“I want something different. I want to be different. I don’t want to live like this anymore”
How many of us have uttered those words to ourselves at some point?
Maybe we wanted a different job.
Maybe we wanted to be debt free.
Maybe we wanted a new relationship.
Maybe we wanted out of a toxic one.
Maybe we wanted to live somewhere else.
Maybe we wanted to lose 20 pounds. Or more.
Maybe we wanted to be happy.
Maybe we wanted peace.
Maybe we just wanted time.
Maybe we are still seeking all of those things.
This is the day to give yourself a gift. Give yourself some grace for all that you have already accomplished.
Maybe you don’t see it.
Maybe you don’t feel it.
But you’re here. You’ve made it this far in an incredibly hard, graceless, cancel-culture world.
So give yourself that at least—grace.
And a plan. Because you’re not getting any younger. Every day you sit and binge Netflix is one more day until you start working on your dream. It’s one more day gone, and who knows how many days there are left.
So commit to action.
Where do you start? It’s too exhausting to think about starting over again. Where to even begin?
“It’s too late”. . .
“I’m too old”. . .
“I had my chance”. . .
“I failed”. . .
“I can’t”.
Stop lying to yourself.
Your ego loves lies. Stop feeding it.
You’re not starting over from the beginning. You’ve already been at the beginning.
Why go back? You’re not going that way.
Start where you are. Experienced. Wiser. Ready.
Go forward. But start today. Not on the 1st of the month. Not on Monday. Not in the morning.
As soon as you get done reading this, start.
Take pen to paper and write down the plan. Yes, actual paper. Just like the old days. The good days.
Use what you have, what you know and what you want. Craft your goals, create your plan.
Tape that plan where you will see it everyday.
Then start from there and take it one step at a time. Like the television series you binged on. . .let every step be a new show. Keep creating your show every day until you reach the conclusion.
What’s the conclusion? Only you know.
It doesn’t matter how many seasons it takes. Just.keep.going.
Love yourself more than anyone else because only you know how to make yourself happiest. Only you know yourself better than anyone.
Don’t let others crush your goals. They aren’t you. They don’t know you the way you do. Tune out the haters. Get rid of the toxics. Commit to yourself going forward.
This is your dream, nobody else’s. They weren’t meant to understand, just like you don’t understand theirs.
It’s a one way adventure with a ticket for one. When you get where you’re going you can share the joy, but that doesn’t mean you have to share the ride.
That ride is up from this day forward. Because when you’re at the bottom, it’s the only way that’s left.
But the bottom was just a stop. It is not the final destination—unless you let it be. Don’t let it be.
You are so much more.
Let this day be the day your journey begins.
So get on the road and start the journey upwards.
Happy You Day.
Love from one rock bottom visitor to another
By the way, my friend Jenny took the pic at the top of the page. Check out her work at Jennifer Kaye Photography.
