It’s day 6 of my self-talk Affirmations Anthem experiment thanks to reading Jon Acuff’s book, “Soundtracks,” and today I want to let you in the wins from just six days in.
I asked for help. Yesterday, after writing on top of my journal “I’m ready for a bigger challenge” every day for a week, I finally did what Big Baller brand champions do to achieve their goals and I asked for help. Not only that, I pushed through some shame and self-doubt to get there and that is amazing.
I mentioned I’ve been working on a weight loss goal for the past two months and there are parts of it that are easy and fun and there are parts of it that challenge and stretch me. In two months I’ve feared the scale and deemed it the realm where dreams die and hope turns to sadness with a flash of a number. Yesterday, the self-talk about getting out of my own way coupled with the “I’m ready for a bigger challenge” joined forces and it occured to me that fearing the scale, was, indeed, NOT the hill I wished to die upon. And what’s the alternative?
Ask other people who do NOT fear the scale, as well as others who have overcome such fear to lend a hand. Pros reach out to pros when they know others have information and wisdom to offer. The myth of the lone wolf is total bullshit. The day you get super serious about removing perpetual roadblocks and resistance is the day the real work starts happening.
The good news is that I have experience following the same momentum-fear-failure-stuckness-hiding circuit so I notice when it shows up. I also have had experience pushing into wilder country beyond the borders of my old habits and patterns to get to new territory.
This is that. I’m in wilder country. I’m in new territory. What did it take? A belief that the goal is more important than holding on to half-baked data and history as my guide. When the goal becomes more important than the failure and vulnerability required to get there? Look out world.
I stepped on the scale. I asked for help. I entered into a realm of better knowing and less hiding. It’s on, you guys. It’s totally on.