Today’s Show Up! Power words: you’ve got this. If you “suddenly” level up, if you’re playing in a new league, it might be jarring. But you have to remember you worked for this. No progress is sudden. You planned. You acted. You did things to get you to this point. Sure, the stakes are higher,…
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words: I spent yesterday nursing a flareup of my knee injury. Ironically, my knee hurts more when I sit still so I had to keep moving. Writing takes much longer when you have to walk instead of sitting still. So, I had to record into my phone and go voice…
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words: so many people talk about gratitude to their families for their success. But what if your family wasn’t supportive? What if instead of being supportive, they were abusive? What if your daily life brought vicious emotional or physical attacks from the very people you were supposed to be…
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words. Actually, it’s only one power word. The word is, “yes.” Do you have an idea? Say yes to it. Do you want to try something? Say yes. Do you want to do something new, be someone new, try something new? Say yes. Throwing ourselves into the attempt is how…
(Today’s Show Up! Journal power words): Make your mind your inspiration and make your body your instrument. That’s how you create, make art, and change the world. All the thoughts and inspiration in the world don’t mean diddly unless you use them to do something, unless you make them express something. If you don’t use…
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words: It’s tempting to wallow in analysis paralysis. It’s seductive to throw our hands up and say, “It can’t be done,” before we have started. Everything looks more daunting until we start doing something about it. That’s the key. We have to start. Once we begin the trek, no matter…
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words. Yep. We can all get down on ourselves about how little we’ve accomplished. Or, worse, we can compare what we have accomplished to what everyone else seems to have accomplished. It’s especially hard when we decide to compare ourselves to people who are obviously farther along than we are….
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words. Yikes! This one is tough for me. Most of my life I’ve had too many interests. I’ve pursued a diffuse array of passions. Only in the last year or so have I chosen a different path. I’ve chosen to narrow my focus until it is a laser. The more…
Sometimes, the best thing we can do is get out of our own way. When we get stuck, the paralysis kicks in, and we go nowhere. But, the second we ask ourselves what we might do if we weren’t wearing our own shoes but rather standing outside ourselves, the answer shows up and taps us…
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words from my morning free-write. Today it’s about having faith. What you decide will happen often does if you are willing to be dogged in its pursuit. It’s when you waffle, hesitate, or second-guess yourself that you get in trouble. Have faith but don’t be foolhardy. Your goal must have…