“ I Love Mondays: 1. A fresh start; 2. The chance to set a new tone for the rest of the week., 3. A great day to be alive!”
It’s Monday on Week 4 of Quarantine Life. How’s everyone holding up? Today feels kind of heavy for me. It’s like we had this auspicious holiday yesterday that usually uplifts and is a time for resurrection. Today is Monday. Nothing has changed for the most part. It’s a lot of just taking one day at a time and waiting and seeing. Does this mean we have to be glum? No, we can turn this around. Let’s start right here and now.
Yes, we are in uncertain times. Yes, we have no clue what the future holds but I, for one, am ready to make some changes in my life. The frustrating thing is I’m ready now, but the world is closed down and I can’t leave the house. Where does this leave me? With time to craft these changes so that they are the best decisions yet. It also gives me time to work on my goals and dreams. We are all on this carousel of uncertainty, but we can make the best of these times and think about what we want, instead of what we don’t want.
Honor your feelings and emotions right now. We are all dealing with certain stages of grief, frustration and for me, the other day, anger. Like hot, red anger. I breathed my way through it, recognized what it was and pushed it out of my sphere. It will come back. I’m certain but I won’t try and stuff it down. I’ll reach in, look it right in the eye and see what in my life needs to be changed in order to move it through. I have some great meditation tools that I am happy to share with you!
We can make little shifts here and there that amount to a big result. Small is the new big! If we try and make big changes right now, we are most likely setting ourselves up for a failure and that won’t help in this day and age. Focus on the solutions instead of the problem. What action steps can you take today to start moving you towards that ultimate goal? Some folks have been asking me lately what their ultimate goal is. I can’t answer that for you but can give you some tips and tools. For example, what is something that keeps coming to mind whilst in house arrest? Do you fixate on HGTV shows (okay I do)? Maybe that’s where your career lies. There are all aspects of real estate that you can go into. There’s house flipping, buying, selling, renovations, mortgages, etc. If you keep coming back to this channel again and again, guess what? You most likely have a passion for all things real estate. Start researching what that would take as a career instead of watching so much of it on television.
Listen, I get it. I’m here with you during this quarantine. I’m feeling the feelings, shifting the thoughts and processing the grief and anger like most of you are. It’s great to process feelings but just don’t unpack your bags there. Keep it moving. Watch them as if they are movie and say thank you, thank you, next. We can either be victims or victors in this thing called life. Which group do you want to be in?
Until My Next Adventure,
Trish Walker
Park City, UT
Check out my “Act As If” program at my website www.trishwalker.us. Set yourself up for success on the other end of world events. Who do you want to be when we step into our new normal?
