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Stuck in our own heads

Posted on by philipdodson

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Often in life without realising it we get stuck inside our own heads.

We get caught in a web of over-thinking.

We analyse everything and we allow our ‘chimp’ limbic brain to run riot and build a wall of excuses to hide behind.

We spend more energy on convincing ourselves not to do something than doing anything, it then becomes a habit.

Step away from it all, stop thinking, stop trying to make big decisions. Life is a series of regular small steps done as best we can.

Relax and let our life out of our heads into the world and see where it takes us.

Thinking is useful, over-thinking isn’t and letting life be is often the answer to getting unstuck.

Change isn’t easy

Posted on by philipdodson

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Whatever it is in our lives that we are trying to change the journey is not an easy one.

It is going to require accepting things about ourselves, it is going to need commitment, it is going to be hard work.

There will be setbacks and times when you questions whether or not it is worth it. Perhaps you were OK anyway and didn’t need to change.

Others will try to derail you, you may even lose people along the way as you change as a person.

You might not make the change you wanted.

However, more often you will make it if you stick at it.

Changing something is a hugely liberating and meaningful thing to do. Doing nothing has no joy.

The reality is, to never try to change is longer term much harder and once you have put the hard work into making one change, other changes come much easier. It becomes a habit.

Better always to try something than to never try at all no matter how challenging.

After all always doing the same will always bring the same outcome.