"Why not me?" Did you ever have that sentence in your mind looking around and seeing others who "made it" or who just live the life that you want to have. You look at people having an extremely successful business, living the lifestyle of your dreams, wearing the clothes that you cannot afford. And all you feel is a knot in your gut, the green jealousy coming up in your throat and that one thought: "Why not me?" I can tell you three things about this: You are not alone. I am not sure if that makes you feel better but just if it does, you are not alone. These people are not just lucky and everything came to them without any work (there are always exceptions of peoples being at the right time at the right place winning the lottery). Most of them worked really really hard to make their dreams come true and to make their business ...
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The curse of perfection part 2
I searched back in my blogposts to find this one: "The curse of perfection". And I wouldn't search for it if it wasn't the thought that kept in my mind. Why does everybody need to be perfect? What is it that we cannot accept anything but perfect? I listened to two girls at a coffee house at the table next to me. One was telling the other how much she hated her direct boss and how incapable she was in every aspect of her job. She kept complaining and complaining and then with a relief she told her friend that her boss was pregnant now and about to leave the company. "Why don't you apply for her position? You are in the company now for such a long time don't you think you could do it?" She looked at her friend with big, shocked, brown eyes: "Me? No, I am not ready yet for such a position." I could fee it in her voice, she wasn't feeling ...
Stop waiting …..
It is Monday again and I catch myself telling myself that today is a tough day because I have a long to do list and some phone calls to make, I have to get the groceries, to do the laundry and I also have two in person meetings. It will be just one of those days BUT TOMORROW I WILL.... start with the treadmill, eat healthy, sit and take time for myself, have quality time with Conrad without talking about work and so on.... Does this like your Monday this week (maybe without the quality time with Conrad....) ? I was feeling just like that on Monday evening while working late, skipping dinner, and just telling myself I just have to WAIT and then it will be different. And then this quote happened to jump in my face. It was there like a friend who told me the truth. "Stop waiting for Friday, for summer, for someone to fall in love with ...
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