You know those days where you don’t want to get out of bed?
Where everything feels like a struggle and all you want to do is cry?
Where you are constantly asking yourself “what’s the point?”?
That was me yesterday.
After an amazing week filled with women who just GET me, who understand the way I hustle, who love the way I do the work, I came home to people who didn’t seem to miss me all that much. Who didn’t care how amazing my week had been. I was home now, and so can you do this for me? Can you help me with this? Can you do that over there?
Ahhh, home life. I forgot how much I was in demand here. I forgot how much most people in my life just don’t GET me or how I do things.
And so my amazing week ended the second I walked in the front door at home. And then yesterday I just felt sorry for myself and wasted an entire day sulking in bed.
This morning I woke up with a fire in my belly and I was ready to kick some serious ass again.
I guess I just needed to have that one off day.
Because if I’m being honest, I don’t have those days often. A few times a year, they happen, but most of the time, I am ON. 100% on. All the way on. I push through the hard stuff, I do the work anyway. I don’t let anything stop me.
And that’s the real message here.
There will be times when you don’t wanna
There will be times when things feel brutally hard
There will be times when you’d rather feel sorry for yourself and sleep all day
And occasionally, you give in, but 9 times out of 10, you need to get over your bullshit and DO IT ANYWAY.
Because that’s when things start to shift. That’s when magic happens. That’s when everything starts to work out the way you want it to.
Focus, focus, focus. Get it done.
I mean, when I think about it, my writing and creating is really what makes me feel better anyway, so why WOULDN’T I want to do MORE of that when I’m feeling down?
You need to shift your perspective
You need to remember why you’re here
You need to remember what you want
And you need to remember to GO AFTER IT with everything you’ve got!
Because bullshit will happen. Shitty feelings will happen. Fear and uncertainty will happen.
And good things will also happen - but only when you’re actively doing the work and can be there to WITNESS them happen.
All of us, you me, and everyone here –
We weren’t put on this earth to be “okay”, to be average, to be mediocre.
We were put here to make a difference
To make an impact in the world
To change lives
To make amazing money
To do work we adore
And we can’t do that if we’re stuck feeling sorry for ourselves, now can we?
So no matter how you’re feeling today, here’s what you need to do –
WAKE UP
Do something that makes you feel amazing
Write and create
Connect with your tribe
Give amazing value
Sell your heart out
Practice gratitude
Love yourself and others
Rinse and repeat, day after day after day.