I wish I .......

How often do you find yourself saying “I wish I had.....or I wish I could….” ?

We use the words "I wish" because deep down we believe that it is something that probably cannot or will not happen.  

The good news is, you can make your wish come true.  

It doesn’t matter whether you are trying to save money, tone up that beautiful body of yours or learn a new skill.  Whatever it is, the way to achieve your wish is to start working towards it today and the next day and the next day and so on. 

For years I “wished” that my husband and I could have an overseas holiday with our adult children.  Every time I thought about it I was overwhelmed with all the reasons why we couldn't i.e. it would cost too much and how could we possible organize it with everyone’s busy schedule etc. etc.

It wasn’t until I took some action and started investigating, planning and discussing it that my wish started to come true.  Yes, it did take nearly 2 years to organize and there were lots of moments where I felt like giving up.   It was extremely difficult to pinpoint a time when all of us could be in one place at one time.  Finally, little by little it all came together and there we were, all of us together in a beautiful villa in Umbria, Italy.

It was one of the happiest weeks of my life and something that we as a family will always treasure and remember. 

No matter how big, scary or impossible your wish seems to be,  choose one simple action that will move you closer and start with that.   After you have done that choose another and another and before you know it, your wish might just come true!

“The secret to success is to stop wishing and start doing”

That Feeling of Defeat

I am sure you would have heard the quote “You only fail when you finally give up”

Well, I have to confess that I have come very close to failing with my commitment to write a weekly blog.  The weeks have slipped by and now it has been nearly three months since my last post.

During this time my Inner Critic has been very active in reminding me how I have failed to write and the longer I have left it, the louder and more persuasive that voice has become.  Thankfully, through lots of experience,  I know that the best way to silence that voice is to take action and prove it wrong hence here is my next blog!

                

Three things that have helped me overcome my procrastination are:

1.         Deciding that I am NOT going to give into allowing myself to feel like a failure by giving up.

2.         Designating and diarizing a specific time in which to write the post.

3.         Doing it! Removing all distractions, and determining that I will stay at my desk until it is completed.

I am often amazed that when I have managed to overcome procrastination and complete a task I have been putting off for ages that:

 a) It doesn’t usually take that long to actually do the task

 b) That I always feel so energized, happy and motivated afterwards.

Let me encourage you that if there is something that you have given up on doing or feel that you have failed at  decide right now to take action and “Just Do It”.

 I guarantee you will feel so good when you have completed it!