you ultimately see won’t reveal itself until at least 80% of the work has been completed.
Your early efforts show little results, but things are happening behind the scenes.
You really have to persevere in order to see a meaningful change in your life.
Learn to be a finisher.
Start completing all the little tasks in your life.
If you decide to walk on the treadmill for 20 minutes, keep going until you’re done.
Don’t let yourself off the hook until an activity is 100% complete.
The freedom afforded to us is important!
And that’s why we celebrate National Freedom Day!
How we live our life is up to us! It’s not that way in every country, so we need to be grateful for what we have here.
And part of that gratefulness is living our best life because we can!
We have so many self-imposed limitations that just letting go of those limitations would allow us to have the freedom to move on and create a life that pleases us.
Making any change can be a challenge but it can give you Freedom.
Understanding your roadblocks to change can enhance your ability to bring about meaningful changes in your life.
Have an objective and develop habits that support that objective.
Learn to lower and deal with uncomfortable emotions.
You have everything within in you necessary to create a spectacular life.
So, Go for it!
Now I’d love to hear from you.
What do you struggle with?
What kinds of things help you work through the things that are holding you back?
Please share your thoughts in the comments below.
We’d love to hear your stories.
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